The Development of Southwest Tourism

Aug 10, 2021
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The development of the turquoise market was connected to the development of a tourist market in the Southwest. In this video Mike takes us on a journey of what a traveller on the Santa Fe railroad may have experienced as they travelled to what was then an unexplored frontier.

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