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Strickland, Rex

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Strickland, Rex

August 21, 2026

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El Paso’s first known newsletter, El Sabio Sembrador (“The Wise Sower”), was published in 1854 and later identified as the work of Frederic Augustus Percy, an English-born pioneer who concealed himself behind the fictitious names “Pete Whistler,” “Tom Tugs,” and “The Ancient Briton.” Dr. Rex W…

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