The Rhoads Site

The Rhoads Site
Author: Mark J. Wagner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Taos Trappers

The Taos Trappers
Author: David J. Weber
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1980-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780806117027

In this comprehensive history, David J. Weber draws on Spanish, Mexican, and American sources to describe the development of the Taos trade and the early penetration of the area by French and American trappers. Within this borderlands region, colorful characters such as Ewing Young, Kit Carson, Peg-leg Smith, and the Robidoux brothers pioneered new trails to the Colorado Basin, the Gila River, and the Pacific and contributed to the wealth that flowed east along the Santa Fe Trail.