McGinty Cannon
August 20, 2026
The McGinty cannon, long known in El Paso folklore as the “Blue Whistler,” has a disputed history marked by conflicting accounts of its origin and later movements. One version says Samuel and Joseph Schutz bought a pair of cannons at a government auction and gave them to the McGinty Club for its…
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