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Chope, Chester Lee

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Chope, Chester Lee

August 20, 2026

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Chester Lee Chope (1895–1982) was a prominent El Paso journalist whose career spanned more than five decades and closely tracked the city’s transformation from a rough frontier town to a modern border metropolis. Born in Macon, Missouri, he began in newspapers in 1911, worked in La Grange…

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