Old Spanish Trail: Meaning and Definition of

Old' Span'ish Trail'

Pronunciation: [key]
— Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist.
  1. an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
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