The French explorer Pedro Vial pioneered the route in 1792 and the Santa Fe Trail<span>was established in 1821 to </span>take<span> advantage of new trade opportunities with Mexico which had just won independence from Spain in the Mexican War of Independence.</span>
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Explanation:
<u>The route was opened in 1821 by the merchant William Becknell</u> <em><u>and was used until the arrival of the railroad to Santa Fe, in 1880</u></em>.
<u>Following in part the traces made more than two centuries before by the expedition of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, the French explorer Pedro Vial</u>, <em><u>a subject in the service of Spain, established what would then be the route of the Santa Fe road initially traveling from Santa Fe del Yunque to San Luis de Illinois</u></em>, <u>that is, from west to east, linking the Spanish capitals at that time in New Mexico and Alta Luisiana</u>.
