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Dr. M. C. Melanson’s One-Track Mind

2025-06-06 Bob Chessey El Paso, History, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey Narcotic traffickers aim to profit by delivering contraband across geopolitical lines; however, there are physicians who trespass

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3

2025-03-10 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2

2025-03-07 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 1

2025-03-06 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,

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PART 3 BIG KID’S PALACE- “The Joy Spot of C. Juarez, Mexico.”

2024-07-08 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered

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The Big Kid in Juarez, Part 2

2024-06-13 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

You can read Part 1 here. by Bob Chessey Part Two: DODGING PROHIBITION In mid-January of 1900 23-year-old Harry Shipley

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HARRY NELSON SHIPLEY: THE “BIG KID” OF THE JUAREZ PLAYGROUND, Part 1

2024-05-17 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,

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“SALTY” NELL

2023-05-16 Bob Chessey History, Slider 5 comments

by Bob Chessey El Paso’s First Career Customs Inspectress When crossing an international bridge from Juarez to enter El Paso,

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The 1930 Running of the Cerveza

2022-12-22 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider 3 comments

by Bob Chessey A Tale of Pacing and Endurance Summer’s end in 1930 was proving to be a tough time

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Ballad of a Corrido, Part Two

2022-09-28 Bob Chessey History, Slider 2 comments

By Bob Chessey Gabriel Jara and “El Contrabando de El Paso” On the night of August 7, 1924, a somber

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Ballad of a Corrido, Part One

2022-09-15 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two

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