Sister Blandina arrived to Cincinnati in 1854 and in 1872 she went to Trinidad Colorado to begin her life as a missionary. At the End of the Santa Fe Trail was originally published in 1932 and was originally meant to tell her sister about her life in the west to her sister who was still in Cincinnati.
Sister Blandina arrived in Santa Fe in 1876 and she kept a diary of her experiences. Finally, in 1932 her story was published under the title 'At the End of the Santa Fe Trail.'
