Susan Shelby Magoffin Research Bibliography

Susan Shelby Magoffin &
James Wiley Magoffin
Research Bibliography with Critical Notes©

Part I Comprehensive Bibliography
Part II Research Institutions and Individuals

Compiled by Nicholas P. Houser, MA MPH
Project Historian
XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest
Nov. 3, 1996. Revised, Nov. 8, 2007

Legend: *Primary/Archival/Genealogical Sources

NPH = NP Houser research

PREFACE
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES

The comprehensive bibliography includes pertinent research materials related to the Magoffin family legacy that is evident along the Santa Fe/Chihuahua Trail (Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico), as well in the State of Kentucky.

The following two biographical sources cited concerning Susan Shelby Magoffin and her brother-in-law, James Wiley Magoffin), are recommended reading for the general public and students:

(1) Susan Shelby Magoffin's diary (edited by Stella M. Drumm in 1926) was re-printed by Yale University in 1962; the Foreword by historian Dr. Howard Lamar is an excellent biographical introduction.
(2) James W. Magoffin biographical study by Dr. W.H. Timmons, professor emeritus (University of Texas at El Paso). This, the most authoritative biography on James Wiley Magoffin, was published in 1999. It contains new information from Mexican sources and the Glascow Collection.

Other biographical resources include the six items listed below:

(1) Simmons 1977: El Paso Times March 1977: for short, well-written bio-sketch of Susan Shelby Magoffin written by Dr. Marc Simmons.
(2) Gross 2006: Susan Shelby Magoffin, by M. Gross, Password.
(3)White: 1962: James W. Magoffin bio-sketch.
(4) Short biography, Susan Shelby Magoffin by NP Houser in this website (see site map). Simmons 1977: El Paso Times March 1977: for short, well-written bio-sketch of Susan Shelby Magoffin written by Dr. Marc Simmons.
(5) Gross 2006: Susan Shelby Magoffin, by M. Gross, Password.
(6) Short biography, Susan Shelby Magoffin by NP Houser in this website (see site map).

Part II, Research Institutions and Individuals, primarily includes archival resources. This complier is grateful for the institutions and individuals have generously assisted research and devevelopment. Their contributions have aided preparation for the Magoffin Family Santa Fe/Chihuahua Trail Monument, which is now underway for El Paso, Texas by the sculptors, John Sherrill and Ethan Taliesin Houser.

PART I
COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Albuquerque Museum (See: Hall 1996)

Antiques Magazine, Sept. 1975 (Article on the Magoffin Homestead in El Paso by Ralph Magoffin of Columbia, S.C., "a remote cousin who has made a hobby of Magoffin genealogy..." (See: this bibliography: El Paso Times, Feb. 3, 1976 "Ask Ann Carroll").

*Aull, Robert
1927-28 “Letters of James and Robert Aull,” Missouri Historical Society Collection, 4, St. Louis, 1927-1928, pp. 267-327.

Bacon, Melvin and Daniel Blegen
2001 Bent’s Fort, Crossroads of Cultures on the Santa Fe Trail (Chapt. I. “A Woman a the Crossroads of Cultures,” Filter Press, 2001 (chapter concerns Susan Shelby Magoffin (See: website – http://www.20.inetba.com/filterpress/readinggroom6ivnu)

Benton, Thomas Hart
1854 Thirty Years’ View, 1854, New York.

Bent's Fort, National Park Service (see NPH research files and National Park Service website. The park maintains of replica of the room, now called "Susan Magoffin's Room, in the fort where Susan Shelby Magoffin recuperated)

Bent's Fort, National Historic Siste. National Park Service, US Dept of the Interior (Website: http://www.ns.gov/beonl/)

Bent's Fort (See: Bacon & Blegen 2001; Lavender 1954)

Bieber, Ralph P. (ed) (See: Aull, Robert; Johnson, Abraham R.; Webb, James Josiah)

Bieber, Ralph P.
1936 Edwards, Marcellus Ball, 1846-1847; and Philip Good Ferguson, 1847-1847.

Bowden, Jocelyn J.
1962 The Magoffin Salt War, Password, summer 1962, 7(3): 95-121, El Paso County Historical Society.

Brown, Bryan W.
1970 "Boyhood in Early El Paso – 1903", reprinted from Password, El Paso County Historical Society. Note: page 15: “Drinking fountains for horses were scattered around town in convenient places. Some of the public troughs were very ornamental. Often the gift of some society or philanthropic organization. One of these stood at the junction of Magoffin Avenue and San Antonio for many years after it was needed; another was at the corner of Alameda and Piedras.” Note: reference to Colonel Stoneman – the Cardiff Giant on pages 27-28. Page 28-30: The Gunnison granite from Colorado was used in El Paso’s 1903 drilling contest and now bears the plaque honoring W.W. I dead and the drilling holes are still visible) (NPH research file - bibpublicsculpture).

Brown, Dee
1981 The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old West, 1981, University of Nebraska Press (ISBN 0803250258).

Burroughs, Jean M.
2007 (?) Bride of the Santa Fe Trail, A Historical Novel, by Jean M. Burroughs, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Box 2321, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2321), Juvenile book, publication date: ca. 2007, softcover book, 5 ½ x 8 ½, $9.55) (Website: http://www.sunstonepress.com/cgi-bin/bookview.cgi?_fn=Printable&_cate...

Cooke, Philip St. George
1878 The Conquest of New Mexico and California, 1878, New York.

Connelley, W.E.
1878 Doniphan’s Expedition, 1878, Topeka.

Crosby, Josiah F. (Center for American History, UT)
1852 Letter of Josiah F. Crosby to James W. Magoffin, December 21, 1852, from Brenham, Texas, typed transcription made by Mrs. W.J. Glasgow, July 1933, cover page with 4 typed pages. In The Center for American History, Austin, University of Texas at Austin (NPH research file - biblandgrant).

Dictionary of American Biography
1935 (Research note: 17, pp. 59-62; 12, 100 ff; 12, pp. 200-201).

Dolbee, Cora
1939 “The Fourth of July in Early Kansas,” by Cora Dolbee, Kansas Historical Quarterly, May 1939, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 115-139 (from Website: http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1939/39_2_dolbee.htm) (copy in Magoffin Monument Binder, XII Travelers).

Dowdle, Stephanie L.
1999 Tourists, Settlers, and Pioneers: Women and the Westward Movement (Note: this source on website: http://www.mendota.english.wiwc.edu Magaret Fuller, Susan Shelby Magoffin, Caroline M. Kirkland, Eliza Roxcy Snow, Mary Haskin Parkers Richards) by Dowdle, Stephanie L., PhD, Indiana, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.

*Dowell, Ben (Collection, UTEP)
n.d. Ben Dowell Collection, University of Texas at El Paso, Special Collections (assorted papers in green binder): Mary Dowell Phillip’s Memoirs, Statement of Mrs. Mary M. Phillips on Early Days in El Paso, Texas, as given to Major Richard F. Burges, May 26, 1934 (Newspaper articles). (This item in NPH research file: Cardisbib). Research note: memoir is informative. Mary M. (Dowell) Phillips was born in October 1854 in Los Angles, California (note: because of the salt war incident near Mesilla). The memorir consists of interviews and is typed. Contains information: Concordia Ranch; Old Fort Bliss, Hart’s Mill, visit of Durango Bishop to Hart’s Mill to confirm the children of the area; John Gillett, Mary M. lived in Ysleta after she was married (before the Civil War); Joseph Magoffin; Skillcorn the Irish blacksmith (built the house where the Magoffin House is); private tutor was Peter LaFayette, a Frenchman, who taught in El Paso Norte, and Mary M. and the older Buchanan girls and Jim Buchanan as well attended that private school; Dowell bought a Negro girl from his sister who took care of his children; Mary’s first teacher on the Franklin side of the river was a man named Wright; that school on the American side included Mary M. and the five Gillett children and Mrs Flores [Jose Maria in pencil]and Mrs. Percy brought her boy. Mr. Percy died at Concordia. M.A. Jones, the lawyer [must be Melton Jones] taught school and he was very nice, a Southerner, but drank and when drinking did not teach. Others names in the memoir are: Thomas Massie taught for a while, and then a man and wife with children taught (name not give). He husband died during the local smallpox epidemic. Henry J. Cuniffe and family came from Las Cruces. He was the American consul in El Paso del Norte and his children attended the school in Franklin. Mrs. Reed taught school. There was a school where the White House is which was taught by Judge Jones who began to teach again. Judge Gaylord Clark and his wife had a little girl and they started a school, which Mary M. attended. The Abrams family were Jewish. J.W. Tays. Eugene Van Patten had Girón in El Paso del Norte make a church bell for the Episcopalian Church St. Clements. Father Ramón Ortíz. Mary M. lived in Ysleta from 1882 to 1889. Mariano Samaniego and Ynocente Ochoa lived in Ysleta (page 11). He married into the rich Ronquillo family. Provencio family. Salt War (page 12-14) and the killing of Cardis by Howard. Priest put arm around Howard in San Elizario to save his life and walked him out of town [must be Bourgarde]. San Elizario – Girón had a flourmill. Susan Shacklett, sister of Ben Dowell (page 15). Names in the memoir are: Stephenson; Simeon Hart; Henry J. Cuniffe; M. Jones; Judge Gaylord Clark; Eugene Van Patten; Ynocente Ochoa; Provencio; Ramon Ortiz; Samaniego; Louis Cardis; Charles Howard; Charles Kerber; Buchanan; Benito Juarez. Also in this collection are assorted newspaper articles about early El Paso and the Dowell family by Mary Hamilton and others.*Dowell, Ben (Collection, UTEP, NPH Houser biblandgrant file).

Drumm, Stella M.
1926 Down to Santa Fe and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847, edited by Stella M. Drumm, St. Louis, 1926, Missouri Historical Society (Reprinted 1962 with Foreword by Howard R. Lamar, Yale University Press contains a bibliography). (Research note: Title entry in her journal - “Travels in Mexico Commencing June, 1846. El Diario de Dona Susanita Magoffin.” The 1962 edition stated the original diary was in the private possession of the heirs of Stella M. Drumm. Drumm, library of the Missouri Historical Society, persuaded Susan’s daughter, Mrs. Jane Taylor to permit its publication) [Research note: N.P.H has been corresponding with Drumm's descendants for the past eight years, and they have been very accomodating].

Drumm, Stella M. AKA, Stella Atkinson (See: Obit. St. Louis-Dispatch, Oct. 16, 1946; Funeral notice - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 17, 1946).

Duffas, R.L.
1931 The Santa Fe Trail, Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, Toronto, 1931, second edition (first edition 1930).

Edwards, S.A.
1847 A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan, 1847, Philadelphia.

*El Paso, City
1998 El Paso City Council (Resolution) Motion of March 10, 1998, El Paso City Council Resolution: “Motion made, seconded and carried that the Mayor and City Council accept the concept for the XII Travelers ‘Magoffin/Santa Fe Trail Monument’ to include James Wiley Magoffin, as primary and Susan Shelby Magoffin, as accessory figure with the bas-relief depicting life on the Santa Fe Trail, to be funded privately as a gift to the City of El Paso, subject to no work commencing on the statue of James Wiley Magoffin and Susan Shelby Magoffin until the statue of Juan de Oñate has been completed and that no work commence on the statue of Susan Shelby Magoffin until there are funds for the entire project.” (Transcribed from photocopy of the same: signed by Carole Hunter, City Clerk) (Research note: the proper title “The Magoffin Family Santa Fe-Chihuahua Trail Monument”).

*El Paso County Deed Records
various dates, (Research note: sample only of deeds, surveys and other instruments in the name of Magoffin; from NPH deed record binders and notes. Most of these entries concern Ysleta and the Lower Valley):
(1) Deed Book A:198-199 (Sam and James Magoffin).
(2) Deed Book D:12, Mortgage of J.W. Magoffin to Jos. Magoffin, 960 acres of land including the post known as Fort Bliss -- Fort Davis.
(3) Deed Book E:436 (Joseph Wilkins Tays, grantor; by grantors - James A. Tays and unpaid, Joseph
and wife Octavia for land 1 1/2 mile below El Paso, includes "New Division" of the land of the Town of Ysleta", containing 600 acres.
(4) Deed Book E:438-439 (Joseph Magoffin Swears oath to perform duties as Notary Public), June 1, 1874.
Reverse Index (Prior to 1901): grantee; grantor; instrument date, deed book:
(1) Joseph Magoffin (affidavit). Feb. 26, 1898 Book 42:568-569 (William Smith never married).
(2) Joseph Magoffin (grantee) Viola Tays (grantor). June 12, 1886 Book 9:368; 338 (El Paso County).
(3) Joseph Magoffin (grantee) J.W. Tays (grantor). Feb. 28, 1883 Book 4:607.
(4) Joseph Magoffin (grantee) S.H. Buchanan May 4, 1883 Book 4:987.
(5) Joseph Magoffin (grantee) Caroline Estein March 24, 1877 Book F:453 (?) (NPH research note - handwriting difficult to discern).
(6) Joseph Magoffin (grantee) J.W. Tays mtg. Sept. 1, 1873 Book E:212 (?) (NPH research note - handwriting difficult to discern), Land in City of El Paso).
(7) Various Dates - Deed record files for references to Hueco Tanks road and records of Hueco Tanks, early owners – see NPH research files for Joseph Magoffin, Juan Armendaris, José L. Escontrias, Jesse Walbridge, John Elijah Helms, Jack C. Helms, Silverio Escontrias, William Sweet, Ward B. Blanchard and Benancia French, and John Maurice (NPH research file - Huecotanks2bib).

El Paso County Historical Society, Biographical & Historical Sketch Book of the Pioneer's Association of El Paso County, Texas. Index: Joseph Magoffin, page 56.

El Paso Herald Post (Newspaper):
“Solid Sentiment” (title). “An Expression of Opinion from our representative men as to filling up the acequias” (subtitle). Research note: Concerning Magoffinville Acequia, etc. City ordered filling up of all the acequias of the city. El Paso Daily Herald, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1881, page 4, col. 4 (NPH research file: H2obib & newspaper file).

"A Petition" (Title), W.B. Blanchard, Jose Ma Gonzales, Joseph Magoffin, James Marr, John Julian, Benito Gonzales, George W. Wahl against James P. Hague, Jose Baca, County Judge of El Paso, Telesforo Montez [Montes], Juan Armendarez, Edwin Orn, et. al. (Research note: Ysleta residents include: Blanchard, Jose Ma. Gonzales, B. Gonzales, J. Julian, and G. W. Wahl. San Elizario residents include T. Montez, and J. Armendarez. The case concerns the school lands controversy. Lands in Fisher county), El Paso Herald, Oct. 25, 1882 (NPH research newspaper file).

1921 "Man Who Lived Here 77 Years Recalls City's Incorporation 48 Years Ago; Swore In' Mayor" (title with photograph of Jos W. Magoffin). El Paso Herald Post, May 14, 15, 1921. "Joseph Magoffin, 1120 Magoffin avenue, has lived in El Paso for 77 years." -- "He was the long and tiresome stage line between El Paso and San Antonio supersede the ox train. It would be impossible for people enjoying the rapid transit of this age to imagine how toilsome the ox train route was - and now dangerous - he said." -- "Indians beset the meager trails in many places. If a train man suffered any accident no help could be be hope for. Mr. Magoffin's uncle was massacred by Indians at Eagle Springs, where they persisted in hanging out." -- "Much of the material in Mr. Magoffin's old home, 1120 Magoffin avenue, was hauled by oxen from the Sacramento Mountains 50 years ago, and milled by crude means. Much of the household furnishings are as dear to the occupants of the old place as the name of El Paso itself" (NPH research newspaper).

1924 "Anson Mills is Dead" (Title) "Last Surveyor" (Subtitle)" El Paso Post, November 5, 1924 (page number not recorded)With the death of Joseph Magoffin, Mills became the final survivor of the ante-bellum day builders of El Paso. "The Journey to El Paso (Subtitle). "Mills said in recalling that event, "...was thru the most desolate country, with Indians on all sides, some hostile and some friendly. Coyotes and other wild animals abounded but most interesting were the numerous buffalo east of the Pecos" (Anson Mills Letters from the files of the University of Wyoming, Laramie, UTEP Microfilm MF 481 r.1; This source in NPH research files - biblandgrant & Yobit).

1933 “Hart Home – Mine of El Paso – Southwest” (Title). (Note: partial transcription of the article by Betty Luther, “Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles on old homes and landmarks in El Paso, their yesterday and today, which will appear on the Woman’s Page.” “The oldest El Paso home with a historic significance ranking with the Magoffin home in importance to the town on the banks of the ‘del Norte’, is the Hart home, built in 1855 on the Rio Grande near the Smelter in what is now called Old Fort Bliss.” [Next paragraph] “The owner is Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Davis, U.S. Army retired, of the class of ’75, West Point. He is the son-in-law of the pioneer citizen, Simeon Hart, who built the home of his large family of the famed Hart’s Mill.” [Fifth paragraph] “In that house were reared three Hart sons, Leonardo, Antonio, Juan, and four daughters, Clara, Corinna, Carolina and Paulina. There Gen. Davis courted the beautiful and fragile Corinna, who died after a brief wifehood, and wooded Paulina, the sister who became his bride.” [Next paragraph] “The Hart family moved to the present Hart house from one a little distant from its site, according to Gen. Davis. The old mill which figures so importantly in El Paso history was built in ’51, Gen. Davis recalls.” El Paso Herald Post, August 30, 1934, page 7 (NPH research file: bibmillsofelpasoarea).

1935 “Rio Grande Flood And ‘Old Ft. Bliss” (Title) El Paso Herald-Post, Sept. 6, 1935, Page 6 (NPH research note: concerns the original James Magoffin house that was destroyed by flood) Article by Betty Luther. Complete transcription: “The Rio Grande was up to its little tricks of washing adobe houses away many years ago, old timers recall.” [Next paragraph] “One of the its best inundations of the past was in ’69, when, according to Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Davis, U.S. Army retired, it washed away the first Ft. Bliss, built in 1850 by James Magoffin in Magoffinsville, east of the present Magoffin home, 1120 Magoffin Ave. James Magoffin built the fort and rented it to the Government. He asked for troops to be stationed here.” [Next paragraph] “After the river washed out the post in ’69, the Q.M.C. leased Concordia Acres until ’76,” Gen. Davis said. “Then the fort was abandoned, also Quitman. There were no troops here then from December, ’76 until December, ’77. They were quartered in town from ’77 until ’80. When the railroad came in we had to get out. Then we moved to Simeon Hart’s Mill, where the old barracks buildings are still standing, occupied as residences.” [Next paragraph] “The Hart heirs donated 132 acres for the reservation, according to Gen. Davis. They got $100 for the deed.” [Next & last paragraph] “Gen. Davis was Army quartermaster from ’77 to ’80, when the troops were stationed in the town” (Note: in Houser Newspaper File & Bibmillsofelpasoarea).

1937 "Judge Magoffin Here Since 1837, El Paso Pioneer." Article "Glimpses of Yesterday" by Ann Wilson, (includes Photo of Jos. Magoffin in Confederate military uniform). El Paso Herald Post, April 12, 1935, P. 6, col. 5 (Photocopy in NPH research file; source - El Paso Public Library file).

1948 “Museum Book Review To Feature Pioneer Susan Shelby Magoffin” (title) “Program Date Is Changed to Nov. 3” (subtitle). El Paso Herald Post, Oct. 28, 1948, (“…to be reviewed by Frank B. Clayton as one of a series of programs of the International Museum this season.” Date changed to avoid conflict with Ft. Bliss Centennial Celebration. The book to be on exhibit “…with a fan and shawl collection that is a permanent exhibit in the museum. The collection belonged to the late W.R. Brown who was a bridesmaid in the wedding in 1896 of Mrs. W.J. Glasgow, great niece of Susan Shelby Magoffin. Note – the article has a facsimile of the daguerreotype of “Mrs. Susan Shelby Magoffin, and her daughter.” “The book belongs to Mrs. Glasgow who lives here with her husband, General Glasgow, retired from the U.S. Army. The Glasgows were the first couple married in Immaculate Conception Church” “Mrs. Magoffin’s diary was edited by Stella M. Drumm, librarian of the Missouri Historical Society. The original is now in the archives of the society. Yale University Press published the volume in 1926) (NPH research newspaper file).

1948 El Paso Herald Post, Nov. 4, 1948 (photocopy of the article on Susan Shelby Magoffin in NPH research file).

1975 "Reader presents interesting Magoffin data" (title) Article by Ann Carroll, "Ask Ann Carroll" column, El Paso Herald-Post, Dec. 18, 1975, p. 7, Sect. B (Research note: photocopy in NPH research file. Original source from El Paso Public Library file - EPVF - Pioneers - Magoffin. The article mentions story of James S. Magoffin of Alaska, includes letter by Wyndam Kemp, who noted that James was of the Class of 1939 at Virginia Military Academy. His letter refers to Susan Shelby Magoffin.

1976 "Writer gives some interesting details on famous El Paso pioneer family" (title) Article: Ask Ann Carroll, El Paso Herald Post, Feb. 3, 1976. (Research note: Person responding, name not used in article, referred to a previous article in this column on the Magoffin family which appeared in the newspaper's issue of 12-4-75, and mentioned James S. Magofffin and his wife in Alaska. The respondent stated that the abbreviated "S" probably stood for "Shelby" so must be related to the El Paso Magoffin family. The writer wrote to the editor of the Alumni Review of Virginia Military Academy and received information on Mrs. Charlotte B. Magoffin of Wayzata, Minn. The latter is related to Miss Octavia Glasgow and her great-grandfather was Beriah Magoffin, the Civil War governor of Kentucky who was married to Anna Shelby. "His brother, Samuel, married Anna's sister, Susan Shelby, who made the trip down the Santa Fe Trail and kept the famous diary. A third brother, James, was, I believe the one who founded Magoffinsville, later El Paso." --- "Ralph Magoffin of Columbia, S.C., a remote cousin who has made a hobby of Magoffin genealogy, tells us that Antiques Magazine for Sept. 1975, has a 10-page article on the Magoffin homestead in El Paso, with portraits and photographs").

El Paso Gold (Video Series by Jackson Polk, Director, Capstone Productions)
2003 "El Paso's Magoffin Home," Video documentary by Jackson Polk, El Paso Gold, Capstone Productions (elpasogold.com) (This 52-minute documentary concerns the state historic site, The Magoffin Home, in El Paso, Texas, which was built in 1875 by Joseph Magoffin, son of James Wiley Magoffin.

El Paso Times (Newspaper):
1887 "Joseph Magoffin," El Paso Times, Aug. 1887 (Research note: photocopy of typed transcript of the bio-sketch of Jos. Magoffin in NPH research file. This source from El Paso Public Library file, El Paso - Biography). "As long as the Rio Grande courses downwards and the City of El Paso exists will the name of Magoffin be known as a synonym for the future of this place and its surroundings. The father of Joseph Magoffin, Col. James W. Magoffin, like Simon Hart and other gentlemen composing the band of oldest inhabitants in this section, were exceeding important and laid the foundation for the grand city which will prove the magnificent monument for all time, to their daring amidst numerous dangers, their sacrifices, their business energies and excellent tact and enterprise. The few pioneers in the grand undertakings of our common country, are the men whose memories are sacred and whose lives, for the most part are endeared by association and an example to the youth and progressives of the present and succeeding ages." -- "Col. James W. Magoffin, was the first American Consul to Chihuahua, having been appointed by the great and good President, James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, who knew him intimately and recognized in him the very kind of material for useful purposes during the greatest excitements. -- He was born in Harodsburg, Kentucky, in 1799, and came to Texas, in 1820 settling in the great Southwest. -- Some twenty-seven miles north of El Paso in the Mesilla Valley, Colonel Magoffin left his wagon train and troops with his brother Sam Magoffin, his partner, now of St. Louis, under the command of Col. Doniphan and proceeded south to this point. On the way he was taken prisoners and summarily taken to the prison in Chihuahua. Col. Doniphan learning of the arrest of the Amerian Consul, promptly seized Father Ortiz, the priest in charge of the church of the Lady of Guadlaupe..."

1923 "Four Times Mayor of El Paso Dies Unexpectedly in the East" (title) “Joseph Magoffin is Claimed by Death in Washington” (2nd title with photograph of Judge Magoffin), El Paso Times, Sept. 28, 1923, “Judge Joseph Magoffin in dead.” (age 86, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.J. Glasgow, in Washington D.C. “He was born at Chihuahua, Mexico, January 7, 1837. He was the son of James W. Magoffin, who, for a long period was American Consult at Chihuahua and who later entered business in that city in partnership with his eldest son, Samuel.” --- “He [Joseph] was the father of two children, James W. Magoffin, who was born in 1864 at Houston, and who was the father of Joseph Magoffin, Jr., now connected with the State National Bank, and Josephine Magoffin, who married Col. William J. Glasgow of the United States Army, who for many years has been stationed in the east.” (Research note: photocopy and typed transcript of the obituary from the El Paso Public Library in research file).

1935 “Sun Carnival Parade Floats Will Feature Texas History” (Title). “History of the Southwest, from prehistoric times until the present era will be represented in floats appearing in the Sun Carnival parade, officials announced last night.” (Research note: among the float subjects were Texas Under Seven Flags, The Southwest 100,000 Years Ago; the Old Ysleta Mission; El Paso’s First Home; The Gay Nineties; The Pride of 1904; Susan Magoffin, the Pioneer Bride; El Paso’s First Newspaper; Modern China; Beginning of Agriculture in the Southwest; Hart’s Mill; The Pass of the North; The Sun Worshippers; El Camino Real; The Original Indian Game; etc. Photocopy in newspaper file) El Paso Times, Dec. 9, 1935:1:6-7].

“Anyway, It’s Settled” (Title). (Editorial concerning El Paso’s Centennial project controversy – $50,000 Memorial Arts Building. “By a 6-5 vote, El Paso County Advisory Board of the Texas Centennial Commission decided to locate the $50,000 Memorial Arts Building on ten acres adjacent to College of Mines, rather than buy the Magoffin Homestead or erect a museum building downtown.” (Photocopy of article in Newspaper File). El Paso Times, Dec. 19, 1935:4:1.

“Susan Shelby Magoffin” (title) “As A ‘Rich, Young And Lovely Bride’ She Came to El Paso in 1846” (subtitle), Article by Mrs. William M. Bryant, El Paso Times, Dec. 22, 1935, p. 10, col. 3 (Photocopy from El Paso Public Library File in NPH Research File). “Susan Shelby Magoffin was probably the first woman from the United States to visit El Paso.” – “When the wolves howled near the tent door her husband slept through the serenade, and only her greyhound, Ring, shared her uneasiness.”

1948 El Paso Times, Nov. 4, 1948 (Research note: article in research file).

1962 "Magoffin Funeral Pending" (title), El Paso Times, April 3, 1962, Mrs. Ann Buford Magoffin, 88, early-day El Paso resident, died late Monday and serves were pending in Los Angeles. --- Mrs. Magoffin came here when her father was named U.S. consult in Juarez. In 1897, she married the late James Wylie [sic] Magoffin. They moved to California about 35 years ago. She is survived by two sons, Joseph and James Magoffin, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Carter; one granddaughter and three great-grandchildren. Her sister-in-law is Mrs. W, J. Glasgow of El Paso.

1974 "Magoffin Descendant To Tell Of Homestead" (title). El Paso Times, Nov. 15, 1974, p. 9-A. (Research note: photocopy in NPH research file. Source from El Paso Public Library File). "Sister Josephine Magoffin, great-granddaughter of Joseph Magoffin, will give a history of the Magoffin Homestead during the annual Honor Banquet of El Paso County Historical Society at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 24 in the El Paso Country Club." "She [Sister J. Magoffin] resided there with her grandparents, Gen. and Mrs. W.J. Glasgow, from 1938 to 1954. She is a teacher with the Maryknoll Order of Catholic Sisters in Africa and is on leave this year to do graduate studies in Chicago."

1974 "Joseph Magoffin" (title), "Began Traditional Strong Mayor System" (subtitle), El Paso Times, Dec. 1, 1974 (Photocopy from El Paso Public Library - Pioneers - Magoffin, Joseph File) (includes portrait photo of Jos. Magoffin). "Magoffin, laying the foundations for later strong mayors, brought law and order to El Paso, established the first credible fire department, laid sewer lines, began a water department, improved streets, spent $20,000 on a schoolhouse and extended and improved the streetcar system. -- Magoffin, as many mayor after him, served long and diligently with the fleding [sic] chamber of commerce (then the Board of Trade) and identified himself with practically every civic organization."

1977 "Magoffin Woman Provided Bright Spot In NM History" (title). Article in "New Mexican Scrapbook" by Marc Simmons. El Paso Times, Sunday, March 20, 1977, p. 20-B (Photocopy in NPH research file). "For the 300 year span of the Spanish colonial period, it is impossible to find a full-drawn, flesh and blood account of the life of a single woman. And yet we know that many must have performed quiet acts of heroism and displayed remarkable devotion to duty." -- "One bright spot can be found in the life and writings of an extraordinary soul who braved the hazards of travel in 1846 and saw history unfold along the border during the first months of The Mexican War. She was Susan Shelby Magoffin, bride of trader Samuel Magoffin and author of a robust and historically valuable diary entitled 'Down the Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico.'" --- "A daguerreotype of Susan, made a year before her trip west, shows a plain, though not unattractive, young woman with a full round face and an abundance of dark hair pulled back tightly and tied. Her heavy dress with ruffled edges at the throat and wrists contributes to an overall impression of severity and stiffness. Indeed, Susan Magoffin was something of a prude, though probably to no greater degree than other refined young women of the day." -- "What Susan may have lacked in worldly aplomb, she made up in spunk and fortitude, qualities much in demand on the next leg of her Southwestern journey, Kearny had divided his army, taking the main body westward for the conquest of California and leaving Col. Alexander Doniphan to continue south with a smaller force for the acquisition of El Paso and Chihuahua. In early September, Samuel Magoffin with wife and merchant wagons took up the trail behind Doniphan." -- "Pale and thin she arrived in El Paso to find that comfortable lodging has been provided at the spacious house of the local priest. Her ordeal in New Mexico was over." -- "Susan Shelby Magoffin's influence over the course of events in the period she lived must be regarded a negligible. She had no hand in the solemn councils of war and peace going on around her; it does not even appear that she assisted her husband in his mercantile business. Nevertheless, in the faithful work of her diary, we can see, through hindsight, that she made an inestimable contribution - giving us the only feminine view of events in the Mexican Borderlands during the crucial years 1846 to 1847 and leaving an inspiring picture of a bright, proud, courageous individual" (Photocopy in NPH research file).

1978 "Tub of Champagne Colors Colonel's Memories of Taft" (title). Article by Ramon Villalobos (Photograph of retired Col. Joseph Glasgow), El Paso Times, Sunday, Dec. 10, 1978, p. 5-B. (Research note: He served as page boy at the historic 1909 meeting in El Paso between President Howard Taft and Porfirio Diaz. He is now 80-years old and was about 11-years old when he witnessed this historic event. "Col. Glasgow, son of the late Gen. William Jefferson Glasgow and Joseph Magoffin's daughter Josephine, was born in the historic Magoffin home built by his grandfather in 1875. His great-grandfather was James Wiley Magoffin, who was one of the first settlers on the United States side of the Rio Grande, in what is now El Paso" (Research note: this took place in Cleveland Square, present site of the new El Paso Museum of History).

1996 "Magoffin project to beautify area" (title). Article with Map by Kim Baca, El Paso Times, Thursday, May 30, 1996 (Re: improvements for historic Magoffin Avenue with antique-style fixtures starting this fall. City approve 1.5 million dollars to revamp about 10 blocks of Magoffin from San Antonio to Cotton streets. Revitalization to compliment the Magoffin Home and the housing authority area. Sidewalks to be lined with trees. "The area was declared a historic district in 1985. About 1,000 visitors tour the Magoffin Home a year."

Farnham, Thomas Jefferson
1846 Mexico: Its Geography, People and Institutions, 1846, New York.

Field, Matthew C.
1960 Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail, ed., John E. Sunder, Norman, Oklahoma, 1960.

*Filson Club
(Letters of Susan’s parents – Isaac Shelb, Jr., and Maria Bosell Warren are lacking; however, see Shelby 1927).

Foote, Cheryl J.
1990 Women of the New Mexican Frontier, 1846-1912, 1st Ed. (F 802.F56 1990).

*Galloway, Howard S.
n.d. The Shelby Family, Ancestry And Descendants of John Shelby And His Son David Shelby, Pioneers of Tennessee, by Howard S. Galloway, Printed by the Author in Mobile, Alabama by Gill Printing Company, 344 pp. (Research note: complete photocopy in NPH research file).

Garrard, Lewis H.
1848 Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail, Cincinnati, 1850 (dates inconsistent?).

Gibson, George R.
1935 Journey of a Soldier under Doniphan and Kearney, 1846-1847, ed. Bieber, 1935, Glendale, California.

Glascow Collection (Magoffin Home, State of Texas Historic Site, El Paso)

Glasclow, Edward James and William Henry
1993 Brothers on the Santa Fe Trail and Chihuahua Trails: Edward James Glascow and William Henry Glascow, 1846-1848, edited by Marc C. Gardner, University of Colorado, Niwot, c. 1993.

Globe-Democrat (Newspaper):
1928 "Dougherty" (obituary), Globe-Democrat, Thursday, January 24, 1928. Mayme C. Dougherty (See Drumm), "beloved wife of Frank J. Dougherty, dear mother of F. Russell, Mevlin J. Frank Jr., Rosemary and Madline Dougherty, dear daughter of Mrs. Kate and the late Noah Drumm, dear sister of William M., Stella M. and Lila C. Drumm" (NPH research note: the deceased was the sister of Stella M. Drumm, editor of the Susan Shelby Magoffin Diary, which was printed a year later in 1929. Source: Necrology Scrapbook, Vol. 14, p. 24, Missouri Historical Society).

1934 “Daughter of First White Woman Over Santa Fe Trail Dies,” Globe-Democrat, June 1, 1934, St. Louis, Missouri (Research note: she was 83 years old; died at her home at 5571A Enright Ave. The obituary mentions her mother’s famous diary. “Mrs. Taylor was born at Lexington, Ky, in 1851, but a year later her parents moved to St. Louis. Her father, having retired from trading, settled down to the management of his land holdings in the county. -- Mrs. Taylor was reared here, but moved to the East following her marriage to the late George Taylor of Ohio. Following his death a number of years ago, she returned to St. Louis and had resided here since. -- She is survived by her daughter, Miss Susan Shelby Taylor. -- Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Lupton undertaking Chapel, 449 Olive Street, with burial in the family lot at Bellefontaine Cemetery” (Photocopy of obituary in NPH research file).

1946 "Atkinson, Stella, Madeline," funeral notice - "Beloved wife of Chilton Atkinson... (Research note: also listed among relatives is Mrs. Madeline Gravat. Funeral at Alexander Chapel., 6175 Delmar bi, Sa. at 9:30 a.m. to St. Roch's Church, Watrman and Rosedale Ave. Mass 10 a.m. Internment Bellefontaine Cemetery), Globe-Democrat, Oct. 17, 1946 (NPH research note: photocopy in file; original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Vol. 14, p. 43, Missouri Historical Society).

1946 “Historian of the West” (title). Globe-Democrat, Oct. 17, 1946, St. Louis, Missouri (Research note: photocopy difficult to read by appears to be dated Oct. 17, 1946 and concerns her career and contributions to western history. A portion of that article is transcribes as follows): “In private life she was Mrs. Chilton Atkinson. Her tragic death in an automobile accident recalls her long service to the Missouri Historical Society and to this state. Miss Drumm served as the society’s librarian for more than 30 years until her retirement two years ago. In addition to making the library outstanding in its field, she found time to edit the society’s publications and write two books which are recognized as distinctive contributions to the authentic history of the early West. --- Her legacy to this state is the rich heritage she leaves in a better understanding of its history” (Photocopy in NPH research file; original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Vol. 14, p. 43, Missouri Historical Society).

1979 "Monsignor William Drumm dies; funeral Wednesday" (title) Obituary. Globe-Democrat, Oct. 29, 1979 (NPH research note: photocopy in NP Houser research file; original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society).

1979 "Drumm, Rev. MSGR" Globe-Democrat, Oct. 29, 1979, (Obituary notice of Mass) (Note: mentions Mrs. Vernon Gravat and sister Dorita Marie Dougherty at St. Louis Cathedral, Sat. Oct. 27, 1979) (NPH research note: photocopy in NP Houser research file; original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society).

Gregg, Josiah
1844 Commerce of the Prairies, 2 volumes, 1844, New York (NPH research note: subsequently reprinted).

Gross, M.C.
1998 "Down the Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico: 1846-1847, Susan Shelby Magoffin," Password, 1998, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 88-97.

Hall, Dawn
1996 Drawing the Borderline, Artist-Explorers of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary Survey, Museum, Exhibition organized by The Albuquerque Museum, Dawn Hall, Editor; Preface by Robert V. Hine, Contributing authors: John Mack Faragher, Oscar J. Martinez, Gray Sweeney, Lucretia Hoover Giese, Sam Truett, 156 pages (Research note: Errata - Page 115, Plate 6, incorrectly titled as B.F. Coons, instead of Portrait of James Wiley Magoffin).

*Hart, Nathaniel Genealogy (See: NPH research files; these materials relate to the Shelby family)

Hart (Susan Shelby, see: Shelby, Susan Hart)

*Houser, N.P.
n.d. Research Files and Correspondence concerning Susan Shelby Magoffin.

2004 "Susan Shelby Magoffin, A Pioneer Woman's Portrait and Legacy," by Nicholas P. Houser, Project Historian, XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest, Nov. 30, 2004, two-page unpublished bio-sketch placed on this website and in the Magoffin Monument orientation binder.

Hughes, John Taylor
1848 Doniphan’s Expedition, 1848, Cincinnati.

Hulbert, Archer Butler (ed).
1933 Southwest on the Turquoise Trail: The First Diaries of the Road to Santa Fe, Denver, Colorado, The Stewart Commission of Colorado College, (Denver), The Denver, Colorado Public Library, 1933 (Re: Susan Shelby Magoffin).

Johnston, Abraham R. (US Government)
1846 Marching with the Army of the West: The Journals of Abraham R. Johnson, 1846, U.S. Government, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Executive Document No. 41.

Ketchum, Liza
2000 Into A New Country: Eight Remarkable Women of the West, (Note: includes Susan Shelby Magoffin),2000, Little Brown & Company, $18.95 (for ages 10 & up), Juvenile book, (ISBN: 0-316-49597-2) (Website: http://www.childrenslit.com/th_famous.html)

Kleber, John E.
1992 The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Lexington, The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.

Kansas Heritage Center, The (See: Webb, Dave, Adventures with the Santa Fe Trail, children’s book)

Kansas - "Notable Kansas Women" (Website: http://www.kshs.org/people/women.htm) Note: it is interesting that this site identifies Susan Shelby Magoffin).

Kendall, George W.
1850 Narrative of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841, New York (Why dates inconsistent?).

Lavender, David 1954, Bent's Fort, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Col, 1954.

Lenexa Historical Society (Website: http://www.grapevine.net/~lhskc/stfe.html)
See: Santa Fe Trail Page, Lenexa, Kansas has a Santa Fe Trail marker.

*Lightner, Isaac (letter) to J.W. Magoffin. Source: University of Texas at Austin, The American History Center, 2E460, Magoffin Collection, 1852-1896 (original letters): Letter - Chihuahua Oct. 23, 1853. addresesed to Mr. Magoffin from Isaac Lightner to J.W. Magoffin. "Salt cannot be sold for more [?] 14 dollars at wholesale it retail at 1.50 alino [?] Single of 1. 16$ Zuloga train has come [?] from below for salt also on other train I have already advised you that the Custom House here was informed that you were crossing, salt over the river at night - I will only say to you that if you don't look out you will have it confiscated even at El Paso. (NPH note: this box - Magoffin Letters, Includes copy of Benito Juárez letter to J.W. Magoffin dated July 6, 1866 (NPH research also includes salt trade records).

Lone Star (Newspaper)
(No title recorded) Charles E. Ellis. “The county treasurer a few days ago cashed for A. Krakaur about $1,200 of what is known as the Ellis script. Krakaur got it from W. Hamilton and Co. of San Elizario who it appears came in possession of it through the ordinary channel of trade. From whom they received it we have not learned but the next Grand Jury might find out if they will try. It will be remembered that Chas. E. Ellis formerly Sheriff of this county, was murdered during the San Elizario riot, and it is known that he had at the time several thousand dollars of county script and money on hand all of which disappeared and it has never been known what became of it. A tracing up of these warrants just cashed may lead to important developments. They were issued as follows March 30, 1872 to Maximo Aranda, $182.40; January 26, 1872, to Pedro Espalin, $12.00, March 30, 1873 to Joseph Magoffin $156.00; October 9, 1871 to Jose Angel Bernal $33.00, January 26, 1872, to Pedro Tasco $24.00, April 1, 1874 to E. Stine, $93.93 June 16, 1874 to E.E. Ellis $575.00. All but the last two were properly endorsed by the parties to whom issued, but those of Ellis and Stine were not endorsed and its is a question whether they should have been paid.” The Lone Star, August 20, 1884, p. 3, col. 2 (NPH research file:biblandgrant).

Magoffin County Historical Society, Salyersville, Kentucky (Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~Kymhs/)

*Magoffin Family Papers
(Research note: The Magoffin family papers and letter remain in the possession of the descendants – General and Mrs. W.J. Glasgow of El Paso, Texas; cited by Drumm. N.P. Houser in ca. 2001 found copies of letters in Austin State Library/Archives and notes should be research files).

*Magoffin House - State of Texas Historic Site, El Paso (Glascow Collection and other historic/archival resource).

*Magoffin, Joseph, et al. (El Paso Public Library)
1870 Magoffin, J.S. Gillet, B. French - Claims - Old Fort Bliss Damages, Mexican Canal, Dec. 5, 1870. In the Joint Mexican and American Commission for the recovery of certain moneys (El Paso Public Library, Vertical File: Magoffin; 25 typed page transcription. Photocopy of 24-pages typed transcript copy made from El Paso Public Library) Page 2: "Among these reasons, he [Magoffin] states that the authorities of "El Paso", and Dr. Mariano Samaniego are responsible for the destruction of "Fort Bliss", formerly belonging to his father, Mr. James Magoffin, on account of the opening of a canal in the lands opposite to this town bought by Mr. Samaniego of the foreign citizen A.W. Mills..." Page 3: "The witnesses to be examined are the following - Foreign citizens - George Edjerton, (Consul) - Francis Diffenderffer - Ernest Angerstein, - Solom Schutz, - James Buchanan, - Luis Cardis, - Emilis Ducherne, - Pedro Dens, - and John Briant. -Mexican Citizens. - José Maria Maese, Inocente Ochoa, José Maria Mvanga [sic], Ivan N. Ring, and Ivan José Sanchez. - " Page 6: "Deposition of James Buchanan, an American citizen, born at New York, married, a farmer by occupation, and a resident of this town." Page 8: Deposition of Francis R. Diffenderffer "... a native of Pennsylvania, of 58 years of age, a merchant, residing at this town, and a bachelor. -- As to the woods [bosque], or timber, spoken of in this case, there were none at Fort Bliss, because the trees and bushes which could have been profited in that way, had been cut down in 1857 by Mr. Magoffin's father, for the purpose of building a dam, which he secured with iron chains, and oher materials -This dam followed a diagonal direction to the course of the stream, and its line was formed by the trunk of the biggest trees, all being arranged in such a way as to prevent the ground from being damaged by the water. The destruction of that from that time threatened Fort Bliss was thus prevented. - When the canal was [page 9] opened, there was no wood, nor did any trees grow at that place - Deponent thinks that the claim for the value of that wood is utterly unjust." Page 9: Deposition of Inocente Ochoa, a married man, of 38 years, a merchant, a native of San Seronimo [Geronimo], and a resident of El Paso [El Paso del Norte]. "That said canal was dug, six years afer the destruction of some corrals and out homes of Fort Bliss, the only things which were destroyed by the river. That the canal did not take any part in such destruction. That it was constructed in a ground belonging to Mexican citizens residing at this town, who are more than one hundred in number, and have very ancient titles showing their rights, and the property they have lost in consequences of the continual changes in the course of the river, which sometimes place those lands on the right side, and shortly afterwards on the left side" [NPH research note: right side of a stream is determined as facing the downward flow, hence, the left side or bank of the Rio Grande in the El Paso del Norte region is the west bank or Mexican side of the river].

*Magoffin, Susan Shelby
(XII Travelers Research Files) Photocopy of original manuscript (diary) and microfilm copy of the same (with poetry by Susan Shelby Magoffin), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Western Americana Collection, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

*Mills, Anson (letters) (UTEP):
1862 Letter from Anson Mills addressed to My Brother from home [El Paso] dated August 22, 1862. (University of Texas at El Paso Library microfilm collection), References to Dowell, John Gillett and Jesin [?], Looeas [?], and Col. Jones [must be Claude Jones]. Of these all went to the other side of the river except Col. Jones who stayed at La Mesilla and took the oath of allegiance - yes, Morton [Moston ?] is here too but no one pays any attention to him, he continually begs in the streets. Gen. Carelton with 23 hundred California troops occupies the valley and we will soon be all right again. (page 2). Soldiers stationed in the houses of Hart, of Dowells, of Gillett, of Gillock [?], of O'Bannon, of Naugel [?] of Magoffin.... (NPH research file Laentradaporelpuentealtobib).

Letter of Dec. 26, 1862, from Anson Mills addressed to "My Dear Father". "My friends - Dowells and Gillett with ten others left El Paso, Mexico for Texas a few days ago. And our tender footed officers did not try to take them..." (Anson Mills Letters from the files of the University of Wyoming, Laramie, UTEP Microfilm MF 481 r.1) (NPH research file: bibpublicsculpture).

Missouri Historical Society:
(1) Missouri Historical Review, 1951, Vol. XLV, page 45, photocopy in research file about Turquoise Trail by Shirley Seifert whose novel was base upon Susan Shelby Magoffin diary and is about high adventure and hardship on the Santa Fe Trail. Book reviews state: “Based upon the heroine’s own diary of the journal, the story presents living history as seen from a pioneer woman’s point of view in this excellently written novel.”

(2) Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 34, 1939-1940, pp. 415, photocopy in research file: Dictionary of American History, one of the editors was Stella Drumm, who edited the Susan Shelby Magoffin Diary; the Dictionary of American History has important information on the Shelby family.

(3) Missouri Historical Review,Vol. 41; XLI, p. 323, Obituary of Stella Drumm Aktinson, photocopy in research file.

Moorhead, Max
1958 New Mexico’s Royal Road, Trade and Travel on the Chihuahua Trail, Norman, Oklahoma, 1958.

Myres, Sandra L. (Author/Historian: See below and also NPH research file)

Myres, Sandra L.
1982 Westerning Women and the Frontier Experience 1800-1915, by Sandra L. Myres, University of Texas at Arlington, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 365 pages (cited xvii, 77).

PBS Video - "The U.S.-Mexican War" (includes Susan Shebly Magoffin). PBS Database Resource Website: http://videoindex.pbs.org/resources/usmexwar/bio/bio_13.html

Polk, Jackson (See: El Paso Gold, Capstone Production's video "El Paso's Magoffin Home")

Pope, John (US Government)
1855 Exploration and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department, Report of Exploration of a Route for the Pacific Railroad, Near the Thirty-Second Parallel of North Latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande, by Brevet Captain John Pope. Corps. of Topographical Engineers. 1855, 33 Cong. 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 78, Senate Reports of Explorations and Surveys. Vol. II, Washington (NPH research note: Inhabitants of the El Paso Valley on page 6: “Considerable crops of grain, principally corn and wheat, are raised; but the wealth of the inhabitants is in their herds of cattle and mules, sheep and goats. The peculiarly favorable character for grazing of the table-lands east and west of the valley of the river, induces, or rather renders necessary, the herding of their stock many miles from the settlements; and to protect these people and their property thus exposed from the Indians who infest the country, the military posts in this section of country have been established.” (NPH Note: reference to the upper valley on page 6:) “That portion of the country which properly comes within the scope of this expedition extends from the parallel of 32 [degrees] 30’, and embraces the extreme southern portion of New Mexico, including Mesilla and Doña Ana valleys, with their villages, and a Mexican town of El Paso, and the villages of Isletta and San Elizario, lower down on the river.” He estimates the entire population of the region at 8,000. He report the following of the Mesilla Valley on page 6: “The Mesilla Valley, so called, is about ten miles in length along the west band of the river, and from two to three miles in breadth to the base of the elevated table-lands which enclose he valley of the Rio Grande. The two villages of Mesilla and San Tomas – the first with a population of about three thousand, the second of about three hundred – are the only villages of the valley. A few detached settlements occur, and would probably swell the entire population of the valley to three thousand five hundred persons. Doña Ana, opposite the northern extremity of the Mesilla, is the oldest town in this part of the country, having been first settled in 1842. Las Cruces, Las Tortugas, and the military post of Fort Fillmore, are the only settlements between Doña Ana and El Paso, and the population of the valley opposite the Mesilla does not exceed fifteen hundred.” [next paragraphs begins near the bottom of page 6 as follows] “The valley of the Rio Grande above Doña Ana, although by far the riches and best timbered portion of New Mexico, has for many years remained uninhabited as far up as the little village of San Antonio – one hundred and fifteen miles – in consequence of its peculiar position, mid-way between powerful bands of Apache Indians, occupying he mountains east and west, and from obstacles of ground along the river, which have induced all the travel across the famous ‘Jornado del Muerto,’ which occupies two-thirds of the entire distance. The great highway from New Mexico to Chihuahua leaves the river where the obstacles to travel along its banks begin to present themselves; and, traversing a high, arid plain – without wood, with little water, and with very indifferent grass – again descends upon the valley, at a distance of about fifteen miles. The military commander of the department of New Mexico has constructed a good road along the banks of the river, and has established a military post (Fort Thorne) in the valley, and opposite the centre of the Jornada; and all government trains and movements of troops are now required to pursue this route. These wise measures will soon put an end to the dangers and privations [page 7] of the road across the desert, and will speedily lead to a settlement of the richest portion of the valley of the Rio Grande.” Page 7 concerns the passes through the mountains in the El Paso region including the Hueco and Guadalupe Mountains. Feb. 21 (extracts) – Hueco Tanks, Cerro Alto, Los Cornudos, Ojo del Cuerbo, west face of the Guadalupe Mts., Guadalupe Pass, Pinery, Independence Springs, Head of Delaware Creek, on Delaware Creek, on the Pecos, Llano Estacado, etc. Of Indian tribes, see page 13: “In this habit they are closely imitated, or have been set the example, by the people of New Mexico, and it is very doubtful whether a settlement can be found in the valley of the Rio Grande not possessed by Indian slaves. These poor creatures are bough and sold like horses or mules, and it seems rather too much to expect that the Indians shall deliver up the Mexican prisoners in their possession to the authorities which countenance openly the sale and slavery of numbers of their tribe.” Indian tribes: The Lipans, Comanches, see page 16 for the Kiowa reference. Salt reference: page 31. Reference to Mesilla Valley on page 31: “At the northern extremity is the town of Doña Ana, on the river and about seven miles below the Jornada. Extending from this village a distance of fifteen miles along the east or left bank of the river are the towns of Las Cruces and Las Tortugas, and the military post of Fort Fillmore. Opposite we find the valley and town of Mesilla.” [next paragraph] “The settled portion of the Mesilla valley is about ten miles in length along the river, and from one to three miles in width, to the base of the table-lands. It contains a population of about 3,000 and notwithstanding its equivocal position during the disputed question of boundary, and the constant annoyances and discouragement to the inhabitants in consequence of so precarious a condition, it has thrived wonderfully, and now raises nearly double the amount of products of the valley on the east side of the river. The village of Mesilla contains a population of 2,500, although first settled as late as 1850, and doubtless the settlement of the vexed question of jurisdiction will give a renewed impulse to its progress.” [next paragraph] “The oldest town in this part of New Mexico is Doña Ana, which, although settled as early as 1842, is nevertheless the least populous and thriving of the villages I have named. The post at Fort Fillmore has been established opposite the southern extremity of the Mesilla [page 32] valley, and about fifteen miles below Doña Ana. The next settlements along the river, with exception of the abandoned ranch of “Frontera,” are the town of Molino, at the rapids of the Rio Grande, about fifty-four miles below Doña Ana and two miles above El Paso, and the town of Franklin, two miles below.” [next paragraph] “Molino has been but recently laid out into lots, but occupying the point at which a railroad must intersect the Rio Grande; and presenting by far the most practicable point for crossing the river within many miles, it bids fair to become a place of consequence. Franklin, opposite EL Paso, is at present occupied by four companies on the 8th infantry, and is almost entirely the property of Mr. James McGoffin [sic. Magoffin], a wealthy and enterprising citizen of El Paso county.” [page32] [next paragraph] “At Frontera, about five miles above El Paso, the Rio Grande commences to make it passage through a chain of mountains which intersect its course, and to a point immediately in the neighborhood of Molino it is bordered closely on both sides by a range of high rugged mountains. At Frontera, four miles above, the range on the west side subsides into the vast level table-lands, which extend with little interruption many miles to the westward; but on the east side the mountains gradually depart from the river, becoming more rugged and lofty until they unite on the “Jornada del Muerto” with the continuous ridges and the Rocky mountains. The river cuts through between Frontera and Molino by a succession of rapids, and at one place a perpendicular fall of two or three feet, and this passage has, from the period of discovery by the Spaniards, been known as El Paso. The Mexican town of that name is about two miles below the debouchure [this is how it was spelled in the text] of the river from the mountains.” [page 32]. [new paragraph near the bottom of page 32:] “The immediate valley of the river between Doña Ana and Frontera contains about 128,000 acres of irrigable land; and to form an estimate of its agricultural value, it will be sufficiently to exhibit the products of the little strip of cultivated ground in the Mesilla valley for the year 1853. This can be considered a fair test, as the land was first settled in 1850, and the constant difficulties resulting from it equivocal relations with the two governments, and the impressments of the men into the Mexican army, have seriously interfered with its agircultural [page 33] production. There are about 16,000 acres in what is commonly known as the Mesilla valley, of which about 10,000 acres are under this partial cultivation” (NPH research note: prices are quoted: Corn, 50,000 bushels, at 70 cents = $35,000; Wheat, 7,000 bushels, at $1 = 7,000; Beans, 15,000 bushels, at $2 = 30,000). “and melons, fruits, and vegetables, in the most unlimited profusion” [NP H research note this partial sentence stands alone]. [Research note: He notes that the American iron plow would generate much more than the Mexican wooden plow]. He notes that the grape is a very important crops for the region” “The most valuable feature, however, of the valley of the Rio Grande, is yet but partially developed; and as it ministers to the luxuries rather than to the necessities of life, it cannot, in the absence of demand of such things, occupy a very important place in the present wealth of New Mexico. I refer to the peculiar adaptation of the valley to the culture of the grape. The east side of the Rio Grande is faced by chains of loft mountains, at an average distance from the river of fifteen miles, which, at San Felipe at the north and El Paso at the south, impinge directly upon the banks.” [NPH research note: refers to mild climate because of the geological position of the valley. States that locals have huge stock drives to California to make money] (NPH research file: bibpasodelnorte).

Pratt, Henry Cheever (Painter, portrait of J.W. Magoffin)
1852 Portrait of J.W. Magoffin, 30” x 28 3/4” Oil on Canvas. October 1852, by Henry Cheever Pratt, US Mexico Boundary Commission. This was made during the international boundary conducted by John Russell Bartlett (NPH research note: this work located in the Magoffin Home in El Paso, Texas, i.e. Magoffin State Historic Site. The painting was donated by Mrs. W.J. Glasgow. See this bibliography for additional information on the history of the painting – Santa Fe New Mexican: 01/31/31). Also: see this bibliography: Hall: 1996.

Puckett, Fidelia Miller
1950 "Ramón Ortíz: Priest and Patriot," New Mexico Historical Review, 25:265-295, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1950 (NPH research note: This item originally an unpublished manuscript by the author: 1935 "Ramón Ortíz: Priest and Patriot," 1935. Photocopy of the same in NPH research file from typed manuscript in El Paso Public Library, Special Collections).

Quaife, Milo Max
1910 The Diary of James K. Polk during His Presidency, 1845 to 1849, Chicago.

Robinson, James Alexander
1928 (Research note: review of Drumm’s book), Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol.8, No. 114-116.

Ruxton, George F.A.
1847 Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, New York.

Santa Fe National Historic Trail “Final Strategic Plan” Nov. 20, 2003 (Prepared by National Park Service National Trails System-Intermountain Region) (Website: http://stjohnks.net/santafetrail/sf/sft-plan.html) (Plan includes Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico. For further information, contact: Santa Fe Trail, RR 3 Box 137, Larned, KS 67550; National Trails System Office, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Santa Fe New Mexican 1931, "Factor In Making New Mexico History" (title). Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 31, 1931 (Research note: from the file of the El Paso Public Library - Pioneers, Magoffin, James Wiley. Photocopy of typed transcript in NP Houser research file). "The State Historical Society has just received an enlarged photograph of a portrait of this man from his granddaughter, Mrs. W.J. Glasgow, who is still occupying the Magoffin estate in El Paso. The painting was made by Henry Pratt, U.S.B.C. (United States Boundary Commission), in 1852 (Research note: this is a good account or bio-sketch. "James Magoffin was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where his parents had settled a short time before as immigrants from Ireland." -- "He was located at Fort Bliss as post sutler in 1849, before the city of El Paso was established. He settled on the bank of the Del Norte, where Juarez is now. He was the central figure in the development of the little village of Franklin, which later became El Paso. The homestead was known as 'Magoffinville,' and later was cut up and sold as 'Magoffin's addition to the city of El Paso." -- "His daughter, Josephine, is now Mrs. Glasgow, who has given this copy of the portrait of her grandfather to the Historical Society." -- "Mrs. Glasgow is the wife of Brig. Gen. W.J. Glasgow, retired, whose father, E.J. Glasgow of St. Louis, was also in Santa Fe as a trader prior to and with General Kearney's army in 1846. The wife of James Magoffin's brother was Suzan [sic] Shelby Magoffin who wrote 'Down the Santa Fe Trail." -- "Ralph Van Deman Magoffin of New York University, president of the Archaeological Institute of America, is descended from the same family of brothers who came from county Down, Ireland, prior to 1799").

Santa Fe Trail Association (Website: http://www.santafetrail.org/chapters/cottonwood/Cottonwood-Points)
Research note: quote from the Susan Shelby Magoffin diary (June 25, 1846, Cottonwood Creek). Santa Fe Trail Association. 1349 K-156 Hwy, Larned, KS 67550; phone 620/285-2054. $40 for non-profit membership. The goals of the organization are “…preserving, exploring, educating, and celebrating the Trail’s nearly two centuries of existence…” The trail extends for nearly 1,200 miles across five states.

*Santa Fe Trail Bibliographies (See: Selected books and the Santa Fe Trail... Website: http://www.santafelibrary.org/sftrailhtml and Bibliography of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, Website: http://nps.gov/archive/saafe/fnl-sft/miscpgs/biblio.htm

*Santa Fe Trail Research Site (Website: http://www.stjohnks.net/santaferail/) This site includes a Directory of Santa Fe Trail Sites; etc. (This site has many trail sites, including "Ash Creek Crossing" in Pawnee County, Kansas with entry from the diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, July 4, 1846.

Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway (Website: http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/sitelajun.html) "Hole in the Rock Site" August 1846 description by Susan Shelby Magoffin of this site, which is located at the head water of Timpas Creek, north of Thatcher, Coloroado on Highway 350.

Seifert, Shirley
1950 The Turquoise Trail, J.B. Lippincott Co., 409 pages, New York (Research note: novel based upon the diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, and presented as living history and from a pioneer woman’s point of view).

Shelby, Cass K.
1927 A Report on the First Three Generations of the Shelby Family in the United States, privately printed (NPH research note: cited by Drumm).

Shelby, Isaac (Cemetery)
The Isaac Shelby Cemetery (Travelers Rest) (Website: http://www.americanbyways.com/index.php?catid=3)
Isaac Shelby, Kentucky’s first and fifth governor. Upon his death in 1826, he was buried in the cemetery of his estate, known as Travelers’s Rest. “His contributions – Battle of King’s Mountain (1779), an American victory of the American Revolution. Before the war ended, he had served in the North Carolina legislature and held several official commissions. “Isaac Shelby acquired vast amounts of land in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky…”

(Shelby) Isaac Shelby State Historic Site (Cemetery) Website: http://www.ky.gov/agencies/parks/i75frames/isshelby-body.htm)
(Website includes location map. Citation reads: “Visit the grave of Isaac Shelby, Kentucky’s fist and fifth governor. Isaac Shelby (1750-1826). Cemetery location: five miles south of Danville off US 127.

Shelby, Isaac (Bio-Sketch, see Website: http://www.kytales.com/shelby/ishelby.html)
(Website includes a historic oil portrait of Isaac Shelby) Born in Haggerstown, MD in 1750. "In 1783, Shelby and his wife, Susannah (Hart) Shelby moved to Lincoln County, where they raised ten children." He first served as governor of Kentucky from June 4, 1792 to June 1, 1796, and was elected in 1813. He and his wife are buried in the family cemetery (on his estate - Travelers Rest), south of Danville. He died in 1826.

Shelby, Isaac (Bio-sketch, see Website: htttp://www.shelbyhistory.tripod.com/id27.html)
(Website has good image of oil portrait) Produced by Shelby Township Historical Society. Born Dec. 11, 1750. His father served in the French and Indian War. "Moving to Travelers Rest, Shelby completed his stone house in 1786. In 1783 he was appointed a trustee of Transylvania Seminary." -- "...he married his childhood sweethheart Susannah Hart on April 19, 1783." He was described as "...a heavy rugged fellow, with a ruddy face, firm lips, and a resolute eye." In 1792 he and others, drew up Kentucky's first constitution. "We do not know by whom or when our township received its name of Shelby. There are no fewer than nine counties in the country named after Shelby."

Shelby, Susan Hart (Website: http://www.mytree.net/gen/getperson.php?personID=18131&tree=cross)
(Webiste lists: birth in Fayette, Co, KY. female, Person ID 18131 Cross; Father James Shelby, b. 13 Feb. 1784, Travelers Rest. Mother Mary (Polly) Pindell, b. 1787, Fayette, Co., KY, Family ID F3154 Group sheet.

Salyersville, Kentucky (Website: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyersville,_Kentucky)
Salyersville is the county seat of Magoffin County and has a population of 1,604 US Census 2000. “In 1860, Magoffin County was officially formed from parts of the surrounding Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. The name was chosen for the Kentucky State Governor at the time, Beriah Magoffin, who held office from 1859 to 1862. The Magoffin County Institute, Salyersville's first high school, was founded in 1908).

Simmons, Marc (See: El Paso Times, March 20, 1977)

Sonnichsen, C.L.
1968 Pass of the North, Four Centuries on the Rio Grande, Texas Western Press, The University of Texas at El Paso (Research note: half of Magoffinville land, the site of Ft. Bliss, was conveyed to Henry Cuniffe and Albert H. French for $4,000 and Hart’s Mill bought $3,000 (Sonnichsen 1968:171).

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
1946 “Stella Atkinson Dies of Auto Injuries” (title), “Authority on Western History Had Been Hurt on Trip Near Meridian, Mass.” (subtitle), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 16, 1946 (Article includes photo of Mrs. Atkinson, aka, formerly Miss Stella M. Drumm) (Research note: photocopy in research file). Article mentions that she edited the Susan Shelby Magoffin dairy, which was subsequently published, and that the editor had been librarian at of the Missouri Historical Society for 30-years. Died as result of an auto accident near Meridian, Miss. She was riding with her husband, an attorney, when their automobile was forced-off the roadway. He survived the accident with an arm injury. They were en route to Meridian to stay with friends, and was to attend a convention of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans at Edgewater Park, Miss. She was 57-years old. She began working for the Missouri Historical Society in 1913 until 1944, when she married Mr. Chilton Atkinson. Their home was at 3000 Lafayette Ave. “Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a sister Miss Lila Drumm, and a brother, William Drumm” (Photocopy in NP H research file; original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Vol. 14, p. 43, Missouri Historical Society).

1953 "Chilton Atkinson Funeral Services To Be Tomorrow" (title). "...practicing attorney for more than 40 years" -- "burial in Bellefontaine Cemetery" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 30, 1953 (NPH research note: photocopy in NP Houser research file. Original source - Necrology Scrapbook Vol. 14, p. 43, Missouri Historical Society).

1979 “Msgr. W.M. Drumm Funeral Wednesday” (title). (Research note: served as pastor at St. Roch’s Church). “Surviving are two cousins, Sister Dolorita Marie Dougherty CSJ and Mrs. Vernon Gravat, both of St. Louis.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 29, 1979 (Photocopy in NP Houser Research file. Original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society).

1991 Obituary of Sister Doloria Dougherty, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 1, 1991 (Research note: collateral descendant of Stella Drumm; photocopy in NPH research file. Original source - Necrology Scrapbook, Missouri Historical Society).

"Stories" (Website: Magoffin Family, etc. see: http://www.cuynaheritage.org/stories.html) (Includes photos of descendants – Beriah Magoffin, Charlotte Magoffin, etc. “Shotgun Honeymoon” – Beriah Magoffin Jr. and Charlotte Bird Mondscheen married in 1907, this story is recalled by Susan Shelby Magoffin Stoker. No reference made to ancestors. This site from: Cuyuna County Heritage Preservation Society, Lower Level, United Bank of Crosby, Minnesota, P.O. Bo 68, Ironton, MN. 56455. Phone 218/545-1166. Email: cchps@emily.net

*Taylor Family Genealogy
n.d. Descendants of Daniel Taylor (See: NP Houser research file - George Taylor, born March 14, 1847, married Jane Magoffin. Jane was born in Lexington Kentucky in 1841 and died in 1934).

Texas Almanac for 1859
(NPH research notes: page 20:) "Laws of the Last Legislature": "Incorporation of Towns and Cities" (page 61) description of the land. "Supplement (page 99) authorizes towns and Cities, that with to reorganize under this Act; to enlarge or contract their limits, provided, that towns shall not contains more than 1280 acres, and cities no more than one league and labor". Page 63: "Enabling Free Persons of Color to Become Slaves", (63). Page 171: "El Paso County" [report] river was dry in 1852 and nothing was raised (page 172). Page 195: Eleventh District: Josiah F. Crosby, Judge. Page 205 - List of Notaries Public, El Paso (county) has the following notaries: Leonard Price, Samuel Magoffin*, J.J. Thibaut* [*are not known to the State Dept. as qualified notaries, papers not yet received, they were appointed and re-appointed]. [Ysleta is not listed among the census of incorporated towns, page 271). List of County Officers (p. 212) Chief Justice is [blank], and all the rest for El Paso County are [blank], page 212, Texas Almanac for 1859 (NPH reseach file).

Texas State Gazette (Newspaper)
1850 “From El Paso…Quickest Trip ever made with Wagons” (title) Texas State Gazette, Austin, Sept. 28, 1850, Vol. 2, No. 6, page 41, col. 1 “Major W.S. Henry of the 3rd Regiment, U.S. Infantry, arrived here on the 13th inst. Having left El Paso on the 26th Aug.” Trip took only 17 ½ days, and one day was lost (no travel) during a parley with the Indians. Also arrived with Henry were Ankrim and Nash from Fredericksburg. “We learn that the elections at El Paso resulted in making Mr. Heard, Chief Justice; Doane, Sheriff; Miller County Clerk – Judge Baird was to hold court on the first Monday of October in the stone building at the dam one mile below El Paso.” Mr. McGuffin [sic. Research note: James W. Magoffin], the well-known Santa Fe trader, was married to Miss Dolores Valez, on the 17th of August, by Chief Justice Hoppin, and a very elegant entertainment given to his friends at his fine new house”(NPH research file: bibmillsofelpaso).

Timmons, W.H. 1999 James Wiley Magoffin, Don Santiago – El Paso Pioneer, Southwestern Studies No. 106, Texas Western Press, El Paso, 130 pp.

Trails-R-Us-Monuments (Website: http://trailus.com/monuments/reg4/harrodsburg.html
Item # 44, Beriah Magoffin Monument, Springhill Cemetery (photo of monument on website), Harrodsburg(Mercer County, Ky), Zinc bust and pedestal, 1900 (sculptor not identified) Inscription (front): Magoffin/Our War Governor Beriah Magoffin, born April 15, 1815 Died February 28, 1885. – Inscription (north): Ann Shelby wife of Beriah Magoffin born August 15, 1818 died May 7, 1880. “My children are my jewels” (NPH research note: Beriah Magoffin desired to avoid the Civil War conflict and took the led for his state to assume a neutral position).

United States Government (See: Bent, Fort Bent; National Park Service; Polk 1855; Johnston, A.R. 1846; Santa Fe Tail)

University of Texas, Austin (See: Crosby 1852; Lightner 1853)

University of Texas, El Paso (See: Timmons 1999)

Webb, Dave
n.d. Adventures with the Santa Fe Trail, An educational activity book (Juvenile book), by Dave Webb, available: The Kansas Heritage Center, P.O. Box 1275, Dodge City, Kansas 67801-1275.

Webb, James Josiah
1927-29 “The Papers of James J. Webb, Santa Fe Trader, 1844-1861,” Washington University Studies II, St. Louis, 1924, pages 255-305

Webb, James Josiah Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-47, ed. Bieber, Glendale, California, 1931).

Webb, Walter Prescott
1952 The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1, Austin, The Texas State Historical Association. [NPH research note: photocopy of Louis Cardis biographical sketch, page 295, in file; also information of early El Pasoans, J.W. Magoffin and Josiah F. Crosby] (NPH research file - biblandgrant).

Wellingham-Jones, Patricia n.d. "A Lark For Susan" & "Jane's Lament" (original poems inspired by reading Susan Shelby Magoffin's dairy. Jane was Susan's African-American maid. The poems originally published in Wagon Tracks, The Santa Fe Trail Association Quarterly, Feb. 1998) (Website: http://www.analysands.hometead.com/WellinghamJonesLarkfor Sus...

White, Richard C.
1962 “Biographical Sketch of James Wiley Magoffin,” Password, 7(1):9-11, El Paso Historical Society.

Wislizenus, F.A.
1848 Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, 1846-1847, Washington.

*Yale University (N.P. Houser research)
Mr. George Miles, curator (Telephone 203/432-2958), for photocopy and microfilm copies of the original manuscript/diary by Susan Shelby Magoffin, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, Yale University Library, Box 160A, Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520.

Compiled by Nicholas P. Houser, MPH, MA, Project Historian
XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest

Note: resources (individuals, archives, libaries, parks, non-profit organizations, institutions) cited by state with notations by the compiler. I wish to acknowledge the kind assistance from the instituitons, famlies and individuals, who generously aided historical research.

California:

Dr. Robert Magoffin (very helpful, knowledgeable; communication by correspondence and phone calls).

Colorado:

Old Fort Bent, National Park Service, La Junta, Colorado, Telephone 719/384-2596; contacts: Nancy Russell, Curator; and Don Brown, Administrator. The fort was reconstructed between 1975 and 1976, and the Susan Magoffin Diary was used to assist its reconstruction. There is a room in the fort that is dedicated to her memory and includes her tintype and information on her. The fort’s bookstore has her diary on sale.

Connecticut:

Dr. Howard R. Lamar, Dept. of History, Yale University (phone call and correspondence) (Note: he wrote the foreword or introduction for the Drumm edited book printed by Yale University Press (Address: Dr. Howard R. Lamar, Dept. of History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He was very helpful and said that he considers Susan Magoffin’s diary a major contribution to the history of the Santa Fe Trail; suggests that I contact San Marcos, Texas and Texas and State Dept. people working on Magoffin book). This researcher also contacted George Miles, Curator for manuscript of the diary. He is in charge of the Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, Yale University Library, P.O. Box 160A Yale Station, New Have, Connecticut 060520.

Kentucky:

The Filson Club, Archivist (Genealogist), Ms. Nettie Oliver, 1410 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40208 (this researcher had a phone interview with her). General information phone 502/635-5083 (1301 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40208).

Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky (telephone 606/564-3016).

Missouri:

Aleta Hays (Magoffin family member). In ca. 2004, she was 86 years old (ca. 1998) and was very friendly and helpful. She was not aware that the first part of the diary is missing (before the Santa Fe Trip) and that it might be found (maybe in Arlington Texas University Special Collections Library). She knows the Ohio source which may discover the missing portion of the diary.

Bellfontain Cemetery, contact Mike Tieman, Supt. (He was very helpful, Susan Magoffin is buried there in the family plot. He provided good information and bibliographical resources on the historic cemetery where Susan is buried, as well as William Clark, Thomas Hart Benton, General Sterling Price, and famous river boat captains. Books: see Voice of the River by Hagia Hurst; Lion of the Valley by Primm; Catfish Crystal by Ernest Kirschtin). Address: Bellontian Cemetery Administrative Offices, 4947 West Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri 63115; telephone 314/381-0750.

Jackson County Historical Society, The (Independence, Missouri) (phone call interviews made). Archives in Research Library, telephone 816/252-7454, 112 West Lexington, 103 Independence, Missouri, 640050-3700; Jackson County Historical Society (Newspaper Archives), 129 West Lexington, Boatman’s Bank Bldg., Mezzanine Level, Independence, Missouri 64050-3733 (phone interviews made).

Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri (phone calls made to history department and library, re: descendants of Stella Drumm. Sister Stephanie Stueber, main contact, Tele 314/862-3456, alternate number 889-1489; address: 6800 Wydown Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63105-3098. To contact Mother of the Houser see: Sisters of St. Joseph (phone 414/481-8800).

Raymond Magoffin (Magoffin family descendant; very helpful), St. Louis, Missouri 63042 (phone call and correspondence; he has a family genealogy).

Mercantile Library (for old newspapers) tel 314/516-5143; also Mercantile Library Association 413/621-0670 (calls made and very helpful), they have issues of Globe Democrat which was published from the 1870’s to 1980, excellent source to trace missing diary. (Note: The Missouri Historical Review, which was published in Columbia, Missouri and should have Stella Drumm items as well as her obituary).

Missouri Historical Society, Mr. Duane Snedeker, Curator of Holographs and Prints, (tel. 314/746-4512), P.O. Box 11940, St. Louis, Missouri 63112-0040 (made phone interviews and correspondence, ordered facsimiles of Susan Shelby Magoffin from 1848 tintype, and portrait of Samuel Magoffin, her husband, on ivory miniature; additional copies made for Magoffin House of El Paso). Mr. Charles Ellis, Head Archivist, Tel 314/746-4514. Dennis Northcott, Assistant Archivist, tel 414/746-4548 (main contact for Susan Shelby Magoffin or the person this research was referred to). Ms. Ellen Thomasson (for photo requests which have been made). Direct line 314/746-4511; Fax line 314/746-4548.

Sister of St. Joseph of Cardonlet, Sister Charline Sullivan, Province Archivist, 6400 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 6311-2899 (tel 414/481-8800). (phone call and correspondence: re: Stella Drumm, concerned also her sister Dolorita Marie, deceased historian and collateral descendant of Stella Drumm).

State Historical Society, 1020 Lowry, Columbia, Missouri 65201 (tel 573/882-7083). Contacted Laura Boullon, Western Manuscript Collection, Asst. Director, Ellis Library, University of Missouri, Columbia 23 Ellis Library, Columbia, Missouri 65201; also Nancy Lankfor, Director, tel 573/882-6028; for newspaper archives contact Marie Concannon (contacted her who was very helpful and located Stella Drumm obituary), Newspaper Library, 1-800-747-6366; also Susan McCormack.

State Probate Records (find heirs of Jane M. Taylor for missing diary).

St. Louis – contact made (collateral descendants of Stella Drumm who include: Peggy Stelloh, Paul Gravat, Rosemary Heisler (Msg. William M. Drumm, died in 1979; he was Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis for 27 years, and was a cousin of Stella Drumm. NPH research files have photocopies of his obituary notices.

St. Louis Public Library (contact Special Collections) Tom Pearson, Assistant, Special Collections (tel 314/241-2288).

St. Louis University, contact made with library and archivists (Special Collections, tel 314/977-2222; Pius the XII Memorial Library, tel 314/977-3580).

University of Missouri, Western Historical Manuscript Collection, tel 314/516-5143.

Ohio:

Tiffen, Ohio (for missing portion of the diary) Peggy Baker, Ref. Librarian Assistant, Tiffen Seneca Public Library, 77 Jefferson St., Tiffen, Ohio 44883. (Note: I called Julie Rall; will follow with letter of inquiry).

Oklahoma:

Dr. Charles Hays (Magoffin family member), Norman, Oklahoma (has information on family history).