Sharon: I'm at the lake so I can't double check , but I think Mary Donoho already had child before she and her husband went to Santa Fe. They had a hotel in Santa Fe for a few years before leaving for Texas. Seems like the Donohos were friends of Becknell and he influenced their coming. She must have been a strong woman to have done the things she did. Jim said that there is a movement to change the name of Donoho St. in Clarksville.I think that would be terrible. Tom Heath, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Black Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 3:22 PM To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXREDRIV] New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail Just received and finished reading a neat new book about Mary Donoho. She ran the old Donoho Hotel in Clarksville for many years (Located where the Hub clothing store was and where Mary Housler's "Donoho" antique store is now). For years, historians believed that a woman named Susan Magoffin was the first white woman to travel the Santa Fe Trail. In 1987, a historian discovered that our own Mary Donoho had gone from Missouri to Santa Fe via the "trail" in 1833, thirteen years before Susan did. The Donohos lived in Santa Fe for several years and then came to Texas in 1839 and settled in Clarksville. Their son was the first white child to be born in Santa Fe. Mary's husband, William Donoho, died fairly young and the widowed Mary ran the hotel and raised her children alone. While in New Mexico, the Donohos ransomed 3 women from Indians who had captured them. That story alone is fascinating. Donoho Street in Clarksville is named for this family and they are all buried at Clarksville Cemetery. The book is available at Amazon if anybody wants one. Our speaker at the last genealogy meeting talked about this and other local history. He teaches Texas History to 7th graders at Clarksville and uses the Mary Donoho book as part of his classes. Sharon in Paris, TEXAS ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

You're right, Tom. Mary Donoho had a daughter who was born in MO and who made the trip to Santa Fe as a baby. Mary had a son and another daughter while in Santa Fe. Three more daughters were born in Clarksville. This book says that they may have known Becknell but that he was no longer traveling the Santa Fe Trail at the time that the Donoho's made their trip. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BARBARA WATSON" <dadoc1964@msn.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail Sharon: I'm at the lake so I can't double check , but I think Mary Donoho already had child before she and her husband went to Santa Fe. They had a hotel in Santa Fe for a few years before leaving for Texas. Seems like the Donohos were friends of Becknell and he influenced their coming. She must have been a strong woman to have done the things she did. Jim said that there is a movement to change the name of Donoho St. in Clarksville.I think that would be terrible. Tom Heath, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Black Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 3:22 PM To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXREDRIV] New First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail Just received and finished reading a neat new book about Mary Donoho. She ran the old Donoho Hotel in Clarksville for many years (Located where the Hub clothing store was and where Mary Housler's "Donoho" antique store is now). For years, historians believed that a woman named Susan Magoffin was the first white woman to travel the Santa Fe Trail. In 1987, a historian discovered that our own Mary Donoho had gone from Missouri to Santa Fe via the "trail" in 1833, thirteen years before Susan did. The Donohos lived in Santa Fe for several years and then came to Texas in 1839 and settled in Clarksville. Their son was the first white child to be born in Santa Fe. Mary's husband, William Donoho, died fairly young and the widowed Mary ran the hotel and raised her children alone. While in New Mexico, the Donohos ransomed 3 women from Indians who had captured them. That story alone is fascinating. Donoho Street in Clarksville is named for this family and they are all buried at Clarksville Cemetery. The book is available at Amazon if anybody wants one. Our speaker at the last genealogy meeting talked about this and other local history. He teaches Texas History to 7th graders at Clarksville and uses the Mary Donoho book as part of his classes. Sharon in Paris, TEXAS ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237