In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the El Paso County Historical Society is looking back at past Password articles.
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El Paso County Historical Society will be closed on Fourth of July. Check out the Declaration of Independence
The El Paso County Historical Society will be closed on Fourth of July. We will resume regular business hours on Thursday, July 6, 2023 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Read the Declaration of Independence United States, John Dunlap, Peter Force, David Ridgely, and Printed Ephemera Collection. In Congress, July 4, a declaration by the representatives […]
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Women’s History Month: A look back at the important contributions in El Paso
Women’s History Month began in the 1980s when “Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as ‘Women’s History Week.’” ACCORDING TO THE LLIBRARY OF CONGRESS WEBSITE.
Password LXVI, 2022
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UTEP to host Community Conversation on the Legacy of Indigenous Slavery on March 3
UTEP will host a Community Conversation on the Legacy of Indigenous Slavery at the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on Friday, March 3.
El Paso County Historical Society to be at Border Archives Bazaar in Las Cruces, N.M.
Join the El Paso County Historical Society at this year’s Border Archives Bazaar on October 22 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. The event is a free, fun and educational event that brings visitors face to face with fascinating historical materials from the border region. It will be held […]
History of People and Places streetcar tour: Join us August 18 in Downtown El Paso
Learn about historical locations and peoples on the Streetcar with the El Paso County Historical Society.
Lucinda de Leftwich Templin
From “Radford School: The First 75 Years of Excellence” by Laura Cramer, The Password On January 15, 1910, a group of El Paso businessmen met at the Chamber of Commerce. Their purpose in the meeting: to discuss the possibility of establishing a private boarding school for girls. Other meetings followed in rapid succession. And by […]