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This website is a collection of the DRAFT data collected for the 2011 nomination of 6 high potential route segments of the Old Spanish National Historical Trail in a contract administered by the Old Spanish Trail Association on behalf of the NPS, BLM, and USFS. SHPOs and THPOs in 6 states, as well as over 100 volunteers and stakeholders participated in this project, which included historical, ethnographic, geographic, and field research conducted by Mark Henderson and Rachel Preston Prinz. The drafts were written by Mark Henderson and edited by Rachel Prinz. This data will be submitted to the National Register once OSTA's consultant (not us) completes the MPDF. We are providing this data as a service to the OSTA membership, to the various stakeholders, and on behalf of the American people... to whom this amazing trail belongs.
Please fell free to contact us, and/or use these documents in your own research, with appropriate citation.

Establishing a basis... the MPDF

The National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) for the Old Spanish Trail is being prepared under a contract between the Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) and the National Park Service, BLM, and State of New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. 

The MPDF will develop a historic context for the three routes (the Armijo, Route, the Main Route and the North Branch), focusing on the established period of significance between 1829 and 1848, and will include a discussion of property types, geographic boundaries, a summary of identification and evaluation methods, and a list of bibliographical references and citations. 

This can be the basis of any individual nominations you might wish to pursue. Obtain the MPDF after September 2011 from the Old Spanish Trail Association.