Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
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Old Spanish Trail (trade route) was a historic overland commerce route that linked the northern New Mexico settlements with California, facilitating trade in goods such as woolen textiles and horses across the American Southwest in the 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Spanish Trail (trade route) canonical | 2 |
| Old Spanish National Historic Trail | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T250233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Context triple: [Old Spanish Trail (auto trail), namedAfter, Old Spanish Trail (trade route)]
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Old Spanish Trail (auto trail)
The Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) was an early 20th-century transcontinental highway route that linked St. Augustine, Florida, to San Diego, California, promoting automobile travel across the southern United States.
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B.
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
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C.
California Trail
The California Trail was a major 19th-century overland wagon route that carried hundreds of thousands of emigrants westward to California, especially during the California Gold Rush.
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D.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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E.
Mojave Road historic route
The Mojave Road historic route is a 19th-century wagon trail-turned-backcountry track that crosses the Mojave Desert, now popular with off-road enthusiasts and history buffs for its remote scenery and frontier-era landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Target entity description: Old Spanish Trail (trade route) was a historic overland commerce route that linked the northern New Mexico settlements with California, facilitating trade in goods such as woolen textiles and horses across the American Southwest in the 19th century.
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A.
Old Spanish Trail (auto trail)
The Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) was an early 20th-century transcontinental highway route that linked St. Augustine, Florida, to San Diego, California, promoting automobile travel across the southern United States.
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B.
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
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C.
California Trail
The California Trail was a major 19th-century overland wagon route that carried hundreds of thousands of emigrants westward to California, especially during the California Gold Rush.
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D.
Mormon Trail
The Mormon Trail was a 19th-century overland route used by Latter-day Saint pioneers migrating west from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah.
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E.
Mojave Road historic route
The Mojave Road historic route is a 19th-century wagon trail-turned-backcountry track that crosses the Mojave Desert, now popular with off-road enthusiasts and history buffs for its remote scenery and frontier-era landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commerce route
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historic trade route ⓘ overland trail ⓘ |
| administeredBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Californios
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surface form:
Californio ranchers
Mexican traders ⓘ Navajo people ⓘ New Mexican merchants ⓘ Paiute ⓘ
surface form:
Paiute people
Spanish colonial trade networks ⓘ Ute people ⓘ |
| beganUse | 1820s ⓘ |
| connects |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California
New Mexico ⓘ Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ |
| countryDuringPrimaryUse | Mexico ⓘ |
| declinedUse | late 1840s ⓘ |
| declinedUseReason | opening of shorter routes after the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| designationBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| designationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| laterCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| length | approximately 1200 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southwestern United States
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surface form:
American Southwest
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nameOrigin | Spanish colonial era exploration and trade ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Arizona
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California deserts ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Mexico Territory ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| peakUse |
1830s
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1840s ⓘ |
| predecessor | indigenous travel routes ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Historic Trail ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Santa Fe Trail ⓘ |
| traverses |
Great Basin
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Mojave Desert ⓘ Rocky Mountains foothills ⓘ |
| usedFor |
overland commerce
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slave trade ⓘ trade in New Mexican serapes ⓘ trade in blankets ⓘ trade in horses ⓘ trade in leather goods ⓘ trade in mules ⓘ trade in woolen textiles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Description of subject: Old Spanish Trail (trade route) was a historic overland commerce route that linked the northern New Mexico settlements with California, facilitating trade in goods such as woolen textiles and horses across the American Southwest in the 19th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
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relatedTo
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Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Old Spanish National Historic Trail