The+Santa+Fe+Trail

Home > Colorado History > Fur Traders __Colorado’s Traders__ By Mary -Introducing The Santa Fe Trail -Getting Independence The Santa Fe Trail was important to the early Colorado's traders. The main problem was that the people who ruled the Spanish people did not like them trading with the Americans. When the Spanish people got independence they were finally allowed to trade with the Americans. -What they traded They traded things like furs to make coats and hats out of. They traded food like fish and meat if they had a fair amount of food left. If they did not then they might starve because they did not have any food left for them to eat. They mostly traded fur though. -What they traded The traders traded because other people, not from their own group had different supplies that other groups would want or they might need it. Some things that they would need are things like blankets, food and other things as well.