1. From conquest to de O~nate, 1492-1610
2. Attraction of Santa Fe, 1610-1762
3. Trails to Santa Fe, 1762-1807
4. Destination Santa Fe, 1807-1822
5. Santa Fe Trail, 1822-1825
6. Surveying the road to Santa Fe, 1825-1827
7. Business of trade, 1821-1829
8. Growth of trade, 1830-1835
9. Over the Trail, 1835-1840
10. Years of change, 1840-1845
11. Mexican War and the Santa Fe trade, 1846-1848
12. Forts, emigrants, and freighting, 1849-1852
13. New tensions and trade, 1853-1860
15. Slow death of the Trail, 1866-1880
16. Legacy of the Trail, 1880-2000.