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Bike Races

August 20, 2026

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Early July 4 celebrations in Ysleta and El Paso centered on churchyard gatherings, bicycle races, children’s games, and fireworks. Mrs. M.A. Emilie Sanders recalled the old Ysleta Mission as a focal point for festivities and remembered a local fireworks maker known as “Quetero,” who died after…

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