Part 3 (EL Paso Herald: 1921-1999)

Part 3 (El Paso Herald: 1921-1999)
History of Art at the Pass of the North©
By Nicholas P. Houser, Project Historian, XII Travelers Memorial of the Southwest

1921 Stone Monument in city hall square with names of 60 El Paso County heroes who gave their lives in the World War was dedicated Monday. El Paso Herald, July 4, 1921, 7:3, ¼ co.

“Pioneer Room Draws Crowd. Relics Shown” (title). Church Doors of Ysleta, Also a key. El Paso Herald Post, May 18, 1923, 4:2 (Research note: same article about Gaal donated a piano; wooden cart, wheel 5 feet high and hubs 20 inches; McGinty’s little canon; Parish Church door from Ysleta and old key).

1923 “Fort Bliss Air Pilot Crashes to his Death” (title). (Research note: concerns the death of Lt. Edgar A. Liebhauser). (El Paso Herald, Jan. 1-14, 1923, page 4, col. 3).

"14 Years Ago” (title). “The board of directors of the Toltec Club have accepted the plans to J.J. Huddart of Denver, for the new club house to be erected on San Antonio Street at Magoffin Avenue junction.” El Paso Herald, Feb. 23, 1923, page 17, col. 8.

“Old Juarez Church 40 years ago” (title). (Research note: this should be 1883). (Article contains a woodcut image). (El Paso Herald Post, May 12, 1923, page 29, cols. 2-3, 33, Cols. 3-5).

4 Automotion; Zero monument of Lee Highway, at Washington D.C., to be duplicated in El Paso in near future. El Paso Herald, May 12, 1923.

“Pioneer Room Draws Crowd. Relics Shown” (title). Church Doors of Ysleta, Also a key. El Paso Herald Post, May 18, 1923, 4:2 (Research note: same article about Gaal donated a piano; wooden cart, wheel 5 feet high and hubs 20 inches; McGinty’s little canon; Parish Church door from Ysleta and old key).

“14 Years Ago Today” (title). “A photographic history of El Paso in 10 volumes containing 1000 views of the city, was presented to the Chamber of Commerce by L.D. Hicks, who made the pictures.” El Paso Herald, Aug. 1, 1923, 13:7 article. (Originally published in 1909). (Research note: Cross-filed in Newspaper File and Photography File).

“Downtown Lighting for El Paso in Near” (Title. Check, is this correct? should read in near future?) (Note: Map of Lighting District: includes Plaza, and Carnegie Square. “Pioneer Plaza is partly signed for and is necessary for a connected system.” El Paso Herald, Sept. 6, 1923, Thursday, page 5, cols. 5-6.

“El Paso Pioneers Will Build On Land Near Country Club” (title). Plans for clubhouse $80,000 – 40,000, 22.6 acre site donated by Zach T. White. They want to establish a museum (history). El Paso Herald, Thursday, Oct. 4, 1923, page 1, cols. 4-6.

Bosong Photography (Research note: good reference), El Paso Herald Post, Dec.24, 1923:10.

“City Club Women Discuss Conversion of Magoffin Homestead Into Museum” Idea favored by City Planning Body” (title). No funds available. El Paso Herald, Oct. 16, 1923, page 1, cols. 4-6.

“Council Considers Move to Magoffin Homestead For Museum Until A Demand for a General Bond Issue” (title). El Paso Herald, Oct. 25, 1923, page 4, cols. 1-2.

“El Paso Pioneer Body Votes Support for Magoffin Homestead as Museum” (title). “Stories of Old Days Told at Meeting” (Subtitle). (Research note: This is an excellent article and should be photocopied and placed in research file). El Paso Herald, Friday, Oct. 26, 1923, page 10, cols. 1-2.

“Pioneer Plaza is Given a Bath Friday Morning” (title). “Police officer J.C. Off “Chick” Redmond and Mike Morgan and a group of husky freeman gave the Little Plaza a bath Thursday [Research note: no transcription error despite the day in the title] morning with a big fire hose. They removed mud and cake of paved oil.” El Paso Herald, Friday, Dec. 21, 1923, page 1, col. 4.

“Oldtimers in El Paso Are in a Stir Over a Dispute Created by Owen White as to Site of Home of Ponce de Leon” (title). (Photo of W.M. Coldwell). “White in his book, said the Mills Bldg. Is not the site of the Ponce home, he created a stir but a few agree with him. Gen. Anson Mills, who owns the building; H.B. Stevens, an old-timer himself, and W.H. Coldwell, oldest pioneer of unmixed blood in the city, are among those who contend that the Mills Building is on the exact spot where the first house built in El Paso stood. Mr. Coldwell came here 50 years ago, Dec. 13.” Coldwell said Mr. Collen came in 1828, Coldwell’s father arrived in 1840. Ben Dowell and Thomas Massey came in 1848. A.C. Hyde came no later than 1850. The Stephenson family, whose father had come about 1810 [Research note: this date is too early]. James Buchanan, then alive, came about the same time as Stephenson. “These men had all been at Ponce’s ranch long before the Mexican War.” Mr. Rohman’s hotel was on the site of the Mills Building. “In addition, the entire community assumed as an undisputed fact that the Ponce house and Rohman Hotel were one and the same.” Anson Mills placed the bronze plaque on his building which recognized it as the site of the Ponce Ranch house. El Paso Herald, Friday, Dec. 28, 1923, page 7, cols. 4-5.

1929 "Ysleta Catholics Extend Opposition to Service Station" (Title). "Catholics of Ysleta are so displeased over the building of a PasoTex service station on the ground of the ancient mission that many of them are going to withdraw their support from the church, F.R. Munoz of Ysleta, said Friday. 'Many of us are going to refuse to contribute further to the church and will refuse to send our children to the Catholic school when it opens this fall., Mr. Munoz said. "Lead Opposition" (Paragraph title). "Mr. Munoz said that the aged Indian chief of Ysleta, Manuel Ortega, is on of the most bitter opponents to building of the service station on the church grounds. - It was learned Friday that another meeting of Ysleta Catholics was to be held Friday evening at the home of Frank Candelaria. Mr. Candelaria and Mr. Munoz are two of the leaders in opposition to the construction of the service station. - "Circulate Petition" (Paragraph title). "A petition is being circulated among Ysleta Catholics ...". El Paso Herald Post, July 5, 1929.

”Urges Making Tanks National Park" (title). El Paso Herald Post, July 10, 1929, no page number recorded, from: El Paso Public Library Vertical File: Hueco Tanks; photocopy in file. Col. Crimmins says southwest rich field for study of ancient peoples.

1930 "Hueco Tanks May be Designated as State Park" (title). El Paso Herald Post, Oct. 28, 1930 (no page number recorded) (El Paso Public Library Vertical File, "Hueco Tanks", newspaper clipping).

1931 Ysleta Mission Doors, El Paso Herald Post, Sept. 31, 1931, c-2-4.

1932 “Pioneer Passes, Hart’s Mill Dam Builder Dies” (title). “Death Takes Ernest Krause, Pioneer Builder” (subtitle). Died at age of 85 came to El Paso before the railroads. “Mr. Krause was a pioneer El Paso architect and building contractor. He designed Hotel Dieu, the Ellianay Theatre, the A.B. Fall home on Arizona and designed and built his own home of seven gables at 906 N. Stanton. One of the oldest houses in the city.” – “He built the house in 1883. In the same year, he built the dam in the river at Hart’s Mill that is still giving services.” - “Mr. Krause came to El Paso by stage coach in 1881 from Arkansas after his carpenter shop there was destroyed by floods.” He came from Germany and his came from Gonzales. There were no beds in El Paso, but people in that time made beds from boxes. El Paso Herald, May 5, 1932, page 1. col. 2 (Photo insert of Ernest Krause).

1934 "Mrs. W.D. Howe Nominated For Director-Chairman of C. of C. Woman's Group" (title). To succeed Mrs. A. P. Coles. El Paso Herald Post, Feb. 14, 1934 (Recorded from El Paso Public Library, Southwest Room, Archives, EPVF - Chamber of Commerce, Women's Department).

"First Public Works of Art Project Fresco Completed at Mines" (Title with photographs). "Machines and Men Depicted in Fresco Painted on Wall at College of Mines" (Subtitle). Research note: Artist Emilio García Cahero, El Paso artist, and crew. El Paso Herald Post, April 21, 1934:2).

"Portraits of Pioneers Painted" (title) "Men Who Obtained First City Charter Receive Recognition" (Subtitle). El Paso Herald Post, May 12, 1934:1.

"All Outdoors is Subject and Her Automobile is Studio for El Paso Artist who has painted picture of Southwestern Landmark" (title). (Research note: Mrs. Hazel Wilson, El Paso artist, received commission from Public Work Art Project, Austin. An El Paso painting subject is the "Los Muleros", which is a contemporary landscape of the historic landmark now known as Cristo Rey at the Pass of the North. (El Paso Herald Post, May 19, 1934:22).

"Work of Artists At Mines Praised" (title). "Director Says Frescoes are Best in Region" (Subtitle). (Research note: Article concerns the frescoes of Emilio Cahero, El Paso artists and his associates. Best public artwork in the region according to Dr. John S. Ankeney, Dallas, Regional Director of the public works of art project. El Paso Herald Post, June 2, 1934:16).

1935 "Sculptor Gutzon Borglum to Survey Proposed Hueco Tanks Memorial Site" (title). [Borglum] "... will come to El Paso in six weeks to survey the site for propose memorial carving of Southwestern history in the rock cliffs of Hueco Tanks, he told El Paso County and City officials in Washington today. -- County Judge Joseph McGill, Mayor R.E. Sherman, E.H. Simmons, Chamber of Commerce manager, and L.L. Fuller, relief commissioner held a conference with Mr. Borglum ___ [Research note: words difficult to decipher but may be "to examine"] the proposal. -- The proposed monument would commemorate 460 years of pioneering in the Southwest, beginning with the visit of Cabeza de Vaca, the first white man to come to this section. The project at the old Indian playground in the Huecos would be similar to work of Mr. Borglum at Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Ga. and on Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mr. Borglum told the delegation that he would visit the proposed site for a state park in about six weeks to consider detail plans. He discussed the proposal while on a previous trip to El Paso. -- State Park officials favor establishment of a park at Hueco Tanks. An election to determine whether El Paso County taxpayers will purchase the site may be called after plans are more complete" El Paso Herald Post, May 9, 1935).

Roland Harwell – Manager of El Paso Water Improvement District #1. Founder of El Paso del Norte Arts & Crafts Guild, El Paso Herald Post, June 21, 1935, 5:2, 8 lines; El Paso Public Library People Card File.

"El Paso Must Take Advantage of Background, Says Sculptor" (title). (Photo of sculptor). "Tourists Will Avoid City Unless Something Done, Borglum Insists" (Subtitle). "El Paso will be left off tourist routes unless the city has courage to reap the heritage of its wealthy historical background. Gutzon Borglum, famous sculptor of huge memorials, predicted last night. -- Borglum came to El Paso at the invitation of citizens here to map plans for blasting a memorial from one of the nearby mountainsides. 'You have here a remarkable opportunity which I do not think you people realize or appreciate', he said. 'Explorers came out of Mexico to El Paso. El Paso has never tied itself with the untold wealth which abounds in that historical background.' He was enthusiastic about the possibilities of a memorial at Hueco Tanks depicting an advent of the early Spanish explorers, Coronado and the rest. -- He inspected various sites near El Paso a year ago, and said then there is the possibility of carving a memorial in red granite on the slope of Mount Franklin. -- 'If El Paso has the 'guts' there are a lot of things this place could do to draw an increasing stream of tourists, and millions of dollars in their wake,' Borglum said. 'By the way, are practically all the tourists going over the northern route to California? El Pasoans need only courage and determination to finance a memorial', he said. -- 'We started the Rushmore Memorial with $6,000. These things can be done if you have the courage.' -- Influxes of tourists in cities near both the Stone Mountain and Rushmore Memorials caused additional hotels to be built, and brought millions of dollars in tourist trade, Borglum said. 'You talk about old Spanish Trails out here', he said, 'and all the while you go selling peanuts and real estate.' Borglum said he is to assume charge of work at Stone Mountain again, and already is drawing up plans which will junk work done while he was at outs with the government on the project. He and Mrs. Borglum drove to El Paso from Santa Fe yesterday. They stayed last night at Hotel Paso del Norte. Borglum said he plans to leave Tuesday for Austin and Houston" El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 18, 1935:1:3).

"Hopes to Get Centennial Aid Through Mission Promotion" (title). "Wallace Perry Thinks Old Places Could Be Dressed Up to Attract Attention of El Paso Visitors; Would Develop Three Churches" (subtitle). El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 21, 1935:1.

"Artists Named on Committee" (title). "Prepare for Address by Borglum Next Week on Memorial" (subtitle) (Research note: the article fails to identify local artists). "A group of El Paso artists will serve on the reception committee of a mass meeting to held next Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Auditorium to further the proposed mountain memorial at Hueco Tanks." -- "Mrs. Otis Coles, president of the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Olga Wilson are in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Coles today said the meeting was called to acquaint the public with the project and to get El Pasoans interested in local tradition. Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of the Mount Rushmore Memorial, will speak." El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 23, 1935:2:3).

"Capitalizing on Missions" (Title of Editorial), El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 24, 1935:4.

"Old Socorro Church to be built at Dallas" (title). El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 26, 1935:1-7.

"Sculptor to Speak at Mass Meeting" (title). "Committee Named to Aid Promotion of Hueco Tanks Memorial" (Subtitle). "The committee on arrangements is: Mrs. O.C. Coles, chairman, Mrs. James A. Pickett, Mrs. Maury Kemp, Mr. Hallett Raynolds, Mrs. T.W. Lanier and Mrs. Hugo Meyer - Mayor R.E. Sherman, the City Council, County Judge Joseph McGill and County Commissioners were invited to server on the reception committee. The invitation included directors of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and their wives, heads of educational institutions and members of the El Paso Camera Club." El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 27, 1935:1:5.

"Centennial Catholic Exhibit Head Says El Paso Had Neglected Missions" (title). “The truth is we have neglected the El Paso Missions. That is one of the reasons we are going to build a replica of the old Socorro Church at the Dallas centennial celebration.” – “Maurice Schwartz, chairman of the centennial committee of the Chamber of Commerce is working on plans to make the missions better known to El Paso visitors.” El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 27, 1935:1.

“Quinto Berg Built by Bookers on Spanish Land Grant at Ysleta” (title). El Paso Herald-Post, August 28, 1935, page 6 (Note: in Houser Newspaper File. This site is often mistakenly identified as an early hacienda).

"Shifting of the Rio Grande River Transferred Ysleta and Socorro to American side of the River" (title). Despite the many shifts in the river's channel the site of Senecu Mission remained on the Mexican side. All three of the missions, Senecu, Socorro and Ysleta, established in 1682, originally were on the west bank of the Rio Grande. If that ancient mission is ever restored it will have to be done by the Catholic Church or the Mexican Government. Ysleta, Socorro and San Elizario seem to be a pretty definite prospect for centennial year". El Paso Herald Post, August 29, 1935:4:2.

"Valley Church to Be Rebuilt at Dallas” (title) (photo) El Paso Herald Post, August 29, 1935, Page 9, Cols. 2-4 (Photocopy in File: See Socorro Mission).

"Early Day Ysleta Indian Band Saved Spanish Deserters From Punishment" (title). El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 29, 1935:9 (includes photo of Socorro Mission).

“Hart Home – Mine of El Paso – Southwest” (title). (Note: partial transcription of the article by Betty Luther, “Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles on old homes and landmarks in El Paso, their yesterday and today, which will appear on the Woman’s Page.” “The oldest El Paso home with a historic significance ranking with the Magoffin home in importance to the town on the banks of the ‘del Norte’, is the Hart home, built in 1855 on the Rio Grande near the Smelter in what is now called Old Fort Bliss.” [Next paragraph] “The owner is Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Davis, U.S. Army retired, of the class of ’75, West Point. He is the son-in-law of the pioneer citizen, Simeon Hart, who built the home of his large family of the famed Hart’s Mill.” [Fifth paragraph] “In that house were reared three Hart sons, Leonardo, Antonio, Juan, and four daughters, Clara, Corinna, Carolina and Paulina. There Gen. Davis courted the beautiful and fragile Corinna, who died after a brief wifehood, and wooded Paulina, the sister who became his bride.” [Next paragraph] “The Hart family moved to the present Hart house from one a little distant from its site, according to Gen. Davis. The old mill which figures so importantly in El Paso history was built in ’51, Gen. Davis recalls.” El Paso Herald Post, August 30, 1934, page 7 (Note: In Houser Newspaper File; Research note: locate article published about same time on the A.B. Fall Home which is somewhere in my files).

“James P. Hague Home Stood On Site of Times Building” (title), El Paso Herald-Post, Aug. 31, 1935, Page 5, Part I (Note: In Houser Newspaper File).

“Rio Grande Flood And ‘Old Ft. Bliss” (title) (Note: concerns the original James Magoffin house that was destroyed by flood) Article by Betty Luther. Complete transcription: “The Rio Grande was up to its little tricks of washing adobe houses away many years ago, old timers recall.” [Next paragraph] “One of the its best inundations of the past was in ’69, when, according to Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Davis, U.S. Army retired, it washed away the first Ft. Bliss, built in 1850 by James Magoffin in Magoffinsville, east of the present Magoffin home, 1120 Magoffin Ave. James Magoffin built the fort and rented it to the Government. He asked for troops to be stationed here.” [Next paragraph] “After the river washed out the post in ’69, the Q.M.C. leased Concordia Acres until ’76,” Gen. Davis said. “Then the fort was abandoned, also Quitman. There were no troops here then from December, ’76 until December, ’77. They were quartered in town from ’77 until ’80. When the railroad came in we had to get out. Then we moved to Simeon Hart’s Mill, where the old barracks buildings are still standing, occupied as residences.” [Next paragraph] “The Hart heirs donated 132 acres for the reservation, according to Gen. Davis. They got $100 for the deed.” [Next & last paragraph] “Gen. Davis was Army quartermaster from ’77 to ’80, when the troops were stationed in the town”. El Paso Herald-Post, Sept. 6, 1935, Page 6 (Note: in
Houser Newspaper File).

"The Park Tax Levy" (title) Letter from Mrs. Albion A. Jones, Second Vice President, El Paso Garden Club: Chairman Beautification Committee, Woman's Department, Chamber of Commerce: "It is to be hoped that the park levy tax will be generally supported by voters in the election today." -- "To the Centennial visitor and tourist, contemplating the greatest of domains among the state, El Paso will be 'the point farthest west,' where the plains of Texas and the mountains begin, a region traversed by Cabeza de Vaca and the scene of other important events in the early history of Texas territory ..." El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 24, 1935:4.

“Early El Paso History Recalled on Leo Schuster’s Anniversary” (Title). “Insurance Agent To Give Party for Associates” (Subtitle). (Research note: Photocopy in newspaper file. Good information on the Schuster, Jewish merchant. Mrs. Schuster’s mother was Mrs. Von Angerstein, whose husband was Ernest O. Von Angerstein. He was from Germany. He joined the army and fought Indians. “At one time he was stationed at Fort Selden…” Bernard Schuster arrived in El Paso in 1879. His brother was Benjamin Schuster. That same year he and his brother started a business, B. Schuster and Company in a one-story adobe building on the east side of South El Paso Street. “The old wagon yard, where freighters, ranchmen and stages used to camp when they came to town, was then in the neighborhood of Overland and South Santa Fe Streets.” - “The partnership of B. Schuster and Company built the present Blumenthal Building on Pioneer Plaza in 1886 and at the same time erected the old Herald Building, now the site of the Plaza Theater. J.J. Longwell, another pioneer citizen, had a produce business in the building which later housed the Herald. Back of it was a corral in which were kept the delivery wagons and horses of Schuster Company.”). El Paso Herald Post, Dec. 13, 1935:5:2-4.

1936 "Dusting the Covers of Southwestern History" "For the Texas Centennial" (Titles). By Jeanie M. Frank (Research note: this is one of many historical articles that J.M. Frank wrote for the Texas Centennial in the El Paso Herald Post. The article concerns Henry Skillman, the first contractor for the mail route between San Antonio and El Paso). El Paso Herald Post, Jan. 11, 1936:4:2.

"Dusting the Covers of Southwestern History" "For the Texas Centennial" (Titles). By Jeanie M. Frank (Research note: this is one of many historical articles that J.M. Frank wrote for the Texas Centennial in the El Paso Herald Post. The article concerns Big Foot Wallace, mail coach driver for the mail route between San Antonio and El Paso). El Paso Herald Post, Jan. 13, 1936:4:2.

(No Tile) El Paso Centennial plans include establishing school committees.
Report by Mrs. Otis C. Coles. El Paso Herald Post, Jan. 25, 1936:2.

"Store Displays Unusual Painting" (title). "Picture Shows Don Antonio Otermin On March to New Mexico" (Subtitle). "A painting by Jose Aceves, titled, 'Otermin Crossing 'The Journey of Death,' which has been received favorable comment from El Paso art enthusiasts, is being displayed by the Popular Dry Goods Co." -- "The scene depicts the Spanish conqueror, Don Antonio Otermin, on his march from the village of El Paso Del Norte, intent upon the re-conquest of New Mexico, which was lost in the great Indian rebellion of 1680. The principal characters of the expedition are shown crossing the Jornado del Muerto Nov. 11, 1681." El Paso Herald Post, Jan. 27, 1936:4.

"Studies Tanks for Memorial" (title). "Borglum Will Visit Rocks Today: Criticizes Texas" (Subtitle). "Hueco Tanks for a possible site for a historical carving will be studied today by Gutzon Borglum, sculptor. He was to visit 'The Tanks' today. -- 'The Hueco Tanks formation is the only sound rock in this vicinity for carving', he said. The sculptor sketched a view of the mass of rock, 30 miles east of El Paso, which would, in his opinion, be ideal for a 'tribute to the Latin race ... a carving of Cabeza de Vaca, in his animal clothing, with his small group of men, wandering in the wilderness'. 'The carving should not be in too great relief', he pointed out. -- Mr. Borglum criticized the State of Texas for lagging culturally. He will talk of the magnificence of the Centennial tonight, he said. 'It is a crucial time in Texas culture, this Centennial', he said. 'It will give birth to a consciousness, and more. In some future time Texas will wake to the same feeling of the man or woman who has lost a sweetheart. Texas is behind Oklahoma culturally and Oklahoma is only 40 years old'. Calling Texas the pivot of the Western Movement, the bone of contention in American history which brought America to the Pacific Coast, he said, 'she has not even a plan for commemoration, Texas has no memorial today which gives any idea of her vastness and importance to American civilization." (Research note: article on bottom of same page of same issue begins with title: "Will Make Squeeze of Villa Mask". Also articles on same page entitled: "Borglum Says Huge Trees Once Covered Texas Big Bend Area" "Noted Sculptor To Talk on Monumental Art Here Tonight." "Officials to Study Chisos Park Project"). El Paso Herald Post, Feb. 11, 1936:3:5.

"Fund is Allocated for E.P. Markers" (title). (Partial transcription of article follows): "An allocation of $600 has been made for placing markers costing $200 each, at three historical sites, Mrs. A.F. Quisenberry, chairman of the El Paso County Centennial Advisory Board, was advised today by Centennial officials at Austin. - The Camino Real pass to the north side of the highway near the Cement Plant; the old Butterfield Stage Station on Overland St., and Old Ft. Bliss are the three sites. -- Funds also have been allocated for markers at the Ysleta, San Elizario and Socorro Missions." El Paso Herald Post, March 21, 1936:7:1. El Paso Herald Post, March 21, 1936:7:1.

"Borglum Want to Hew Tanks" (title). "Sculptor Thinks Nearby Rocks Best Place to Honor Cabeza de Vaca" (Subtitle). "'From a purely commercial viewpoint it would be worthwhile', he said. 'It would divert to El Paso seven-eighths of the tourist traffic to the north of El Paso'. "Mr. Borglum is working on a model of his proposed Hueco Tanks carving." El Paso Herald Post, May 28, 1936:7-P.

"Texas' First Missions Established by Spaniards" (title). "N.M. Indian Revolt Drove out Priests" (Subtitle) El Paso Herald Post, May 28, 1936:4-B.

"Early El Paso Cosmopolitan" (title). "Four Residents in 1860 List Their Occupation as 'Gentlemen'" (Subtitle). 1860 census in Franklin included Charles F. Hall, an artist from New York. El Paso Herald Post, May 28, 1936:5-B.

"Texas Centennial Edition" (Research note: The centennial edition has numerous articles with a large illustration by Tom Lea, Jr., El Paso artist (The El Paso Herald Post, May 30, 1936:1-A).

"Ysleta Indians Will Make F.R. Honorary Chief" (title). "President Roosevelt will be made an honorary chief of the Ysleta Tigua Indians, oldest permanent settlers in Texas, at the Dallas Centennial Exposition June 12." "Damasio Colmenero, 87-year-old chief of the little tribe now living in the Lower Valley, will journey to Dallas to perform the ceremony as part of El Paso Day activities at the Centennial". "Chief Colmenero will give the President a beautiful headdress made of peacock feathers, a pair of moccasins, and a bow and arrow. Assisting the chief will be Cleofas Calleros, El Paso representative of the National Catholic Welfare Conference into the tribe as a honorary member". El Paso Herald Post, June 6, 1936.

"Oldest Permanent Settlers in Texas Will Present Program Two Days at Dallas; Chief, 87, Will Make Trip" (title). (Research note: This lengthy article include a photograph the Tigua Indians taken in Ysleta with the following caption: "They are pictured here in costume, ready to begin one of their ancient dances"). "The Tiguas also will dance at the opening of the National Folk Festival at the Dallas Exposition June 14" (Research note: page 3 also has article entitled "E.P. Conspicuous At Centennial") El Paso Herald Post, June 10, 1936:1, 3.

"$1000 is Asked For Dallas Trip" (title). "Letters Send Asking $1 Each Are Sent Over City to Aid Celebration" (Subtitle). "One thousand donations of one dollar each for El Paso Day at the Texas Centennial Exposition were being asked by the Chamber of Commerce today. Letters were sent out yesterday to 1000 persons. -- The donations are requested to make up the deficit left by withdrawal of a $500 fund by the City Council. The appropriation was found to be illegal. -- Donations will be used to defray expenses of the Tipica Orchestra and the Texans' Chorus in Dallas. Donors are asked to send their money to Jack R. Chaney, chairman of the El Paso Day Committee, Hotel Paso del Norte." El Paso Herald Post, June 10, 1936:1-3).

"Honored by Tribe" (title) (Research note: article includes photograph of Cleofas Calleros with drum, on his left is Chief Damascio Colmenero, 87). "Indians Leave Today" (title). "Ysleta Group Will Travel to Dallas Exposition by Bus" (subtitle). "Ysleta's Tigua Indians, 35 strong, were to leave El Paso at 3 p.m. today for Dallas where they will appear at the Texas Centennial Exposition. They will travel by bus." -- "Transportation arrangements were made by Leslie Reed. Cleofas Calleros, representative of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, will accompany the Indians. Mr. Calleros recently was inducted into the tribe." "June 12, El Paso Day, the Tiguas, oldest permanent settlers in Texas, will make President Roosevelt an honorary chief of the tribe." "The Tiguas settled in the Lower Valley soon after the Indian uprising of 1680 drove Spaniards and their Indian allies from New Mexico" (Photograph of Ceofas Calleros with tribal drum and tribal leaders). El Paso Herald Post, June 10, 1936, pages 1,3.

"Gay midway crowds visit Socorro Church replica" (title). El Paso Herald Post, July 2, 1936:2.

"Artist Fined in Juarez" (title). H.P. Bright, "El Paso artist, arrested by Juarez police for sketching street scenes. One painting of Guadalupe mission, deemed 'derogatory' to Mexico." El Paso Herald Post, July 10, 1936:14:5, 8 lines.

"Picture of Their Chief Excited Ysleta Indians" (title). El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 26, 1936:2). "Picture of Indian Chief" (subtitle). Article on Portrait Painting of Damascio Colmenero by Keith Martin and includes photo of portrait).

“Doctor’s Ashes To Be Scattered” (title). “Rites For Brother of Sculptor, Set At Ft. Bayard For Sunday” (Subtitle). “Dateline: Silver City, N.M. Sept. 25- “Funeral rites for Dr. Frank L. Borglum, brother of Gutzon Borglum, famous sculptor, will be held at Ft. Bayard Veteran’s Hospital Sunday and the ashes of the former hospital surgeon will be scattered by airplane over the Ft. Bayard reservation. “Dr. Borglum, who died last Sunday in Arizona, formerly was on the Ft. Bayard staff. El Paso Herald, September 25, 1936, page 1, col. 3, 9 lines.

1937 “Show Work of E.P. Building’s Murals Painter” (title). Entire transcription of the article follows: “Works of the late Eduard Joseph Holslag, who painted the murals which adorned the walls of the First National Bank, will be collected and exhibited in Chicago, Ill., his sister, Mrs. William Freeman, said in El Paso. [next paragraph] Mrs. Freeman revealed that she assisted her brother in painting the historical murals for the El Paso Bank Building. [Next paragraph] Efforts to trace Mr. Holslag’s painting led her to El Paso, where she conferred with officials of E.P. Greenwood El Paso Properties, present owners of the murals. [next paragraph] Mr. Greenwood who bought the murals along with the other assets of the defunct bank, has offered to sell the paintings. [next paragraph] ‘I believe all my brother’s paintings will be extremely valuable some day,’ said Mrs. Freeman. [next paragraph] She will be in Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., before returning to her home in Aurora, Ill” (El Paso Herald Post, Feb. 22, 1937, page 5).

“Member Presents Museum” (portion of the title; make photocopy) Re: dream of many local citizens took place yesterday with Wallace Perry [Houser believes he was President of what was the College of the Mines, now UTEP and this must be reference to the new Centennial Museum and includes photo of the dignitaries. E. Sherman (Mayor of El Paso) and Judge Joseph McGill (county judge) (El Paso Herald Post, April 24, 1937:2).

“Glimpses of Yesterday” (title). Daguerreotypes of Judge Gaylord Clarke an his wife, the former Francis Helen Corey. They came to Franklins in 1867. “Copies of the daguerreotypes of the couple belong to Mrs. Kenneth W. MacCallum, who in 1925 completed a history of St. Clements...” El Paso Herald Post, Aril 24, 1937, page 5.

(Article concerning the Old Ponce de Leon Building which was destroyed by fire in 1894). El Paso Herald, Nov. 10, 1937, 4:6 (El Paso Public Library Subject Card File).

1938 "Love for E.P. Guided Engineer In Leaving Estate Share To City" (title). "Percival Henderson Thought Border Metropolis Most Unique in Texas: Nephew Carried Out Terms of Will" (Subtitle). "The wishes of a bachelor engineer as expressed in his will 20 years, is being carried out today by his nephew who came to El Paso from Ohio for the purpose." (Research note: Nephew is Richard Eurich of Youngstown, Ohio). "Henderson left one-fourth of his estate to the city of El Paso. Conditions of his will and distribution of the funds are subject to the approval of Eurich" -- "A statue dedicated to the memory of the pioneer cavalry soldier will be erected at Upson Avenue and West Missouri street with part of the stated fund. José Ruíz de Rivera, well known sculptor, is making preliminary models here. The statue will be Pennsylvania black granite" -- "Henderson hated showiness and publicity. He accumulated a sizeable fortune in extensive mining and cattle interests in the Southwest and Mexico. He collected paintings and other work of art. He bought fine illuminations of old books from Europe on two trips he made to the continent from El Paso." "He died April 19, 1918. He said in his will, 'I believe it is the duty of every man who leaves a fortune, large or small and who has no near relatives, to do something for his community in which he has lived.' Henderson was reared in Pennsylvania where he graduated from college and an engineer. He also was admitted to the bar and intended to practice law. He never did. He went west to earn a living, first to Leadville, Col. from Leadville, he came to El Paso which he made his headquarters. -- His apartment on Upson Avenue was filled with fine pieces of art, books, tapestries, paintings, glassware. He left to the Pioneer Historical Society of El Paso a rare collection of Mexican serapes. He bought worn and frayed serapes of rare and old design and then rewoven by Mexican woman weaver, furnishing her with vegetable dies, cotton and wool. -- His closest friend was the late W.C. Harvie. When Harvie died he left part of his estate to Henderson. Henderson kept it apart from his other property, with a part of it, he paid $7000 for the triangular lot at Upson Avenue and West Missouri Street on which the statue of the pioneer cavalry soldier will be erected. The balance of the Harvie bequest goes to the statue. -- The statue would cost not less than $10,000 or more than $15,000. Henderson said in his instructions to his nephew: 'I will not leave more than $15,000 from the Harvie bequest after paying for the land.' Henderson did not believe in endowments of funds, he stated in his instructions. "There are few institutions that are not apt to outgrow their usefulness or serve their purpose from changed conditions of society or other causes and become a sinecure for indifferent and incompetent officials,' he wrote. 'Therefore, I wish what I leave to be used to beautify the city or for building purposes as public baths or park according to the judgement of my nephew and his approval'. He specified in his will that no portion of his estate should be used for a portrait statue of himself, or any local celebrity, or for salaries of public officials or for benefit of any institutions controlled wholly or in part by an religious seer or institution." El Paso Herald Post, March 19, 1938:2:6.

1939 "Blacksmith Aids Sculptor In Chiseling E.P. Statue" (title). "Sharpens Rivera's Tools as He Hews Through Black Granite" (Subtitle). (Partial transcription of article follows): "Jose Ruiz de Rivera, sculptor, employs a full-time blacksmith to sharpen his tools while he is working on a black granite statue to be dedicated to the pioneer Southwest cavalryman during the fall reunion of El Paso Scottish Rite Bodies. -- Mr. Ruiz de Rivera is working on the statue at Coopersburg, Pa. He constructed a one-half life size model in El Paso last march with a Seventh Cavalry trooper as model. -- The statue is being carved from a solid block of granite at the Coopersburg quarry. The black granite is so hard to cut that a blacksmith sharpens Mr. Ruiz de Rivera's cutting tools constantly. -- The granite weighs 275 pounds per cubic foot. The statue will be nine feet high. It stands of a six-foot pedestal. It will weigh approximately 14 tons. "Kind Cattle Man" (Title of paragraph). Mr. Ruiz de Rivera's work was possible through provisions of the will of the late Percival Henderson, pioneer El Paso cattle and mining man. Between $15,000 and $20,000 was provided in his will for the statue. El Paso Herald Post, April 19, 1939:14:2.

1940 "Remove Scaffolding at Mountain Statue, Cristo Rey" (title) El Paso Herald Post, Feb. 10, 1940:1:4.

"Drive Open to Put Plaques on Mountain" (title). Bishop Anthony J. Schuler of El Paso Diocese. Memorial plaques for base of Mt. Cristo Rey. El Paso Herald Post, March 27, 1940:8:4.

(No title). The Army Cavalryman first came to El Paso in December 1846 after seven months privation and hardship from Leavenworth, Kansas, said Gen. H.J. Bless, Commander of the 8th Army Corp. Dedication ceremony of Pioneer Cavalryman in front of Scottish Rite Temple. El Paso Herald Post, March 28, 1940:1:1.

"U.S. Horse Soldier Unveiled at Scottish Rite Cathedral Triangle Park" (title). El Paso Herald Post, March 29, 1940:14:6.

"Statue of Cavalryman Dedicated Thursday" (title). El Paso Herald Post, March 30, 1940:12:2.

1941 Cristo Rey to be Dedicated in Late October as a National Event" (title). "The dedication will be close to the date of Bishop Anthony J. Schuler's silver anniversary as First Bishop of El Paso." El Paso Herald Post, March 7, 1941.

(No title) "The College of Mines Museum soon will receive a picture of the Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, project, autographed by Gutzon Borglum, famed sculptor, who died Thursday. Former Mayor R.E. Sherman said the sculptor gave him the picture in 1936 during a visit in El Paso." El Paso Herald Post, March 8, 1941:3:1.

Ysleta Mission Built in 1682 (Halftone). Shown is reproduction of a painting of the old Ysleta Mission. The original was done by H. Harris Shelton. El Paso Herald Post, November 17, 1941, C-7: 6 8 1/2 inches.

1956 Newspaper Building on site of the old Pierson Hotel. El Paso Herald, April 28, 1956, page 15, 1 1/3 col.

“Butterfield Kin Directs International Museum” (photo of Ann Butterfield with mule shoe and hub ring and part of bridle; photo in book of John Butterfield), Ann Butterfield came to El Paso in 1902 and now “…presiding over a collection of relics of the famous Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach system…” Today she is Mrs. Charles M. Newman, Director of the International Museum at 1205 Montana Street. “The museum contains a case of Butterfield trail relics… El Paso Herald-Post, Saturday, April 28, 1956, Section A:6.

War Over Salt Raged in E.P. 79 years Ago” (title) (Portrait photo of Charles Howard courtesy of Ben Dowell Phillips), El Paso Herald Post , Saturday, April 28, 1956, Section F, Page 5.

“Famous ‘Jackass Mail’, Overland Stage Lines Came Through E.P.” (title), (photo of Overland Mail station built in 1858 by Anson Mills; this photo is marked 1859, figures in front are A.J. Fountain and pet deer. Houser research note: the date must be later because Fountain entered the region in 1862 with the California Column), El Paso Herald-Post, Saturday, April 28, 1956, Section A:7.

“El Paso County Organized in 1850 to Prevent Spread of Lawlessness” (title), (article has photo of Albert J. Fountain, source not cited; and photo of First Sheriff of El Paso county, William Ford, this photo belongs to Ben Dowell Phillips), El Paso Herald-Post, Saturday, April 28, 1956, Section D:13.

1957 Were Prehistoric Indians Merely Doodling or Do Signs on Rocks Mean Something. Museum Curator Seeks Answer (Title). El Paso Herald, May 17, 1957, no page number recorded El Paso Public Library Vertical File Hueco Tanks; photocopy in file. By Marshall Hail, Re: Leader of the group - Col. M.H. Thomlinson, Curator of the Texas Western College Centennial Museum. In 1938 A.T. Jackson, University of Texas Archaeologist mapped all known picture writing of Texas Indians. 500 photos of 15 petroglyph sites in southern New Mexico by the late Herbert Yeo, Las Cruces engineer and archaeologist.

1962 John Wesley Hardin Plaque. On the wall of Lerner’s Store by State National Bank. Bank to erect Hardin Plaque. El Paso Herald Post, Oct. 26, 1962, p. 2-A, (also see: El Paso Times, Nov. 18, 1962, page 8-A.

1963 Larrazolo, Octaviano Ambrosio. "Why not erect a statue of San Elizario's educator" (title). El Paso Herald Post, Aug. 6, 1963:1-B.

1964 "People of Old Ysleta Were Happy" (title) Article by Ann Carroll. Stories of Mrs. Aurora M. Cadena of 3115 Pera Street in Ysleta. Carlos Schell was a well to merchant who had the first store in Ysleta. It was also an inn for travelers. The Schell place was located were the movie theater is today (1964). Carlos Schell was civic minded. People talked politics at his place (Republicans were not liked). Shell often went to Juarez on business and that is where is met his future wife, Fernanda Aragon, daughter of a wealthy rancher (Schell had business with him). They had a church wedding with music and dancing. Carlos had an argument with a "goat owner" whose animals strayed on his land [Houser notes: this was Henry Larson Dexter]. Schell was killed by the goat owner. Schell had no children [Houser notes: deeds indicate that Juan Schell was a son of that marriage]. Mrs. Fernanda Aragon Schell then married Pablo Duran, who used to drive wagons for Carlos. They had two daughters and two sons. "One of the daughters was Mrs. Cadena's mother, Beatriz Duran. Two of the Lowenstein daughters (Lowenstein family is an early Ysleta family) married Duran sons." El Paso Herald, September 10, 1964, no page number recorded (Note: this must have a reference to the movie theater where Shell had his land).

1966 Library Monument in Front of Old El Paso Public Library dates back to 1920’s. Honors heroes of Civil War. “It has been defaced by vandals.” El Paso Herald, May 26, 1966, B: 1:1 ½ col.

1972 “Ysleta’s Valley Inn Doomed: Progress Takes Over.” Article by Nancy Hamilton (photos of the historic building), El Paso Herald, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1972, Page B-1 (Note: last owners Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey, she died in July 1971 and he last May. N.P. Houser lived here in 1966 while doing research with the Tigua Indians).

1975 “Valley Home History Traced Back 100 Years” (title) “Part of Waugh House Erected in 1856” (Photos), El Paso Herald Post, Nov. 20, 1975, Page B-1.

1976(?) "State pushes to protect Hueco art", Herald Post Austin Bureau, El Paso Herald, April 19, 1976? (Research note: date obliterated, from: El Paso Public Library, SWVF - Hueco Tanks File). The entire article is transcribed as follows without paragraph indentation: "Members of the Texas Antiquities committee yesterday indicated agreement with plans of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to protect ancient rock art found in several areas in Hueco Tanks State Park. State archeologist Curtis Tunnell noted several persons in the El Paso area have written him complaining about vandals' damage to the rock art, or 'pictographs'. 'There seems to be a direct correlation between the development of the park and the deterioration of the pictographs', Tunnel said. Paul Schlimper, chief of the TP & WD's Parks Division told the committee the park has suffered because of the type of visitors using the area.' 'If you live in El Paso,' said Schlimper, 'you don't have many places to go for recreation.' The 'clientele' of Hueco Tanks Park, therefore has been primarily recreationists who enjoy activities such as rock climbing and 'hang gliding', he noted. 'When you begin mixing the public with anything historical, you've got problems, unless you've got an educated public', Schlimper said. He said the parks agency now is limiting traffic and picnicking area in the park. Additionally, the pictographs are being protected by planting of thorny plants below them to discourage vandals. Schlimper said the worst example of pictograph vandalism involved a location in the park where graffiti was spray painted across a pictograph wall, that (the spray paint) probably also will be a pictograph,' he added. Schlimper said his agency is 'clamping down ' on the park with increased law enforcement and noted that efforts will be taken to explain to visitors the significance of the pictographs. (Check year of citation could be 1996).

1978 Park Use Limited at Hueco Tanks (Title). El Paso Herald, March (?) 23, 1978 (no page number recorded) (El Paso Public Library Vertical File, "Hueco Tanks", newspaper clipping; research note: the month citation cannot be clearly deciphered and perhaps was March). (Check month of citation).

Modification May Protect Park's Rock Drawings (Title). El Paso Herald, June 1, 1978 (no page number recorded) (El Paso Public Library Vertical File, "Hueco Tanks", newspaper clipping).

1980 The El Paso Chamber of Commerce is proposing to build a 100-foot tall metal statue of a conquistador, at the cost of $300,000 to commemorate the city’s four centuries anniversary. El Paso Herald, Oct. 27, 1980, A: 1-5.

1990 “Your Bond Vote Could Help Ysleta Be Reborn Again” (title). Article by Virginia Turner, El Paso People. (Photo of Kathryn Waugh in her historic home standing next to a wall that is 156 years old), El Paso Herald, May 30, 1990, no page number recorded (original in Houser research file).

1992 Watching History Be Destroyed (Title). Vandalism of Indian Pictographs at Hueco Tanks Rapidly Increasing, (photos), El Paso Herald, October 26, 1992, A: 1, 8 (El Paso Public Library Vertical File, "Hueco Tanks", newspaper clipping).