The October meeting of the Red River County Genealogical Society will be held on Monday evening, October 8 at 7 p.m. This month, the group will meet at the Old Church Theater, on West Main in Clarksville. The speaker will be Liz Covington, who will come in the person of Mary Donoho, of the well known Donoho family of Clarksville. Mary's life was chronicled in the book, "Mary Donoho -- New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail", by Marian Meyer, written in 1991. Mary and her husband, William Donoho crossed the Santa Fe Trail in 1833 with their young nine-month old child. The couple became innkeepers at Santa Fe. Mary was the first Anglo woman to cross the trail, predating the next known woman who crossed the trail by 14 years. She was 25 years of age at the time, and the Donohos had two more children while there, thus giving them the added distinction of having the first two Anglo children born in Santa Fe. The family remained in Santa Fe until 1837, the year of the infamous Perez Rebellion. Soon the family moved eastward and settled in Clarksville,Texas, where they continued their profession as innkeepers. The well known Donoho Hotel was a fixture on Clarksville's square for many years. Mary died in 1880, the same year that the Santa Fe Trail closed. She and her husband are buried in the Clarksville Cemetery. Ms. Covington has done much research and study on Mary Donoho and will be portraying her in the October 8 program. Clarksville is fortunate to have such a notable woman as part of the town's history, and her portrayal will be an event that everyone who has an interest in the area's history will not want to miss. Although no admission fee will be charged, the society will accept donations to go toward Ms Covington's expenses.