Photos

1. Jean Baptiste Lamy, Bishop of Santa Fe, NM in 1867

2. Rev. Donato Gasparri, SJ from Naples

3. Rev. John De Blieck,SJ  from Belguim

4. Jack  Geatley, teamster from Missouri

5. Louise (seated) and Augustine Barron, both Sisters of Charity from Cincinnati, Ohio

6. Capt. JJ Lambert of the Fifth Infantry led the military escort

American Caravan - Pilgrim's Tale

Learn the story of one of the last great wagon trains to cross the Santa Fe Trail during the post Civil War era.  Follow the footsteps and wagon wheels of the men and women who dared to travel from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico during one of the most troublesome years in the history of the famous route of commerce, communication, and conquest.  Read the stories of the men and women belonging to Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy's caravan which was part of the large 1867 wagon train.  Relive their perilous journey across more than nine hundred miles of desert, Indian ambushes, cholera and wild weather as they labored to reach their missions in New Mexico.