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They proceeded onward to Santa Fe where they proposed opening trade relations between New Mexico and the French. After a nine-month wait in Santa Fe, the response from the government in Mexico City was negative and they were told they had to leave. However, they were given letters encouraging trade by New Mexican officials. [1]
Susan Shelby Magoffin (30 July 1827 – 26 October 1855) was the wife of a trader from the United States who traveled on the Santa Fe Trail in the late 1840s. The diary in which she recorded her experiences has been used extensively as a source for histories of the time.
The Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a failed commercial and military expedition in 1841 by the Republic of Texas with the objective of competing with the lucrative trade conducted over the Santa Fe Trail and the ulterior motive of annexing to Texas the eastern one-half of New Mexico, then a province of Mexico. [1] [2]
To participate in the USPS Operation Santa Program as a possible recipient, you have to write a letter, put it in a stamped envelope with a return address, and send it to Santa's official workshop ...
Sweet, vintage letters to Santa from Texas farm kids recall a simpler, more generous time. The post 13 Sweet Vintage Letters to Santa—from Almost 100 Years Ago appeared first on Reader's Digest.
The United States Postal Service began receiving letters to Santa over 100 years ago, a spokesperson for the USPS told Business Insider. In 1912, Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock authorized ...
Map of the Santa Fe Trail, established by Becknell William Alexander Becknell was born in the Rockfish Creek area of Amherst County, Virginia to parents Micajah and Pheby (Landrum) Becknell. Conflicting sources say his year of birth was 1787 or 1788. [ 1 ]
Heck, it was all the way back in 1940 that a fictional Ralphie Parker wrote his own letter to Santa explaining his urgent need for a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle.