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- Title
The U.S. Army Finds A Way: The Great Wagon Train of 1849.
- Authors
Hale, Chris
- Abstract
When the Mexican War formally ended on May 30, 1848, the U.S. Army needed to establish posts in West Texas and New Mexico to secure the newly acquired lands. The challenge was that to supply these posts meant crossing a vast unexplored region of brutal terrain. On June 1, 1849, one of the largest peacetime wagon trains, and arguably the most important in American history, left San Antonio and 100 days later reached El Paso. This is the story of how the U.S. Army met the challenge with hundreds of wagons and thousands of animals. A new road, the Lower or Military Road, was born, and immediately commerce began flowing routinely through the region.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WAGON trains; MILITARY vehicles; UNITED States. Army; MEXICAN War, 1846-1848; MILITARY roads; UNITED States military history; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Journal of Big Bend Studies, 2018, Vol 30, p39
- ISSN
1058-4617
- Publication type
Article