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Maude E. Craig Sampson Williams (February 1880 – March 13, 1958) was an American suffragist, teacher, civil rights leader, and community activist in El Paso, Texas.In June 1918, she formed the El Paso Negro Woman's Civic and Equal Franchise League and requested membership in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) through the Texas Equal Suffrage Association (TESA), but was ...
George A. Williams (August 11, 1854 – February 21, 1936), sometimes known as G.A. Williams or simply as George Williams, was an American actor of the silent film era. Born in 1854 in Kinnickinnic, Wisconsin, he broke into the film industry in 1914. He worked mostly in film shorts, appearing in well over 100 of them in his 14-year career. He ...
Abraham Chavez Theatre, known simply as the Chavez Theatre, is a 2,500-seat concert hall located in El Paso, Texas. It is adjacent to the Williams Convention Center. Its lobby features a three-story glass main entrance. The Abraham Chavez Theatre is named after Maestro Abraham Chavez, who was the
David Leonard Wood was born on June 20, 1957, in San Angelo, Texas, the second of four children. [1] In the 1960s, his father, Leo, moved the family to a luxurious neighborhood in El Paso, where he held an executive position with the El Paso Electric Company.
The El Paso Daily Times speculated that he was the man whom Texas Ranger Thomas Mode shot in the right ear. [19] Modern researchers have linked Brocius with a man known as William "Curly Bill" Bresnaham, who was convicted in a robbery attempt in Texas in 1878, along with another known cowboy of the Tombstone area named Robert Martin.
The first mayor of El Paso, Benjamin Shacklett Dowell. Mayor of El Paso; ... Judson F. Williams: 1963–1969 Ashley G. Classen: 1969 Peter De Wetter: 1969–1971
Part of the very first run of Cabbage Patch Kids, this doll came with its own birth certificate and adoption papers. Its vintage appeal and significance as a pioneer of the ’80s toy craze add to ...
Henry O. Flipper, a Buffalo Soldier, lived in El Paso. George Campbell, ex-El Paso marshal; Albert Jennings Fountain, Wild West Indian fighter, politician; Henry O. Flipper (1856-1940), Buffalo soldier and first African American graduate of West Point. [10] Pat Garrett, Western law man known for killing Billy The Kid