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The Empire Club and Gillespie’s Steak House: 1946-1986

  Gillespie Steak House was established in Five Points  in 1946 on 2810 Montana. Gillespie opened the Empire Club in 1959 on 2814 Montana. Gillespie mother,Stella was the manager of the steakhouse. Gillespie also operated Wyoming inn on 916 Wyoming Street, Gillespie’s Chicken House on 2810 N.Copia. The Gillespie Steakhouse was named Gillespie Grill and […]

Fannie Schutz Spitz: Inventor of the first Machine to Shell Pine Nuts for Commercial Use was born in El Paso.

    Fannie S. Spitz was an inventor who patented the first machine to shell pine nuts for commercial used. Fannie Schutz was born in El Paso and was the daughter of Samuel Schutz and Friederike Siebenborn in 1873. Fannie’s cousin, Solomon C. Schutz was a prominent merchant and went on to serve as mayor of El Paso. Fannie traveled and […]

Curator Corner: Some Resources for Genealogy Research

City Directories There are various ways you can access them online and physically: El Paso Main Library ‘s Border Heritage UTEP Special Collections: Burges House’s Jane Burges Perrenot Research  Library. How can you access them Online? https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CIT/ http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/city_direct/ Both are free. Online Resources http://www.epcounty.com/publicrecords/officialpublicrecords/OfficialPublicRecordSearch.aspx free. Open Records( Birth,Marriage,Deeds,and other legal records.) https://www.familysearch.org/ https://www.ancestry.com/ https://newspaperarchive.com/(free if […]

Little Known Communities of the Lower Valley: Past and Present.

Several of theses communities in El Paso county incorporated expect Belen,because they was afraid  of annexation by El Paso .The Current status of some of theses communities are unknown. Casey was incorporated was  in 1963.  It was east of Clint,included several farms. It had a active local government. The first mayor was Henry A. Beene […]

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Edith Halies Healy: Ysleta School and Church Pioneer

Edith Hailes was born in a house on the 600 block of Campbell street, her father was an employee of the Railroads. Edith married Jerry Healy and had 5 children. Edith lived in Odessa for 10 years and was named “Odessa Catholic Mother of the Year.” The Healys bought a house on 7881 Alameda and […]