To avoid the harsh conditions, lack of water, and attacks from Indians along the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, wagon traffic used the original Mountain Route during the 1840s.
Da bi se izbjeglo teške uvjete, manjak vode i indijanske napade duž cimarronskog odvojka pruge do Santa Fea, vagonski promet služio se izvornom planinskom rutom tijekom 1840-ih.