By James Sawtelle That Sunday afternoon I had time to cut loose and go with Richard Grenier (my high school
Category: History
The Storms and Spirits of Mexican September
By Kent Paterson In Mexico, September boasts many historic dates with reverberations that continue shaping the nation today. Besides the
PART 3 BIG KID’S PALACE- “The Joy Spot of C. Juarez, Mexico.”
In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered
“El Querreque”
Here’s a link to a audio interview that frequent El Chuqueño contributor Kent Paterson recorded for KUNM. Vicente Bautista is
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
Honoring the Mexican Workers Who Saved the United States
By Kent Paterson For the first time in 60 years, Sebastián Corral touched the earth of Rio Vista Farm in
HARRY NELSON SHIPLEY: THE “BIG KID” OF THE JUAREZ PLAYGROUND, Part 1
by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,
Debbie Nathan on the PDNG and Plan El Paso
Lest We Forget Here’s a piece local hero Debbie Nathan wrote for Texas Monthly back in 2013. These days El
“SALTY” NELL
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
The Half House
Trish Long talks about the Shanghai Grocery in this piece in the El Paso Times: The Shanghai Grocery was located
History Showcase this Saturday
Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.
Juarez Loses a Defender of the People
by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,
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
El Ojo del Chuco
This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled
Vox – “The Dark History of ‘Gasoline Baths’ at the Border”
Local legend Dr. David Romo hipped me and contributed to this disturbing history of El Paso.
God Bless Adair
“Former First Lady of El Paso” Adair Margo just won’t let it go. From a guest column in today’s El
LatinX El Paso : Odyssey of a Mexican American/Hispanic Community by Oscar Martinez
Latinx El Paso provides a historical and contemporary overview of the Mexican American/Hispanic population in one of the major urban centers
David Romo vs. Adair Margo
From Adair Margo’s guest column in the El Paso Times: Since 2016, a falsehood has been spread nationwide about El