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Costly Property Sold For a Song

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Costly Property Sold For a Song

August 20, 2026

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In 1922–1923, El Paso was promoted as a health center for tuberculosis patients, with several sanatoriums taking advantage of the city’s dry air, sunshine, and higher elevation. The Hendricks-Laws sanatorium at Marr and Scott streets in Government Hill housed 86 patients and had been financed…

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