In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C.
Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on
the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July
"with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid
impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the
return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in
his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the
Picayune, Field's observations offer the modern reader a unique
glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe
Trail.
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