-Joseph Longo
Author: EPCHS
Curator Corner: Bits of History
El Paso County Commissioner Louis J. Ivey Make Surprising Discovery, 1935 In 1935, County Commissioner and pioneer lover valley cotton farmer discovered was named by “The Valley of The Pyramids”, 12 miles north of Fabens. It was described as ” a canyon filled with myriad colored clays shales and volcanic ash”. The El Paso Herald-Post wrote that […]
Notable Women in El Paso History 1920s-1970s.: Entrepreneurs Businesswomen, and Public Service.
A Celebration of Women History Month by Joseph Longo
Notable Women in El Paso History from the 1920s-1970s : Athletes, Artists, and Writers.
Celebration of Women’s History Month. by Joseph Longo
Notable Women in El Paso History from the 1920s-1970s : Educators and Activists.
A Celebration of Women History Month by Joseph Longo
The Empire Club and Gillespie’s Steak House: 1946-1986
Gillespie Steak House was established in Five Points in 1946 on 2810 Montana. Gillespie opened the Empire Club in 1959 on 2814 Montana. Gillespie mother,Stella was the manager of the steakhouse. Gillespie also operated Wyoming inn on 916 Wyoming Street, Gillespie’s Chicken House on 2810 N.Copia. The Gillespie Steakhouse was named Gillespie Grill and […]
Anna B. Newman: First Curator of the El Paso International Art Museum.
Anna Butterfield was born and rasied in Knob Knoster, Missouri in 1881 to Maurice and Luvina Butterfield. Newman first came to El Paso in 1902 and believed have met her husband,Charles Moorehead Newman on the Newman Family Ranch in Northeast El Paso. The Newman was a prominent farming family and land developers in El Paso. […]
Who Founded La Tapatia Inc?
La Tapatia started as a tortilla factory in the 1950s, at least as early as 1953. In 1958, it moved from 9075 Alameda to 9030 Alameda which is now a tuxedo rental place. It was sold by the original family to the Gus and Ted Rallis, and Mayor Ray Salazar in 1970. They sold it […]
Helen Farrington Kister: First Curator of the El Paso County Historical Society.
Photo Credit: El Paso Times Helen Farrington was the first curator of the El Paso Historical Society.Farrington succeeded Dorothy Ormsby as director of the El Paso Main Library in 1945. Ormsby was acting director , who wa appointed in 1943, after the sudden death of Maud Durlin Suilvan. Farrington was born in Chicago and graduated […]
Iconic “castle house” defined by family, atmosphere
The home at 1201 Cincinnati Ave., known as the “stone castle,” has stood at the location for more than 100 years, providing a spacious and unique home to many families over the decades. Following is a description of the home by Harriot Howze Jones, writing in the El Paso County Historical Society newsletter, Password: “The […]