In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered
Author: Bob Chessey
The Big Kid in Juarez, Part 2
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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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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by Bob Chessey El Paso’s First Career Customs Inspectress When crossing an international bridge from Juarez to enter El Paso,
The 1930 Running of the Cerveza
by Bob Chessey A Tale of Pacing and Endurance Summer’s end in 1930 was proving to be a tough time
Ballad of a Corrido, Part Two
By Bob Chessey Gabriel Jara and “El Contrabando de El Paso” On the night of August 7, 1924, a somber
Ballad of a Corrido, Part One
Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two