The Old Spanish Trail Documentation Project

Thoughts on The Jornada

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In Old Spanish Trail times, the jornada, or day's journey between camps... was a critical component of travel planning. It also helps us know where to start looking for campsites from the period. But it means more than that too... it is derived from the same principal as the French sojourner. Martha Guenther points out the concept of sojourn "...reminds us of our transience and the inexorable

UT Final Nomination Photos

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NV Final Nomination Photos

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NM Final Nomination Phtoos

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CO Final Nomination Photos

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CA Final Nomination Photos

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AZ Final Nomination Photos

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Finding the Traces

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Now that our team has visited 8 high potential route segments of the Old Spanish National Historical Trail, we've discerned patterns that may help you to identify the actual trace alignments of any trail system. After completing historical text and map analysis, and then following with consulting residents of the area who might well know the history of such networks and exactly where they passed

Known High Potential Route Segments

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The following locations are in need of being documented for the National Register. Get your trail-loving friends together and help us get more of this important transportation, emigration, and trade network established as a valuable national resource! AND help it to be transformed into a recreation trail for future generations to enjoy! Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, California Spanish

Narrative Descriptions

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When completing the National Register Nomination Form's Narrative Statement, use the following questions as a guideline for its preparation: Describe environmental setting—natural features that have contributed to the selection of the site for the significance event, other natural features that characterize the site at the time of the significant event or activity, its present

Sites being nominated in this project

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OSTA's contract for the Old Spanish Trail Documentation project requires that individual nominations be produced in each state. The first 6 projects that will be done as a part of this project are: AZ - Main and Armijo Routes - Beaverdam Reach - Camp Springs to Beaverdam CA - Main Route - Emigrant Pass - Stump Springs to Resting Springs CO - North Branch - Whitewater Reach "Wells Gulch" - Delta

Establishing a basis... the MPDF

2011-05-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

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

Climate, Physiography, and Ecoregions II - OST Specific

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Eco & Physiographic Regions (same except as noted) Arizona 20 Colorado Plateaus (North American Deserts) 22 Arizona / New Mexico Plateau (North American Deserts) [ECO] (Skirts just north of the) Arizona/New Mexico Mountains [PYS] (Passes just north of the) Mogollon Rim California [PYS] Basin and Range [PYS] Central and Southern California Coast and Valleys [ECO] 6

Property Types or Trail Characteristics

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Water Resource Property Typesabajo - downstreamagua de – headwateraguage - water holearroyo - wide intermittent drainage with inset bed – suitable for pack trail “Arroyo de los Hayatas” – Mohave Riverboca del - mouth ofcienega - marshhedionda - stinking [sulpherous] “Canon de agua hedionda” – Pah Tempe Springslaguna - lagoon, pondojito - spring source, seep usually in lateral or side sloperio -

Climate, Physiography, and Ecoregions I - Overview

2011-05-10T10:42:00.000-07:00

How did the environment affect the way that your trail segment was used? Seasonal flooding, winter snows, desert conditons, and in the case of leaving Las Vegas - a 55 mile segment without access to water... played an important part in determining the location and the timing of trail use. Here are the maps you'll need to do the research to discover exactly what this means for you. US

Culture Areas

2011-05-10T10:35:00.000-07:00

An important thing to consider when nominating any trail trace is the people of the area that were exposed to the trails. Were they friendly? Dangerous? Did they benefit from the trail's use, or were they harmed? Here is a map of the major Native American and colonial areas in the US.

UT State Contact List

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