Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

United States [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn]  [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn]  [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn]  [[Camino_Real_de_Tierra_Adentro|Camino Real de Tierra Adentr]

Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (English: Royal Road of the Interior).

Historical Background
In 1598 Juan de Oñat outfitted and led to the north several hundred Spanish colonists from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacatecas Zacateca, [[Mexico Genealogy|Mexic to establish the [[New Spain|New Spai] province of [[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexic]. They traveled to Chihuahu, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso El Pas, and then mostly followed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande Rio Grand north to [[San Juan Pueblo (New Mexico)|San Juan Puebl (Tewa: Ohkay Owingeh) 25 miles (40 km) north of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico Santa F.

The trail route they pioneered came to be called the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. It is the oldest and longest used (1598-1884) of all [[:Category:US Migration Trails and Roads|historical trail] in what is now the [[United States Genealogy|United State]. For more than a century it was also the longest length of trail in North America. The trail traditionally reached from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City Mexico Cit to Santa Fe. The northern part of the Trail was also known as the Chihuahua Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico and was a heavily used trade route from the 1830s to 1884.

The wagon or carreta (large two-wheel ox cart) route in New Mexico was discontinued a few years after a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad linked Albuquerque, [[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexic] to El Paso, [[Texas Genealogy|Texa] in 1882.

Trail Route
Like most trails there were many variations, but the following towns were usually visited when following it from north to south:


 * San Juan Pueblo
 * Santa Fe
 * Albuquerque
 * Socorro


 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jornada_del_Muerto Jornada del Muert (a stretch of two dry camps away from the Rio Grande)


 * Las Cruces
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesilla Mesill
 * El Paso
 * Juarez
 * Chihuahua
 * Zacatecas
 * Guanajuato
 * Mexico City

In 1821 the Santa Fe Trail opened between western Missour] in the United States and Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Camino Real. Further, in 1829-1830 the [[Old Spanish Trail opened as a link from Los Angeles, [[California Genealogy|Californi] to Santa Fe and the Camino Real.

Settlers
For a list of settlers who used the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to come from old Mexico to New Mexico, see El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro: Five Waves of Settlers from 1598 - 1800.

Internet Sites

 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Camino_Real_de_Tierra_Adentro&oldid=291105465 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentr Wikipedia article about the National Historic Trail.
 * [http://www.elcaminoreal.org/ El Camino Real International Heritage Cente describes the Center, hours, and has trail photographs and Internet links.
 * [http://www.caminorealcarta.org/ El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Associatio news, trail images, and .pdf journal.