WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
OLD SPANISH TRAIL
Routes that later became part of the Old Spanish Trail were explored beginning in 1776. After 1848, this trail
fell into disuse as better routes were found.
ROUTE
HISTORY
In 1829, Antonio Armijo (a merchant from Santa Fe) started blazing the trail using information from previousexplorers. For the next two decades, this was used for commerce between New Mexico and Southern California.
The trail gradually fell into disuse after the War with Mexico ended in 1848.
The Utah portion of the Old Spanish Trail was added to the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP Reference Number 88001181) on October 6, 1988.
The Old Spanish Trail became the fifteenth national historic trail in December of 2002.
REFERENCES
Old Spanish Trail AssociationOld Spanish Trail Association - Utah Chapter
Old Spanish Trail Association - Southern Utah Chapter
Old Spanish National Historic Trail Official Map and Guide
Utah State Legislature 2016 Resolution - Fish Lake Cutoff of the Spanish Trail
History of the Old Spanish Trail
History of the Old Spanish Trail
Wikipedia article about the Old Spanish Trail
2018 Utah Westerners Field Trip Guide
Ho For The Old Spanish Trail in Utah
Spanish Trail by C. Gregory Crampton
Video: Old Spanish Trail Adventure
Three American Conservation Experience (ACE) interns working for the BLM-Utah National Trails Program
trekked more than 400 miles along the Old Spanish National Historic Trail (OST) in southern Utah.