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Herald Post

August 20, 2026

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The El Paso Herald-Post traces its origins to 1881, when Frank Tew, Col. James P. Baker, and B.F. Deal brought a small hand press from Colorado to El Paso and produced the first issue of The Herald on March 27 in a rented adobe building on South Campbell Street. Founded as the city’s first…

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