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Password Index (-V-)

The El Paso County Historical Society has been publishing Password, a quarterly publication, since 1956. Password contains articles about El Paso and the surrounding area. Below is an index to those articles.

Index Entries for Letter -V-

Vaca, Avar Nunez de, x, 79, 80, 81

Vado de Apache Road (Ysleta), xxviii, 156

Vado de los Commanches, Mexico, iii, 62

Vado Hill, ii, 57, 58; 43, photo 64

Vado, New Mexico, xiv, 117; xvi, 106, 107; xviii, 59, 60

Vail, Lea, art., “Courting Mother Earth: A Brief History of the Sunset Heights Garden Club,” xxxiv, 71; photo essay, “And All Through the House,” 44, 36; art., “Burges House, The,” 38; art., “El Paso County Historical Society’s Tour of Homes 2001,” 46, 196

Val Verde interurban stop, 49, 30-31

Val Verde Street, 45, 148

Valdes (Valdick) Gabriel, xvii, 7, 20 fn.4

Valles, Tomas, x, 107

Valdespino, A.S., xxviii, 108

Valdespino, Albert S., xxiv, 130; 61, 22

Valdespino residence, xxviii, 157

Valdez, Aurora, 60, 21

Valdez, Dolores, 48, 20; 50, 72

Valdez, Gabriel, vii, 108; 43, 176; 50, 66, 67

Valdez, Gertrudis, 50, 75

Valdez, Lt. Luis, 43, 60

Valdez, Maria Gertrudis, vii, 9; 50, 67, 69

Valdez, Nicholas, 50, 66, 68

Valdez, Santiago Agapito Cosme Magoffin, 50, 71

Valdez, Tomás, 50, 70, 72

Valdez de Veramendí, Maria Gertrudis de los Santos, 50, 66, 68

Valdick (Valdes) Gabriel, xvii, 7, 20 fn.4

Valencia, Nestor, xxvii, 164; 59, 133

Valendon mine, 47, 95

Valentín de Aganza, José, 44, 15

Valentine, Texas, 42, 141

“The Valentine,” art. by Mary Bowling, xxxv, 37

Valenzuela, Angel H., 49, 185

Valenzuela, Joe, 53, 132

Valenzuela, Nestor, 55, 83

Valhalla Farm, Ysleta, xxviii, 156

Valle de San Elizario, xxii, 129

Vallejo, Claudia, art., “Militarization of the ‘War on Drugs,’ The: Lessons from Columbia,” 45. 67

Vallejo, Francisco Antonio, xvii, 102

Valles, Miguel Baca, xvi, 21

Valley Canning Company, 52, 119-120

Valley Compress Company, 55, 128

Valley Congregational Church, xxviii, 73

Valley Inn (Ysleta), xxviii, 159; xxx, 135; 60, 17

Valley of Shining Stone, The Story of Abiquiu, by Lesley Poling-Kempes, rev., 43, 103

Valley Traction Company, xxxiii, 196, 198, photo of a trolley car, 197

Valley View Junior High School, 46, 127

“Valley Vineyards: A Rich Historical Heritage,” art. by Herbert C. Morrow, 39, 55

Vallina, Eloy, x, 107

Vallina, Rafael, x, 107

Valois, Lt. Gustavus, xix, 64

Valos, Juan Calos, 45, 110

Valverde, Battle of (New Mexico), i, 94; ii, 89; iii, 21n, 77, 78; iv, 143; x, 21, 27, 29, 30, 32; vii, 89; viii, 30; x, 30; xii, 11sp; xvii, 81, 82; xxxvi, 8; 44, 55

Valverde (New Mexico), xviii, 71

Valverde Cosío, Antonio de, governor, 44, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22; 45, 108; 50, 180

Valverde Ford, 52, 44

Valverde, Jáquez de, 45, 111

Van Doren, Colonel, xi, 111

Van Dorn, Earl, Confederate colonel, 44, 57

Van Dorn, Brig, General Earl, viii, 29; xi, 24

Van Dorne: The Life and Times of a Confederate General, by Robert G. Hartze, rev., xii, 93-94

Van Dusen, Mrs. 62, 57

Van Epps, Mrs. 53, 75

Van Epps, Nettie M., xxiii, 151

Van Horne Housing Project, 57, 123

Van Horn, Texas, i, 103; xxi, 77

Van Horn, Major Jefferson, i, 67; vii; 100, 101; viii, 19, 21; x, 44, 48; xiv, 122

Van Horn’s Well (Texas), iv, 18

Van Horne Wells (Lobo), 43, 113

Van Horn’s Wells, xxviii, 9

“Van Horn’s Wells: Roadside History in Culberson County,” by Wayne R. Austerman, xxxi, 161

Van Horne, Isaac, xii, 35

Van Horne, Major Jefferson, (1802-1859), xxiii, 143; xxvii, 52-56, 104, 105; xxx, 59; xxxi, 161; xxxiii, 113; and the route of his military train, San Antonio to El Paso, xxxvii, 56-66 passim; 43, 108, photo 118, 119-120; 48, 19, 21-25

Van Ness, Miss Mary, xi, 30

Van Norman, Dr. Russell, xiii, 111; xiv, 8

Van Norman, Dr. Russell W., xvi, 3; “Tribute to Hugh Spotswood White,” art., xvi, 138-144, note, 135; xvii, 155; “A Replacement Walk Down the Santa Fe Trail,” art., xix, 27- 34, note, 49; xxii, 81

Van Norman, Mrs. Russell, xiii, 111; xvii, 155

Van Noy Lunch Room, xix, 14

Van Oden, Alonzo, xxiv, 167

Van Patton, Colonel Eugene, xiv, 72

Van Surdam, Henderson E., xxiii, 154; (“Harry”), xxviii, 100-101; xxxiii, 167; 60, 900

Van Surdam, Major Henderson E., xiv, 79

Vance, Dr. James, xxx, 120

Vance, Dr. and Mrs. James, 49, 124

Vancouver, Canada, 42, 9, 11

Vanderbilt University, xx, 133

Vanderburg, Caroline Smith, 53, 181

Vanderburg, Martin Luther, 53, 181

Vandewater, Frances 62, 97, 101

Vandewater, Richard 62, 107

Vanderwood, Paul J. and Frank N. Samponaro, Border Fury: A Picture Postcard Record of Mexico’s Revolution and U.S. Preparedness, 1910-1917, rev., xxxiii, 152

Vandeveer, Logan, xix, 18

Vandevere, W.E., 42, 113

Vandevere, Dr. W.E., xvii, 25

Varela, Diego, 45, 112

Varela, Ester, 60, 21

Varela, Francisco, 46, 61

Varela, J.M., xxiii, 134

Varela, José María, 41, 139

Varela, Manuel, 46, 67

Varela, Mariano, 43, 77,79

Varela, Teresa, 43, 159

Varentes, Ralph, xxiii, 31

Vargas, Cornelio, 46, 66

Vargas, Don Diego de, i, 138, 139; x, 88, 89; 54, 55, 57

Vargas, Gov. Diego de, 43, 162; 44, 21, 90; 45, 107; 48, 12

Vargas, Diego José de, xxvii, 100; xxix, 147

Vargas, E.B., Mexican Methodist minister, 59, 60

Vargas, Francisco, 45, 110

Vargas, Francisco de, 45, 109

Vargas, Fray Francisco, xxix, 147

Vargas, Myrna, photo, xxvi, 125

Varner, Dr. Harry, xxiv, 13

Varner, Harry Howard, Tribute to, by Jack C. Vowell, 41, 23

Varner, Mrs. Harry, xxii, 103

Varney Speed Lines, xvii, 114; 56, 19

Varo, Fray Andrés, 47, 123, 124, 172

Vasconcelos, José, xxiv, 64

Vasquez, Emilio, 52, 76, 79

Vasquez, Enrique, art., “Brazito Remembered One Hundred Fifty Years Ago: Another Look”, 43, 55

Vasquez, Esteban, art. “Charles K. Hamilton: A Bird Man Over the Pass,” 56, 19

Vasquez, Helena, 42,42

Vásquez, Juan, 42, 60

Vasquistas, 52, 76, 78

Vaudeville, 44, 3

Vaughan, T. Wayland 63, 115

Vaughn, Richard W., ix, 80

Vaughns Rest Home, 42, 113

Vault Saloon, xxi, 54

Veatch, Capt. John A., xxviii, 115

Vega, Mrs. Benancia, xix, 123

Vehlein, Joseph, xi, 129

Vela, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben F., xxii, 181

Vela, Tim, xxii, 184

Velar, Mary (Mrs John Wood), xiii, 75, 77, 78

Velarde, Francisco, 43, 61

Velarde, Francisco Antonio, 47, 180

Velarde, Mrs. L.A., xviii, 143, 144; xix, 168; xxxiv, 76

Velarde, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel N., 48, 132

Velasco, José Luis, 45, 189

Velasco, Viceroy Luís de, x, 83

Velasco, Battle of, xvii, 87

Velasco, Treaty of, xxxi, 73ff, 78

Velásquez, Lorreta Jane, 51, 38

Velde, Henry, xxiii, 31

Vélez Cachupín, Tomás, governor, 47, 172, 179

Velez-Ibanez, Carlos G., Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States, rev., 42, 145

Velsir, Jim, vi, 74, 75

Venable, Marie, 42, 51

Vendome Hotel (El Paso), xviii, 7; xix, 152; (1893), xxviii, 119; xxxiii, 133-134, engraving, 135; 135n; 57, 11

Ventancurt, Fray Agustin de, 50, 172

Venus Spring (Ojo Lucero), Mexico, xviii, 171, 172

Vera, Enrique, Spanish matador, 42, 44

Vera, Vice-custos José María de, 47, 176, 180

Vera Cruz Dragoons, ii, 7, 10; 43, 59, 61, 62

Veracruz, Mexico, xvi, 38, 117

Veramendi, Maria Gertrudis de los Santos Valdez de, xix, 172

Veramendí de Bowie, Ursula, 50, 67

Veramendí family, 50, 65, 66

Vergara, José Félix, 51, 71

Vergil, Polydore, xx, 4

Vermont Union (Lyndon), viii, 62

“Vertical Cliff in Mexico,” by Richard K. McMaster, art., xxiii, 62

Vess Dry Ginger Ale, 43, 147

Vestal, William M., “The Route of the Southern Pacific Across Arizona and New Mexico,” art., xiii, 17-29su; note, xiii, 35su

Vetancurt, Fray Agustin, Teatro de Mexicano, xxix, 181

Vetter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter, xii, 91

Vickers, R.H., 55, 128

Vicksburg, Mississippi, ii, 76; iv, 157

Victor Record Company 64, 7

Victor Talking Machine Company 64, 2-3, 7, 12, 25, 27

Victoria Land and Cattle Company, 47, 32

Victoriano Huerta House, Ysleta, xxxvi, 165

Victorio, Apache Chief, ii, 84; vii, 128; viii, 131; xv, 109, 110, 112, 115; xix, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 184, 187; xx, 41; xxviii, 12-14 passim; 170, xxx, 114; 47, 43

Victorio Campaign, xxxi, 208

Victorio Peak, xix, 185; searches for its reputed treasure, xxxviii, 123-135; map, 125; photo of 1963 digging operation, 130-131

Victory Farm Volunteers, 55, 117

victory gardens, 42, 89

Victory in World War II: The New Mexico Story, by Thomas, Billington & Walker, rev., 40, 101

Vidal, Lew, 53, 24

Vidal, Luís, ii, 9; 40, 108

Vidal. Lt. Col. Luís, xxxiv, 162-164 passim; 43, 62

Vidal de Lorca, Manuel, 39, 169-177

“Viejo,” poem, by Joseph Somoza, xxix, 38

Viele, Captain Charles, xxviii, 13

Vienna Bakery (El Paso), xv, 14

Vierra, P.J., art., “Relocating the School of Mines,” 60, 88; art., “The Presidents of UTEP, Part 2: A Primer” 63, 7; art., “Rebuilding the School of Mines: Worrell’s Mountain,” 15; art., “Dzongs of the Desert, Part 1” 61, 61; Part 2 61, 49; Part 3 61, 117; art. “Dzongs of the Desert, Part 4” 62, 29; art., “The Presidents of the University of Texas at El Paso, Part I” 62, 67

Viescas, Cora 61, 128

The View From Chapultepec, ed. Cecil Robinson, rev., xxxvi, 50

“The View from Over Yonder: A Citizen of Juárez Comments on the Díaz-Taft Meeting,” art. by Themis Molina Peinado, xxxvi, 68

“View From the Second Ward,” art. by Salvador Ballinas, xxviii, 125

Vigil, Don, v, 133

Vila, Jaime Aoy Olives, xx, 16

Vilas, Florence, 4

Vilas, Dr. Walter N., vii, 137; viii, 132; xiv, 53, 54n; xvii, 24, 27; xviii, 122, 123' 60, 18

Vilas, Dr. Walter Nathaniel, 43, photo 14, 15-17

Vilas, Walter Nathaniel, biographical sketch, 56, 183

Vilas School, 43, 17

Viljoen, General Benjamin J., xvii, 71; 52, 4, 11, 16

Viljoen, General Benjamin Johannes, iii, 46, 47, 55, 58

Villa Ahumada, Mexico, xv, 67; xxv, 32

Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Norte de los Manos (Juárez), v, 56

Villa, Francisco, xxvi, 55, 87, photo, 80, 89, 107; 52, 12, 13, 78, 82, 84-89, 123-138, 141-144; 60, 94-95

Villa, General Francisco (Pancho), xvi, 21, 22, 23, 24; xviii, 146; xx, 99, 163; xxi, 75; xxii, 27, 31, 61; xxiii, 43, 48, 62, 71, 75; xxiv, 57, 58; xxv, 14, 29, 73, 76, 117, photo 78; 49, 196; 146-151, 176

Villa, George, 42, 49, 52

Villa, Hipólita, iii, 52; 52, 131; 61, 108

Villa, Luz Corral, 46, 39

Villa, Pancho, i, 12, 13n; ii, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; iii, 55, 56, 57, 114, 115; vi, 5, 9, 13, 20, 124; viii, 124; x, 107; xi, 137, 138; xii, 68, xv, 103; xxviii, 24-26 passim, 63, 76-79 passim, 160-162 passim; xxx, 34, 38, 95-97 passim; 42, 15,17,41,59,171,178; 43, 169; 45, 120; 47, 67, 68, 150; 48, 186; 50, 20; 51, 95; 53, 74; 54, 131, 132; 55, 8-9; 59, 85, 86-87; 61, 42, 106-115

Villa, Senora Pancho (Luz Corral de), xviii, 125; xxii, 67; xxv, 31

Villa, Señora Luz Corral de (Mrs. Pancho Villa), iii, 116, 119; x, 107

“Villa as Avenger: The Murder of Claro Reza,” by Jesus Trinidad Reyes, art., xxv, 76

“Villa’s Death Mask Goes Home,” art. by Dorothy Ward, xxix, 196

Villa Ocampo, Durango (Mexico), xvi, 22

Villagomez, Adolfo, 59, 110

Villagra, Capt. Gaspar de, xxxiii, 122

Villagra, Gaspar Perez de, xx, 47

Villagra, Captain Gaspar Perez de, 48, 4

Villalobos, Luís, xii, 143

Villalobos, Ramon, reporter, 56, 43

Villanueva, Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto, xvi, 76

Villanueva, Victor, xvi, 76

Villareal, Manuel, xviii, 15; xxii, 11

Villasenor, Governor Francisco Vidaurri, xix, 16

Villegas, Fr. Eduardo Calderon, S.J., xxix, 150

Villegas, Hortencia, 42, 67

Villegas, Lucy, xxvi, 159

Villegas, Miguel Soto, xvi, 24

“Villification of Francisco Villa,” by Ruth Elaine Vise, art., xvi, 21-24

Villista Prisoners of 1916-1917, The, by James W. Hurst, book note, 47, 103

Villistas, xxv, 31; 42, 55, 60, 61

Vin Fiz Flyer, aircraft, 56, 19-20

Vinson, James and D.L. Kirkpatrick, eds. Twentieth Century Western Writers, rev., xxviii, 87

Vinson, Robert E., xxviii, 109; 60, 96; 61, 15-16, 17-18, 119; 62, 34, 35-37, 71-73

Vinton Brick and Tile Company, 51, 90

Violence in Lincoln County 1869-1881: A New Mexico Item, by William A. Keleher, rev., iii, 40-41; xxvii, 186; 41, 40

“Violent Days in Old El Paso,” by Peter Shandorf, art., xv, 73-74

Virgines, George E., art., “Heraldry of the Texas Rangers,” xxxvii, 83; rev., 154

Virginia Mining District, xviii, 107, 109

Virginia Street, 46, 43, 45; 47, 34; 50, 24; (401 S) 62, 48

Visconti, Antonio, xxii, 11

Vise, Ruth Elaine, “Vilification of Francisco Villa,” art., xvi, 21-24, note, 41

Visitation Academy, Las Cruces, New Mexico, xiv, 13, 17

Visitors’ Chapel AME Church 64, 67

Vissering, Elizabeth, xxiii, 116

Vissering, General Norman, xxiii, 116

Vitalis Sun Bowl, 53, 109

Vitela, Herman and Herbert S., 47, 40

Viscarra, José Antonio, 44, 109

Vista Ysleta United Methodist, 46, 130

viticulture, 40, 111; 44, 14

VIVA El Paso, 59, 25

“Viva! Franciscan Refugees at Mescalero,” art. by Dorothy Emerson Yeager, xxvi, 32

Viva Mexico! Viva La Independencia!: Celebrations of September 16, Edited by William H. Beezley and David E. Lorey, book note, 47, 155

Vivion. James, 52, 61

Vogeley’s Hardware Store (215 El Paso) 62,

“Volleys from the Pulpits: El Paso’s Early Preachers Confron the Sin Business,” art. by Verdon R. Adams, xxxii, 133

Volstead Act, xxii, 3; 59, 106

Volunteer Fire Department (El Paso), Chiefs of, xiii, 21sp; xxvii, 157

Von Braun, Werner, 56, 36, 62 137-138

Von Briesen, Dr. Delfin, 42, 113

Von Briesen, Dr. Delphin, xxv, 71

Von Briesen, Mrs. Daisy, 42, 113

Von Briesen, Mrs Delphin, xxiii, 71

Von Brink, Gemmike, xix, 94

Von der Goltz, (World War I German Spy) Horst, xxxvi, 139-147, photo, 145

Von Rhein, Minnie E., 50, 109, 110

Von Ripper, Baron Rudolph Charles 63, 98-99

Von Zell, Freda, xxii, 82

Vorce, Carl, 54, 35

Vowell, District Attorney C.L., xviii, 15

Vowell, Edna Caruthers, xiii, 120

Vowell, Eryline, xiii, 120

Vowell, Fulton, xiii, 120

Vowell Hall 61, 51

Vowell, Jack C., rev., 40, 50; tribute to Harry Howard Varner, 41, 23; 108,109, 115; 61, 127

Vowell, Jack Caruthers, Jr., Hall of Honor tribute by Albert Haag, 55, 13

Vowell, Mrs. Jack C., xviii, 143; xix, 168

Vowell, Jr., Jack C., “Ballots, Bombasts and Blackguardism: The El Paso City Election of 1889,” art., i, 118-126; “The President’s Message,” art., iv, 2-3; notes, i, 107, 109, 142; iv, 41, 87, 125, 127; v, 4; viii, 3; ix, 78; xi, 31n, 14; xiii, 121; xvi, 45; xviii, 122

Vowell, Jr., Mrs. Jack C. (Mary Johnson) viii, 119; xiii, 121; xiv, 99

Vowell, Sr., Jack C., xiii, 110, 111, 120-123; xiv, 124; xxxii, 128; 48, 60

Vowell, Jack Caruthers, Sr., xvi, 112; xxiii, 127

Vowell, Sr., Mrs. Jack C., (Daurice McDaniel), xiii, 111, 121

Vowell, Mary, 41, 108, 115