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Santa Fe was the nexus of many trails south and west. Cieneguilla, where El Rancho de Las Golondrinas is located, sits along the El Camino Real. Frances Levine’s research connects the Santa Fe Trail to El Camino Real, tracing the history of families and businesses that created new opportunities in Mexico, New Mexico, and Missouri.
Dr. Frances Levine has had a distinguished career as a museum executive leader at both ends of the trail. She is a resident of St. Louis and has lived in Santa Fe since 1976. Crossings is a book that draws from her travels on the trail as well as the opportunity she has had to work with archaeological, archival, and museum collections relating to the trail. Crossings received the 2025 Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá award from the New Mexico Historical Society, recognizing it as an outstanding contribution to the history of the American Southwest and Borderlands. The book was also awarded a New Mexico Book Award in History from the New Mexico Writers.
