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The Magoffin Home is having an Open House 10pm-4pm. This free event will have storytellers, musicians, and artists. The Border Heritage Center will be there as well :D
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The El Paso Mission Trail Association seeks to promote the historic nine-mile corridor between Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario through education, preservation, and tourism efforts. As part of the larger El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, the Mission Trail serves as a gateway to one of the most historical areas in the binational region.
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The two mission churches of Ysleta and Socorro stand as the oldest working missions in the region. In addition, the chapel of San Elizario, also located along the mission trail is known as an enduring symbol of the more than 400 years of rich history in the area.
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Visitors looking for one-stop information spot should visit the Mission Valley Visitor Center. This historic building provides free Wi-Fi, ATM’s, restrooms, Mission Trail information, and a Sun Metro transfer location. The center’s staff is knowledgeable and friendly so don’t hesitate to ask for directions or any questions pertaining to the Mission Trail area. The Mission Valley Visitor Center will provide you with everything you need to know for your Mission Trail visit. Restrooms available.
You can view and purchase local art on display with their Quarterly Art
Exhibits in the Nestor A. Valencia Art Gallery. They also have a monthly "Coffee at the Trail."
Determination and Courage:
The Development of Public Schools in the Mission Valley
Determination, courage, and patience led to the establishment of the
first public schools in the Mission Valley. The beginning of
education in the Mission Valley Region can be traced to 1807 when 65
children from the Mexican villages of Paso del Norte (modern-day
Ciudad Ju谩rez), Socorro, Ysleta, and San Elizario began attending
school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The local Catholic missions also
served as an early source of education. According to the
Handbook of Texas, they were “designed to Christianize and domesticate
the Indians and to provide the rudiments of learning for the children
of garrison troops and Spanish colonists.” The first public
school in El Paso was organized in San Elizario in 1870 by Octavio
Ambrosio Larrazolo. The school was organized at the home of
Captain Gregorio N. Garcia now known as the Los Portales Museum and
Visitor Center. Another early public school in El Paso County was
formed in September of 1871 Alexander Martin’s Ranch in San Jose, tree
miles from Ysleta, with E.N. Ronquillo as teacher. In the 1880s,
the El Paso County school system was expanded beyond San Eli, Ysleta,
and Socorro. The first school was established in Clint in 1886 by
the women of the town. The first public school opened in Fabens
1905. Before WW1, Tornillo did not have a permanent public school
until 1916. This exhibit will take a look at the development of
public schools in the EL Paso Mission Valley and those who worked to
provide quality education in the El Paso Mission Valley.
El Paso Mission Trail Association Facebook Post about exhibit unveiling https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=823606156518709&id=100066079967230&_rdr
El Paso Mission Trail Facebook
Mission Trail Association Website
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⭐Check out the video of our ofrenda on Facebook⭐
Those on the Ofrenda / Ellos en la ofrenda:
He was the deputy director and later, the director of the El Paso Public Library for several years until his retirement in 2019. During his tenure in his various directorial positions, Pumphrey had been instrumental in the growth of adult education services and continuing literacy programs that also supported economic development in the City of El Paso.
Instituted the Career Online High School Program in 2014 to offer El Paso residents a way to obtain their high school diploma with a career certification.
Helped create the Literacy Centers career and entrepreneurial program WorkPLACE (Public Literacy Access to Careers and Entrepreneurship) in 2018
While serving as interim public library director he was influential in the library receiving the 2017 Excellence in Library Award from the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association
Mark era un native de Carlisle, Kentucky y lleg贸 a El Paso desde 2010.
Trabaj贸 como director de la biblioteca p煤blica de El Paso por varios a帽os hasta su retiro en 2019. Pumphrey fu茅 clave instrumental en la educaci贸n para adultos y programas de alfabetizaci贸n, los cuales contribuyeron para el desarrollo econ贸mico de la ciudad de El Paso.
En 2014 cre贸 el programa de preparatoria en l铆nea
En 2018, ayud贸 a crear el Centro de Alfabetizaci贸n y Carreras, conocido en ingl茅s como WorkPLACE (Public Literacy Access to Careers and Entrepreneurship)
En 2017, mientras serv铆a como director interino de las bibliotecas, gracias a 茅l y a otros factores, la Biblioteca P煤blica de El Paso recibi贸 el premio 2017 de Excelencia Bibliotecaria por parte de la Asociaci贸n Municipal de Directores Bibliotecarios de Texas
L铆der de la Division Regional de los estados de la regi贸n suroeste
Directora de la biblioteca p煤blica de El Paso en 1945
Mobiliz贸 campa帽as por fondos para construir una nueva biblioteca con semblanza suroeste, otros programas, y la biblioteca rodante
Asisti贸 a historiadores y estudiantes
Presidenta de la Asociaci贸n de el Suroeste y de la Asociaci贸n Bibliotecaria Americana
Se retir贸 en 1955
Came to El Paso in 1884
Teacher at El Paso public schools for 32 years; resigned in 1916
Founder of El Paso Public Library
In 1894, with @ 600-800 books from her own personal collection, opened a Boys Reading Club for her students in room 127 of the old Sheldon Hotel in Downtown El Paso
El Paso First president of the El Paso Library Association
Applied for grants
In 1904, she received a $35,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist to build the library’s first independent building at 500 N. Oregon St
Died in 1946
Mandy was a veteran of the San Antonio street car system
Mandy was known for her stubborn streak than her timeliness
Mandy pulled a trolley across a wooden international bridge into Ju谩rez
Mandy never failed to haul the sole street car of the Village of El Paso
Women stopped Mandy to feed her; children played tag under and around her legs and pulled her tail
Mandy was slow to walk and trot
After riding and waiting for an hour or two, while still hauling passengers, Mandy felt asleep and took sound naps
Mandy was retired in 1902 when the new electric trolley was introduced
Mandy was sent to an irrigated pasture where she spent her last days
Mandy era una veterana de el sistema de transporte en San Antonio
Mandy era famosa por ser testaruda y lenta
Mandy transport贸 pasajeros en un camioncito de El Paso a Cd. Ju谩rez
Mandy nunca fall贸 en su cabalgata por la Villa de El Paso
Las mujeres la paraban para darle de comer mientras los ni帽os corr铆an y jubaban por en medio de sus patas
Despu茅s de cabalgar por una hora 贸 dos, Mandy tomaba una siesta mientras transportaba pasajeros
Mandy se retir贸 en 1902 cuando comenz贸 a operar el primer tranv铆a el茅ctrico
Mandy pas贸 sus 煤ltimos d铆as en un campo de pastura
Digital Ofrenda from the Nation Museum of the American Latino to honor and celebrate the lives lost tragically in the Texas communities of Uvalde, San Antonio and El Paso.
Events and Programing in El Paso
The theme for El Paso’s 2024 D铆a de los Muertos celebrations is Ra铆ces Ancestrales/Ancestral Roots: a celebration of the diversity of our region’s cultural heritage that transcends past and present, as well as geography.
The City of El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) presents Indigenous influences (both pre- and post-Columbian contact) of D铆a de Los Muertos in our programming. MCAD programs, including those at the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of History, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, and the Mexican American Cultural Center encourage the community to reflect on their own ancestral roots by honoring the lives, food, spirits, and traditions of their loved ones who have passed on.
Celebrate the heritage of the Borderland! Join us for D铆a de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 2, 2024, from 10 am to 2 pm. A vibrant celebration honoring the lives of loved ones who have passed, D铆a de los Muertos is celebrated by families throughout Mexico and Latin America and is a chance to reflect on the delicate bridge between life and death.
More Information
Dia de los Muertos: Symbols and Traditions
This interview is part of a video series in which poster artists share stories about art and activism. The interviews accompany Decade of Dissent: Democracy in Action 1965-1975, a traveling political poster art exhibition that premiered at the West Hollywood Library, February-April 2012. Both the exhibition and interviews were produced by the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
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| Carlos Callejo Meeting Room Plaque |
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| Norma Martinez - Library Director (Left), Deborah Valdez - Armijo Branch /Manager (Right) |
Eddie Guerrero's Championship Entrance
He is a member of the Guerrero-Llanes Dynasty being the youngest son of Gory Guerrero. Eddie discovered his unbridled passion for sports-entertainment as a child through his father, longtime wrestling promoter Gory Guerrero who once wrestled at the El Paso County Coliseum. As Gory plied his trade in El Paso, TX, Eddie was busy scrapping with his nephew, Chavo Guerrero Jr., during the show intermissions. Eddie Guerrero, a graduate of Jefferson High School, was a member of the wrestling team, but shortly after graduating high school he decided to give pro-wrestling a try.
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With the help of his father, and his three older brothers, Guerrero worked his way to the very top of the wrestling world. Eddie would later move on to wrestle collegiately at New Mexico Highlands University before returning to El Paso to learn how to become a future WWE Superstar. He was born to wrestle.
Several sources say his debut was in 1987 at Auditorio Municipal de Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in a tag team match with El Matem谩tico aganist Flama Roja and El Vikingo. However, his in ring career should be since at least 1986. Javier Llanes stated that Eddie debuted at Arena Internacional, in Colonia Chave帽a in Ciudad Ju谩rez where all Guerreros and Llanes debuted. According to Revista KO #1718 published on June 29, 1986, it states his debut was in June 15, 1986 in El Paso Civic Center. His debut in Arena Mexico was on September 5, 1986. He went in a tag team match with Mogur against Ari Romero and Guerrero Negro. So, it is safe to say that Eddie Guerrero’s debut occurred somewhere in 1986. In the early days he went as Gory Guerrero Jr.
Guerrero began wrestling as the original Mascara Magica in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) until his departure in 1992. He left the company to pursue a career with AAA. Although the Mascara Magica gimmick was popular, CMLL owned the rights to the character. Guerrero then appeared on a televised AAA show as Mascara Magica, only to then unmask himself along with the aide of his tag team partner that night, Octag贸n. He was the first luchador to voluntarily unmask and was also immediately physically attacked by the opposing tag team for doing so.The moment when Mascara Magica "Eddie Guerrero" left CMLL and went over to AAA
In Mexico, he wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesor铆a y Administraci贸n (AAA), teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja At贸mica (The Atomic Pair), the original tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo. After Guerrero turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as La Pareja del Terror (The Pain of Terror), the duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history. Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power, and Madonna’s Boyfriend (Louie Spicolli), Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), a villainous stable. Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined Los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Barr. Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octag贸n, eventually ending in a Hair vs. Mask match at the first lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost.
Eddie Guerrero vs Konnan - Juarez-Feud
Video - Eddie Guerrero special from Juarez - early 90s
In 1992 he was in the movie Octagon y Atlantis: La Revancha as himself/assassin. He was also on the cover of many wrestling magazine covers.
In 2005, Guerrero died unexpectedly from acute heart failure. He was just 38 years old. In 2006, Guerrero was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Even though his career was cut tragically short, Guerrero left an indeniable mark on the sports-entertainment landscape. His battle cry was "Viva La Raza," but the WWE Universe to this day shouts "Viva Eddie Guerrero" in remembrance of a legend.
Eddie Guerrero was inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2023.
El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023: Eddie Guerrero
Celebrating El Paso’s Eddie Guerrero’s Iconic Hall of Fame Legacy
He has an influence in the wrestling world to this day. Dominik Mysterio presents legendary Eddie Guerrero Hair vs. Mask Match: From the WWE Vault
Lucha libre's roots in the El Paso-Juárez Borderland
The pioneering ancestor of Mexican wrestling is said to be Enrique Ugartechea, who was known as "Mexico's Strongest Man" and is credited with developing lucha libre from Greco-Roman wrestling in 1863, a year after the Battle of Puebla, Cinco de Mayo. The seeds of the modern form of lucha libre go back far in the El Paso-Juárez Borderland history.
In 1929, Salvador Lutteroth Gonz谩lez, who fought in the Mexican Revolution against Pancho Villa, moved to Ju谩rez to work for Mexico’s Tax Department. Soon after, he attended wrestling matches in El Paso’s Liberty Hall. The fighting was a type of freestyle wrestling with few rules, which sometimes descended into pure violence. Gonz谩lez was captivated and felt certain his home country would also love the spectacle. In 1933, he founded Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (now CMLL) to expand the sport’s popularity from El Paso to Mexico, earning Gonz谩lez recognition as the “Father of Lucha Libre.”
Pablo Martinez Coronado talks about the El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Ju谩rez, Mexico transnational roots of Lucha Libre--the Mexican wrestling tradition which has become an international phenomena--in the late 1920s and afterward. Length 9:10
Some Local Area Wrestling
New Era Wrestling (EP Heroes)
You can learn more at:
El Paso Public Library Catalogue Search
Courtesy of the El Paso Public Library, Border Heritage Center, El Paso Vertical Files - Murals
Resources
Eddie Guerrero Biography 2021 – Latino Heat Greatest Moments
Rey Mysterio on Seeing Eddie Guerrero in Dominik, Betrayals, WWE PLE in Mexico, More
Latino Heat: The Unforgettable Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Here Comes the Pain: These Wrestling Events Were Taped in El Paso
Wrestling veteran explains Eddie Guerrero's potential role in WWE if he was alive today
CM Punk Explains How Eddie Guerrero Helped Him In Pro Wrestling
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 10 am- 4 pm, in Las Cruces, NM, join us for a free, fun, and educational event that showcases unique and historic archival materials from the border region. The El Paso Public Library Border Heritage Center, along with other libraries, archives, and museums of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and the borderlands, will be there to showcase unique and historic archival materials from the border region. Organized by the Border Regional Archives Group (BRAG), the Bazaar features rare documents, photographs, maps, publications, and more, that highlight the unique history and cultural heritage of our region. This year’s theme is Celebrating Borderland Communities.
The Border Archives Bazaar also includes two 90-minute panel presentations, one at 11:00 a.m. and one at 1:30 p.m., with scholars and researchers who are utilizing regional archives to document and preserve borderland community histories, including Crypto-Jews of the Southwest; Black students at NMSU; El Paso’s Black Wall Street; Mexican settlements in Mesilla, New Mexico, and Ascensi贸n, Chihuahua. Archivists, librarians, and museum curators will also be on hand to discuss and answer questions about archives, regional history, and preservation of original documents.
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For more information, visit our News & Events webpage or contact the Border Heritage Center at 915-212-3218.
The Magoffin Home is having an Open House 10pm-4pm. This free event will have storytellers, musicians, and artists. The Border Heritage C...
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