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Magoffin, James Wiley

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Magoffin, James Wiley

August 20, 2026

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James Wiley Magoffin, born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1799 to Irish immigrant parents, became one of the most influential and colorful founders of the early American settlements that developed into El Paso. Literate, adventurous, and commercially astute, he served as an early U.S. consul in…

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