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Moorehead, Charles

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Moorehead, Charles

August 20, 2026

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Charles R. Morehead emerged as one of the central pioneer figures in the development of El Paso, Texas, after a career that began on the western plains in the 1850s. Born in Richmond, Missouri, in 1838, he worked for Russell, Majors & Waddell as a freighter and wagonmaster, took part in the…

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