Preserving Local History: El Paso County Historical Society 1953-1986. Since 1954 the El Paso County Historical Society has been the driving force of the historic scene of El Paso. EPCHS strives to foster research into the history of the El Paso area; share that history with the public; publish and encourage historical writing pertaining to […]
Month: September 2020
The Lorenzen Family Collection: ‘How We Cook in El Paso;
By Joseph Longo This copy of the 1926 cookbook “How We Cook in El Paso” is part of the Lorenzen Family Collection. It belonged to Ada Lane Lorenzen, who was an active civic leader and served as president of the El Paso Woman’s Club. She was also a charter member of the El Paso County […]
Davenport Family Donates Iconic Gas Station to El Paso County Historical Society
EL PASO – August 18, 2020— Mrs. Rod Davenport and the Davenport family have donated the 101-year-old, former Texaco Service Station located at 2871 Grant Avenue to the El Paso County Historical Society (EPCHS). The donation earlier this year fulfilled Mr. Davenport’s wish to preserve the station as a gift to the community that as […]
New Publication from EPCHS: “My Book: Richard Fenner Burges’ Personal Diary, 1891-1898”
We are happy to announce the release of “My Book: Richard Fenner Burges’ Personal Diary, 1891-1898,” an El Paso County Historical Society publication. In the diary, written during his late teens and early twenties, Burges recounts his life in the far west Texas town of El Paso shortly after his arrival from Seguin. As El […]
From the Archives: Anita Lee Blair
Anita Lee Blair(1916-2011) was the woman to represent El Paso in the Texas State Legislature from 1953-1955. She also was the first blind woman to hold any elected office in The United States. Blair was also a national freelance safety lecturer, who traveled all around the county with a seeing-eye dog, a German Shepherd named […]