As Far as the Eye Could Reach: Accounts of Animals Along the Santa Fe Trail, 1821-1880

by Phyllis S. Morgan

Book Overview

Travelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail's routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eyewitness accounts of the diverse and abundant wildlife encountered as they crossed arid plains, high desert, and rugged mountains. Most astonishing to these observers were the incredible numbers of animals, many they had not seen before--buffalo, antelope (pronghorn), prairie dogs, roadrunners, mustangs, grizzlies, and others. They also wrote about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806148543
• ISBN13: 9780806148540
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"