The Development of Cosmetology in El Paso: 1892-1970s. Read more about the history of Cosmetology in the El Paso area. Click through the images.
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Pioneering Women Artists in El Paso
See photos of the pioneering women artists in the El Paso area.
A Study in Historic Beauty
(EPCHS note: This semester, EPCHS launched an internship program meant to give students an opportunity to work in an archive and obtain professional experience that will prepare them for the marketplace. This is the first blog post in a series authored by one of our interns from the history department at UTEP about her experiences here.) […]
Nell Gardner: Founded the first Pilot Club West of the Mississippi
In 1911, Nell Stanley Corbett came to El Paso with first husband and her daughter, Isabella Zimmerman.
Jennie Calderella Richards: A Pioneer in Business
Jennie Calderella was born in El Paso in 1909. She was the daughter of Jack Calderella and Angela Barbaria. In 1898, Jack founded a meat market, and it eventually became a grocery store. Jack’s son, Ciro, took it over and ran it as a restaurant equipment store. Jack came to El Paso from Sicily and […]
Margaret Rolston Macdonald: Founder of Roslton Hospital.
In 1911, Margaret Rolston Macdonald a nurse founded Rolston hospital which was first located on 216 Wyoming Street. In 1916 she built a new hospital where the central police station now stands at North Raynor street. After her death in 1922, The Rolston Hospital was sold to the masons who reopened it as the Masonic hospital. […]
Sylvia DeAngelis : first woman Police Sargent in El Paso
April 29.1994 El Paso Times. Sylvia DeAngelis was the first woman police sergeant in El Paso in 1987 and later the first woman El Paso Police LT in 1994.
Hall of Honor Nomination Form 2018
We are currently asking for nominations for honorees for the 2018 Hall of Honor. As you all know, the El Paso County Historical Society honors several El Pasoans each year at our annual Hall of Honor banquet. This event showcases the achievements of individuals who have made tremendous, positive contributions to our community. This year, […]
Mabel and the Merrymakers.
Mabel Moody was born in Big Spring, Texas; she was the daughter of William Edward Moody and Clara Cochran. Moody married Marion Shirvalle in 1925 in El Paso. According to the 1920 U.S. Census, she was living on Olive street in E Paso. Marion ran the Retail Dairy Place and she her last residence was […]