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Password Volume VI, Numbers 1-4 from 1961 Volume VI, No. 1, Spring 1961 Recollections of Camp Cotton by Albion Smith Spanish and Mexican Surveying Terms and Systems by Katherine H. White Book Reviews Sonnichsen, Tularosa: Last of the Frontier West, by John Middagh Perrigo, Our Spanish Southwest, by Alice D. Harvey Spencer, Gold Country, 1828-1858, by […]

Password Volume V, Numbers 1-4 from 1960 Volume V, No. 1, Spring 1960 The Presidential Election of 1928 in El Paso County by Charles E. Hershberger The Guns of Valverde by Richard K. McMaster and George Ruhlen Book Reviews McCaleb, The Mier Expedition, by Eugene O. Porter Wilhem, Cavalcade of Hooves and Horns, by C.L. Sonnichsen […]

Password Volume IV, Numbers 1-4 from 1959 Volume IV, No. 1, Spring 1959 El Paso – Fort Yuma Wagon Road: 1857-1860 by Jack C. Vowell, Jr. Fort Hancock-Last of the Frontier Forts by George Ruhlen The Development of Irrigation in the City of El Paso by Alice White Book Reviews Hoover, Early Days in the Mogollons, […]

Password Volume III, Numbers 1-4 from 1958 Volume III, No. 1, Spring 1958 The El Pas Tin Mine by Conrey Bryson The Journal of Ebenezer Hanna by Martin H. Hall The Recollections of Old Fort Bliss by Mrs. Robert Lee Howze Book Reviews Golden, The American Indian: Then and Now, by Eugene O. Porter Keleher, Violence […]

A few weeks ago, a gentleman came to the Historical Society to conduct research on his grandfather, father, and uncle. He had been researching his family for years and plans to write a book about them. On Friday, another gentleman came to the Society seeking photos for a book he is writing on the history […]

It is difficult to say from where the sentiment originates, but I have always felt as though El Paso, TX is regarded as somewhat unimportant and uninteresting by the rest of the United States. Such disregard seems to be recapitulated by El Paso’s citizens—or at the very least, by its educational system. Through the course […]

My intention with my previous post was to avoid legitimating my exploration of El Paso history (for myself and for others) because the importance of local history should be obvious. Luckily, though, I continue to find my quest for El Pasohistory validated. Case in point: today, while volunteering at the El Paso County Historical Society’s […]

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/tex/id/2051/rec/8) Last week, we got a call from Southern Methodist University (SMU) about verifying whether some photos they had in their collections credited to one Francis F. Parker were also attributable to a Francis W. Parker listed on our website. The search for the answer to this question demonstrates how history is not only investigative, […]

Welcome! Welcome to the El Paso County Historical Society Blog! We will be updating it every-so- often with all things Borderlands history. Whether it is an interesting find, an entry about an event that took place in the Borderland, or general insights into history, you’ll find it here. Please make sure to check with us, […]