Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883, Paperback

"Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883" is the story of the shifting path of trade between what is now the U.S. Southwest and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It recounts the making of three separate roads to the Mexican silver mining area to facilitate the exchange of U.S. goods for Mexican silver: the first from Santa Fe, New Mexico; the last two across West Texas. This is a history that focuses on the explorers who blazed the trails and is written for the reader interested in adventure.