Skip to content

El Chuqueño

Mild Entertainment for the Easily Amused

  • Home
El Chuqueño

Category: History

Segundo Barrio

2020-06-18 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Commissioners Court, downtown, economic development, History, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

Have you seen this map of the Segundo Barrio Historic District the El Paso Commissioners Court approved last Monday? It’s

Continue reading

The Storm That Swept Mexico

2019-04-27 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a cool two hour video that covers the history of Mexico, mostly the first half of the twentieth century.

Continue reading

Teddy Roosevelt in Juarez

2019-03-29 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Slider One comment

Lookie what I found. Isn’t that our future 26th president enjoying a cigar as he plays roulette at the Monte

Continue reading

Where Am I?

2018-08-18 elrichiboy History, New Mexico 13 comments

A reader sent in this photo, and he’s looking to identify the location. Here’s what Phillip tells us: Westward bound

Continue reading

Some Almost Lost Local History

2018-05-22 elrichiboy History Leave a comment

Here’s a story from CabinetMagazine.org of a religious colony founded outside of Las Cruces in the late 1800’s. The search

Continue reading

Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone

2018-04-25 elrichiboy History, How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

I found this artefact on the street the other day. You think it’s old? From the Texas State Historical Association

Continue reading

El Chuqueño Lately

  • Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown / Some Days
  • Debt and Taxes
  • Follow For Now – Holy Moses
  • Sunday Matinee – Shoot to Kill
  • ” Billionaire Philanthropy is a ‘PR Scam’ “

Can you help a brother out?

If you like what you read here, please consider donating $5. If you don't like what you read here, please consider donating $2.

The Word on the Street

  • Kathy Staudt on Debt and Taxes
  • John G. Dungan on ” Billionaire Philanthropy is a ‘PR Scam’ “
  • Bruce F. Ruble on How To Cripple an Economy
  • JerryK on ” Billionaire Philanthropy is a ‘PR Scam’ “
  • JerryK on Community Forum for EPISD Board of Trustees Candidates
  • Archer on Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam
  • James Keith on City of Dust: Organ, New Mexico
  • Helen Marshall on City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico
  • carol m smith on The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 1
  • Michele Tenorio on City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico
Receive new posts right in your InBox!
Loading
WordPress Theme: Tortuga by ThemeZee.