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Clark, Gaylord

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Clark, Gaylord

August 20, 2026

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Gaylord Judd Clarke, a lawyer, poet, and devout Episcopalian, arrived in El Paso in 1867 after hard times in the East and quickly became one of the town’s leading civic figures. He served as a judge, helped establish the first Protestant Episcopal services in the community, and played a central…

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