Their steel rang on the scrub oak and the aspen while their eyes kept a look out for Mescalero Apaches that ranged the peaks. ... Men hauled the timber on creaking oxcarts down the trails to the river. They built walls of the house of adobe four feet thick. Over the enormous hand sawed ceiling beams they spread adobe one foot thick. At last beneath the 14-foot-high ceilings, the women lit the candles. Fiddlers scraped and bowed for once again the troopers from Fort Bliss and townsfolk were going to a frontier ball at the Magoffins.

Richard Dunlop, The Westerners Brand Book, January 1961

From this rough  beginning, the Magoffin Home became one of the social centers of early El Paso. Purchased from the Glasgow family by the City of El Paso and the State of Texas in 1976, this  1.5-acre park  The site has been operated by Texas Parks and Wildlife since its purchase.
The site is open to visitors Thursday through Sunday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Wednesdays by appointment only.  Adults $3.00; Children 12 and under with parent or guardian, no charge:  Group rates available.