Fort Union and the Santa Fe Trail
1989
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Troops stationed at this outpost in the heart of the Plains Indian territory protected freight wagons and mail coaches on the Santa Fe Trail from 1858 to 1878. Today Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas, is one of the best-restored examples of a frontier military settlement. Contains rare historical photos and illustrations, plus new photos by Fred Hirschmann, J. C. Leacock, Steve Mulligan, and others.
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Robert M. Utley
Author · 24 books
A specialist in Native American history and the history of the American West, Robert Marshall Utley was a former chief historian of the National Park Service. He earned a Bachelor of Science in history from Purdue University in 1951, and an Master of Arts in history from Indiana University in 1952. Utley served as Regional Historian of the Southwest Region of the NPS in Santa Fe from 1957 to 1964, and as Chief Historian in Washington, D.C. from 1964 until his retirement in 1980.
