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 […]
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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 […]
A Thanksgiving Menu
From a Loose-leaf notebook with handwritten notes on nutrition, foods, and recipes that belonged to Helen O’Shea Keleher.1918-1920 Oyster Soup Celery Roast turkey Mashed potatoes Crisp chicken Salted almond Cranberry jelly Onions with cream Chicken Pie Fruit Pudding Cream Sauce Mince and Apple pie Ice Cream Fruit, Nuts, Resins, Bon Bon, Fancy Cake Café Noir […]
Davenport Family Donates Iconic Gas Station to El Paso County Historical Society
EL PASO – August 18, 2020— Mrs. Rod Davenport and the Davenport family have donated the 101-year-old, former Texaco Service Station located at 2871 Grant Avenue to the El Paso County Historical Society (EPCHS). The donation earlier this year fulfilled Mr. Davenport’s wish to preserve the station as a gift to the community that as […]
Grace Logan: An El Paso Suffragist. by Joseph Longo
Grace Virginia Logan was the first corresponding secretary of the El Paso’s first suffrage league, the El Paso Equal Franchise League. Logan was a leader in the League’s War relief work during WWI and led a campaign to provide magazines and other published materials to soldiers. She represented the El Paso Equal Franchise League at […]
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We are Digitally Open!
Dear El Paso County Historical Society Members and Supporters: We are pleased to announce that we are digitally open! We welcome your research requests and questions via email and through Facebook.We will also be checking telephone messages regularly. Please be patient as we work in different ways to fulfill your requests. In addition, we remain active […]
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