Down the Santa Fe Trail and into New Mexico

Eighteen-year-old Susan Shelby Magoffin left Independence, Missouri, to travel “Down the Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico” in June, 1846, accompanied by her husband, Samuel Magoffin....  She was one of the first Anglo-American women to travel the Trail and enter New Mexico. Her trip coincided with that of the US invasion and occupation of New Mexico. Most importantly, Magoffin kept a detailed journal of her day‑to‑day activities giving modern readers insight into what daily life was like along the Trail and in New Mexico.

by Denise Damico, 

http://newmexicohistory.org/people/susan-shelby-magoffin