Photo Courtesy of the Border Heritage Center at the Main Library. It is from the 1924 El Paso County School Annual. The first public school opened in 1905, in a one-room building on the Henry Elm Farm. The first public school teacher was John Phelan who taught 12 students. In 1905 the building burned down, but […]
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Early Lower Valley Schools: History of Tornillo
It seems that before World War I, Tornillo did not have a permanent public school. In 1916 County Superintendent of Schools Myra Winkler appointed Maren Jensen to teach Tornillo’s youth in an adobe building on a mesquite sand hill. In 1918 Winkler asked Mary Miller, whose brothers worked on Ivey-Dale Farm, to conduct a school […]
Old Post Cards of Mexico and United States
These postcards came from my late grandmother. She collected them on travels she took as a young woman.
EPCHS Curator,
Joseph Longo
El Paso Christmas Shopping ‘Rush’ – 1926
The following article, based on a December 22, 1926 clipping in the El Paso Herald, was written by Bob Chessey, El Paso historian. It details the “Christmas Rush” that occurred 90 years ago next week.
Identified: Rachel Pierce, Bearl Nichols wedding
Rachel Pierce married Bearl Nichols on December 4, 1945 in E l Paso, Texas.
Identified: The Rinker Family
Wilsie William Rinker, Maude Ella Hamilton Rinker, Wilsie Berland Rinker and Gary Bernell Rinker. Wilsie William was born 20 July, 1916 and died 10 October 1993 and is buried in Evergreen East. Maude Ella was born 12 January, 1918 and died 29 August 1999 in El Paso and is also buried in Evergreen East. Wilsie […]
The Lowenstein Family: Pioneer Family of Ysleta.
Moritz Lowenstein was born in Westphalia, Germany, he immigrated to the United States in the 1850s. He first came to the El Paso area in 1863 while working for the Federal Government. In 1873 he married Juana Buchanan, daughter of James Buchanan and Magdalena De Diaz. James was a U.S.Consul in Mexico and Moritz worked […]
Photos: Juarez 1940
As we were going through the archives, we found a collection of photos from Juarez in 1940. Some of the areas need no introduction. But if you can identify a structure, street, or person in the pics, please let us know by emailing info@elpasohistory.com
Identified: David Hernandez and Jose Hernandez Jr.
We have identified these two photos as brothers David Hernandez and Jose Hernandez through David’s son, one of eight children, Michael Hernandez. Michael wrote: Yup, that’s my dad and my uncle Jose. Jose was older that my dad and died at the “Battle Of The Bulge.” He go shot as he was parachuting down and […]
Identified: Herbert William Igoe
We have identified this photo of Herbert Igoe through his granddaughter Gloria. This is the first time Gloria has seen a photo of her granddad. From the Risinger Photo Collection: Herbert William Igoe. Born September 11 in El Paso, Texas. Died September 26, 2002 in El Paso, Texas. He father was Joseph Micheal Igoe born […]