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Rokahr, Charles

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Rokahr, Charles

August 21, 2026

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Charles Rokahr, a Chicago-trained bootmaker, established a shoe business in El Paso 29 years before the 1915 account and built it into a large electrically operated plant employing 18 skilled workers and drawing customers from 14 states. Known as the oldest business of its kind in El Paso, the…

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