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Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 2 (February, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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Board Meeting . 1
Rendezvous 2014 . 1
President’s Message . 2
Joanne’s Jottings . 3
News . 4-6
Time to Renew . . 7
Mallinson Eagle Scout . . 7
Dodge City Point of Rocks Photos . 24
Chapter Reports . 25
Membership Renewal . 27
Events . 28

Articles
National Register: Loughlin . 8
A Hunting We Will Go: Clapsaddle . 10
Negro Slaves on the SFT: Clapsaddle . 10
SFT Media Tour: Clark . 12
James Josiah Webb: Maine . 14
/>Wagon Bed Spring: French . 16

Columns
Book: Peacekeepers and Conquerers: Ball. 23

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 1 (November, 2013), Santa Fe Trail Association

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Awards and Symposium . 1
President’s Message. 2
Joanne’s Jottings . 3
News .4 - 6
Symposium Photos . 9, 27, 28
Hall of Fame . 7, 15, 24
Chapter Reports . 24
Membership Renewal . 27
Events . 28

Articles
Plan to Rob Wethered and Brevort Foiled . 7
An Estranjero’s Proposal: Tórrez . 8
Surviving Disease on the Plains: Chambers . 10
Low-Level Aerial Photography: Aber. 16

Columns
Cyber Ruts: Maps: Olsen . 14
Book: Comanche Empire: Sears . 23

Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 3 (May, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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1 Point of Rocks Preserved
2 President’s Message
3 Joanne’s Jottings
4 News
6 PNTS Report
6 Mapping Workshop
7 Concert
7 Committee Restructure
8 Rendezvous
9 Chapter Presidents Meetings
13 Independence Tour and Meeting Photos
18 Hall of Fame: Sumner
24 Chapter Reports
27 Membership Renewal
28 Events

10 Junior Wagon Master: Clark
12 Archives and Collections: Olsen and Peters
19 A. H. Boyd: Clapsaddle
14 Wagon Bed Spring: French

23 Book: Warrior Nations: Stafford

Wagon Tracks. Volume 29, Issue 4 (August, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Fur Trader at Bent’s Fort
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
6 Southern Fur Trade Symposium
7 Three Trails Conference
8 Photo of Ceran St. Vrain
9 Surveyor Joseph C. Brown Monument
10 The Pepperbox Revolving Pistol and Its Use in the West by Michael Schaubs
11 Becknell Desendants Photo
12 Bent, St. Vrain & Company, and Bent’s Fort by John Carson
15 The Mexican Connection by Dr. James A. Hanson
23 Military Impotent Against Indian Tribes
24 Books: Revisiting Four Classic Accounts of the Western Fur Trade and the Santa Fe Trail by Mike Olsen …

Wagon Tracks. Volume 29, Issue 3 (May, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Watercolor, Doug Holdread
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
6 News Along the Trail
12 Membership Survey: What You Said
14 The American Invasion of New Mexico and Mexican Merchants: Part Two
18 Books: The Men Who United the States, Simon Winchester, and Out Where the West Begins, Philip F. Anschutz, reviewed by Ruth Friesen
19 SFTA Board of Directors Nominees
20 SFTA Hall of Fame
28 Chapter Reports
32 Calendar

Wagon Tracks. Volume 29, Issue 2 (February, 2015), Santa Fe Trail Association

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10 The Kanza in the Civil War
15 Three Trails Conference Schedule and Registration
19 Documenting the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas
23 The American Invasion of New Mexico and Mexican Merchants

Chapter Reports, Wagon Tracks Staff

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No abstract provided.

Book Review: That Broad And Beckoning Highway: The Santa Fe Trail And The Rush For Gold In California And Colorado. / Michael L. Olsen, Steve Schmidt

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No abstract provided.

Book Review: Citizen Explorer:The Life Of Zebulon Pike. / Jared Orsi, Tom Pelikan

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No abstract provided.

Book Review: Merchants Of Independence / William Patrick O'Brien, Leo Oliva

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Ricardo And Jose Manuel Gonzales: Freighting Brothers On The Santa Fe Trail, Doyle Davies

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Mexican Money/American Commerce, David Clapsaddle

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Mosquitos And Buffalo Gnats On The Santa Fe Trail, Phyllis Morgan

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Without A Trace: The Becknell Five, Craig Crease

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Joanne's Jottings, Joanne Vancoevern

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President's Corner, Ladonna Hutton

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Activities Along The Trail, Wagon Tracks Staff

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Pilgrim On The Santa Fe Trail, Mary Cunningham

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Not Yet, But Plan Now: Membership, Larry Justice

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Seen On The Sfta Facebook Page, Wagon Tracks Staff

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News Along The Trail, Wagon Tracks Staff

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Rendezvous 2014, Beverley Howell

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On The Cover: Ranch At Cimarron Crossing, Craig Ridenour

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Wagon Tracks. Volume 28, Issue 4 (August, 2014), Santa Fe Trail Association

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2 On the Cover: Ranch at Cimarron Crossing
4 President’s Corner
5 Joanne’s Jottings
6 Rendezvous 2014
8 News Along the Trail
10 Seen on the SFTA Facebook Page
15 Not Yet, But Plan Now: Membership
25 Pilgrim on the Santa Fe Trail
26 Books: Merchants of Independence by William Patrick O'Brien, reviewed by Dr. Leo Oliva
27 Books: That Broad and Beckoning Highway, by Michael L. Olsen, reviewed by Steve Schmidt; Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike by Jared Orsi, reviewed by Tom Pelikan
28 Activities Along the Trail
28 Chapter Reports

In Memoriam: Richard Lane Tieszen (1951-2017)

Comparative Philosophy

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The Self: Kierkegaard And Buddhism In Dialogue, David Wisdo

Comparative Philosophy

Is it possible for there to be a fruitful dialogue between Søren Kierkegaard and Buddhists regarding the understanding of the self? In this paper, I explore the possibilities for such a dialogue by first discussing the rejection of substantialism shared by Kierkegaard and Buddhists. Next, although many Buddhists accept a reductionist account of the kind found in the Abhidharma tradition, Madhyamaka thinkers such as Nāgārjuna and Candrakīrti are well-known for offering an account of the self, based on the notion of emptiness (śūnyatā), which resembles in some ways the account of the self that is proposed by Kierkegaard’s pseudonym Anti-Climacus …

Moving, Moved And Will Be Moving: Zeno And Nāgārjuna On Motion From Mahāmudrā, Koan And Mathematical Physics Perspectives, Robert Alan Paul

Comparative Philosophy

Zeno’s Arrow and Nāgārjuna’s Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way (Mūlamādhyamakakārikā, MMK) Chapter 2 (MMK/2) contain paradoxical, dialectic arguments thought to indicate that there is no valid explanation of motion, hence there is no physical or generic motion. There are, however, diverse interpretations of the latter text, and I argue they apply to Zeno’s Arrow as well. I also find that many of the interpretations are dependent on a mathematical analysis of material motion through space and time. However, with modern philosophy and physics we find that the link from no explanation to no phenomena is invalid and …

The Quest For Ethical Truth: Wang Yangming On The Unity Of Knowing And Acting, Weimin Shi

Comparative Philosophy

Drawing an analogy between Wang Yangming’s endeavor to know ethical truth and Descartes’ quest for epistemic certainty, this paper proposes a reading of Wang's doctrine of the unity of knowing and acting to the effect that the doctrine does not express an ethical teaching about how the knowledge that is already acquired is to be related to acting, but an epistemological claim as to how we know ethical truths. A detailed analysis of Wang’s relevant texts is offered to support the claim.

Reflective Knowledge: Confucius And Virtue Epistemology, Chienkuo Mi

Comparative Philosophy

Most of sScholars have typically regarded Confucius as an ethical thinker broadly construed and not as an epistemological thinker. This paper seeks to overturn that view and, in doing so, has three basic goals. The first goal is to make the case that Confucian thought of the Analects is of epistemological significance. Goal two is to locate the significance of the Confucian thought within epistemology while accounting for the past overlooking of this significance. The third goal is to show that the Confucian thought is not only of epistemological significance, but that it can make a contribution to progressing contemporary …

Taking Skepticism Seriously: How The Zhuang-Zi Can Inform Contemporary Epistemology, Julianne Chung

Comparative Philosophy

This paper explores a few of the ways that the Zhuang-Zi can inform contemporary analytic epistemology. I begin, in section 1, by briefly outlining and summarizing the case for my fictionalist interpretation of the text. In section 2, I discuss how the Zhuang-Zi can be brought into productive dialogue with the question of how we should respond to skeptical arguments. Specifically, I argue that the Zhuang-Zi can be reasonably interpreted as exemplifying an approach that is different from dominant contemporary responses to skeptical arguments in three ways: (i) it is fictionalist; (ii) it motivates a skeptical perspective rather than a …