Texan Santa Fe Expedition

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. The expedition was unofficially initiated by the president of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar.

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