Santa Fe Trail - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

JOHN SENNETT

GradyELoy — 2006-05-31 03:44:26Z

JOHN SENNETT OR SINNETT was supposed to have gone trading to Mexico from Missouri in 1841. After that no more has been heard from him again. Are there any good sources for traders with Mexico in the 1840's or perhaps who went on the trail and who was killed on it.

Best Regards

Grady Loy

Re: Migration along the Santa Fe Trail

AllUsCoens — 2006-01-15 00:32:51Z

This might be a real long shot but..

There is a gentleman who has done a tremendous amount of research on the Santa Fe Train and has even written several books ( 3 I think ).

I don’t know the exact best way to contact him, but this is what little I do know.

His name is Ron Kessler and he lives/lived in Del Norte Colorado or Monte Vista ( It was between these two towns and I don’t know which one his address went to).

I think that if you search some of the book sites you will find his books.

Hope this leads you to some real help.

Glenda L. Dees

Re: Migration along the Santa Fe Trail

2004-10-20 12:41:23Z

Thanks, Glenda. Asking the same question at the Santa Fe Trail email group got an answer of several books on the topic, including one by Donald Blakeslee, another by Alfred Barnaby Thomas, and a third (The Pecos Indians and New Mexico, 1540-1840) by John L. Kessell. He may be related to the Ron Kessell you mentioned.

Anyway, thanks, and I plan to check for these books at the library. What I learn may eventually go onto the "Interactive Santa Fe Trail" site at http://www.ku.edu/heritage/research/sft/index.html

Migration along the Santa Fe Trail

sftrail — 2004-10-01 20:00:02Z

Migration along what later became the Santa Fe Trail (in 1821) was mostly by Native American tribal members. The Santa Fe Trail became a commercial link between the US in Missouri and Santa Fe, a city in northern Mexico, almost immediately after they had won independence from Spain.

Does anyone have migration information about who traveled the trail through Kansas and beyond before 1821?