Mary ONeill-right, with helper, operating the first switchboard in Ysleta, Texas in 1913. Joseph Longo, EPHS Curator
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The El Paso Mayor Race of 1969
In 1969, Mayor Judson Williams did not seek reelection for a fourth term and resigned before the completion of his term. Peter DeWetter was elected to succeed Williams in 1969. DeWetter came to El Paso in 1951 and started his own storage business. DeWetter was president of Ok Van and Storage Co, El Paso Terminal Warehouse […]
History of Clint Schools
The school was established in Clint in 1886 by the women of the village. A fire burned down the school in 1901. In 1910 a new school building was built. In 1913 and 1921, new schools building replaced each other. Clint got it’s name from Mary Clinton Collins who was one of the earliest settlers […]
History of Fabens schools
Photo Courtesy of the Border Heritage Center at the Main Library. It is from the 1924 El Paso County School Annual. The first public school opened in 1905, in a one-room building on the Henry Elm Farm. The first public school teacher was John Phelan who taught 12 students. In 1905 the building burned down, but […]
Early Lower Valley Schools: History of Tornillo
It seems that before World War I, Tornillo did not have a permanent public school. In 1916 County Superintendent of Schools Myra Winkler appointed Maren Jensen to teach Tornillo’s youth in an adobe building on a mesquite sand hill. In 1918 Winkler asked Mary Miller, whose brothers worked on Ivey-Dale Farm, to conduct a school […]
Old Post Cards of Mexico and United States
These postcards came from my late grandmother. She collected them on travels she took as a young woman.
EPCHS Curator,
Joseph Longo
Identified: Rachel Pierce, Bearl Nichols wedding
Rachel Pierce married Bearl Nichols on December 4, 1945 in E l Paso, Texas.
Identified: The Rinker Family
Wilsie William Rinker, Maude Ella Hamilton Rinker, Wilsie Berland Rinker and Gary Bernell Rinker. Wilsie William was born 20 July, 1916 and died 10 October 1993 and is buried in Evergreen East. Maude Ella was born 12 January, 1918 and died 29 August 1999 in El Paso and is also buried in Evergreen East. Wilsie […]
Photos: Juarez 1940
As we were going through the archives, we found a collection of photos from Juarez in 1940. Some of the areas need no introduction. But if you can identify a structure, street, or person in the pics, please let us know by emailing info@elpasohistory.com
Identified: David Hernandez and Jose Hernandez Jr.
We have identified these two photos as brothers David Hernandez and Jose Hernandez through David’s son, one of eight children, Michael Hernandez. Michael wrote: Yup, that’s my dad and my uncle Jose. Jose was older that my dad and died at the “Battle Of The Bulge.” He go shot as he was parachuting down and […]