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Virginia Storm Turner: El Paso Newspaperwoman...

Virginia Storm Turner was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Ole Storm and his wife Henrietta. She came to El Paso and graduated from Ysleta High ...

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Patricia Wolfe of Jerry's Restaurants...

Patricia Wolfe Wyatts and her first husband, Jerry Wolfe, came to El Paso in 1948 to work as operators for Sky Chief, operators of restaurants at the El Paso...

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Eva Cunningham of Ysleta...

Eva Cunningham moved to El Paso in 1907. She grew up with a love of gardening. Her mother gave each of her children a little plot in their yard so they could...

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Salazar versus Westfall...

In 1979, Mayor Ray Salazar was running for a second term, and many observers believed he would be re-elected without much trouble. Then came retired FBI Agen...

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Twin Sisters Taught at Roosevelt Elementary School for 32 Years...

Two longtime teachers decided to call it quits in 1976 after 32 years teaching at Roosevelt Elementary. They were identical twin sisters, Mary Etta and Mary ...

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The El Paso mayor's race of 1981...

In 1980 Mayor Tom Westfall announced his would not run for reelection in 1981. Ray Pearson and Jonathan Rogers emerged as the front runners. Pearson was a de...

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The El Paso Mayor's Race of 1975...

In 1974, Mayor Fred Hervey decided not to run for reelection in 1975 and backed parks and recreation alderman, Don Henderson,who was elected on the Fred Herv...

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Purchase copies of photos from our archives...

Click here to view photos available for purchase. For more information or to request a photo or photo gallery call 915-533-3603 or contact us at info@elpasoh...

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Early Newspaper Clippings...

Scanned historical newspaper issues dating from 1881 onwards.

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Edie Rubalcuba: El Paso's First Female District Clerk...

Edelmira "Edie" Salazar was born in El Paso in 1936 . She attended San Jacinto and Alamo Elementary schools and graduated from Bowie High School in 1955. Rub...

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Kay Deaver...

Katherine "Kay" Deaver was born in Dayton, Ohio. She had no formal but was educated by a private tutor. She studied Math and Latin. Deaver moved to Cleveland...

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Julia Breck: Ahead Of Her Time...

Julia Breck, a local club women and outspoken community leader, ran for mayor of El Paso in 1961. She was the first women to run for that position and the fi...

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