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Bicknell Family Home Page: Santa Fe Trail HandoutBicknell Family Home Page: Santa Fe Trail Handout
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Handouts & References
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Lexile Measures
1080L
Handout

Bicknell Family Home Page: Santa Fe Trail

Curated by ACT

History of the Santa Fe Trail, focusing on the historical journey of William Becknell, the "father" of the Santa Fe Trail.

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kansas

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william becknell, santa fe trail, general historic information about kansas

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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