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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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The Half House

2022-11-15 elrichiboy History Leave a comment

Trish Long talks about the Shanghai Grocery in this piece in the El Paso Times: The Shanghai Grocery was located

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History Showcase this Saturday

2022-11-04 Rich Wright History, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.

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Juarez Loses a Defender of the People

2022-10-03 Vanessa Johnson History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,

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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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El Ojo del Chuco

2022-03-15 elrichiboy History, Juarez 2 comments

This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled

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Vox – “The Dark History of ‘Gasoline Baths’ at the Border”

2022-01-18 elrichiboy History, Local Heroes, Slider Leave a comment

Local legend Dr. David Romo hipped me and contributed to this disturbing history of El Paso.

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God Bless Adair

2021-12-19 elrichiboy Adair Margo, Gensler, Heritage Tourism, History, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

“Former First Lady of El Paso” Adair Margo just won’t let it go. From a guest column in today’s El

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LatinX El Paso : Odyssey of a Mexican American/Hispanic Community by Oscar Martinez

2021-12-16 elrichiboy History, Media, Slider, Uncategorized 4 comments

Latinx El Paso provides a historical and contemporary overview of the Mexican American/Hispanic population in one of the major urban centers

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David Romo vs. Adair Margo

2021-11-20 elrichiboy History, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

From Adair Margo’s guest column in the El Paso Times: Since 2016, a falsehood has been spread nationwide about El

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Justice For Chet

2021-09-18 elrichiboy El Paso Police Department, History, Music, Slider One comment

Today is the second anniversary of the day that blues drummer Chet Woodward was murdered at the streetcar stop by

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Descanse en Paz, El Recreo

2021-05-07 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Local Heroes, Mexico, Slider 8 comments

El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is

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Segundo Barrio

2020-06-18 elrichiboy 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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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