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U.S. troops, on border, El Paso (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • kim0480 said:
    I have lived in El Paso for practically all my life. It's cool to see how times have changed so much yet are still somewhat similar. U.S. troops will always be on the border, guarding with such intensity.

Mormons living in lumber yard - El Paso (LOC)

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  • skillful north said:
    I wonder if these were polygamists going to Mexico. Would love to know the story behind this picture.
  • Wystan said:
    No, these Mormons were refugees from Mexico. In addition to numerous Mexican refugees, 2,000 Mormons sought refuge in El Paso in 1912, going there from Mexico to escape dangers in the border areas during the Mexican revolution that started in 1911. www.elpasotexas.gov/history/mexicanrevolution/history.asp
  • skillful north said:
    Thanks that was interesting. Can't imagine living in that heat with those clothes on!
  • Laralee Nelson said:
    Some of my family could be in that picture. I have a biography of my great-grandparents who abandoned their homes in Mexico and became refugees from the Mexican revolution. Here's a picture with my grandfather as a teenager before they had to leave Mexico. It's probably within a year or so of when they left.
  • diehard26 said:
    Actually looked this up after doing some wikipedia to see if it was true that Romney's dad was one of them that fled with his family (dad/mom) after they left the U.S. due to polygamy laws. Interesting to know that Bain News actually was the owner of this.

Col. E.Z. Steever comdg, El Paso Dist. (LOC)

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  • Robert & Kristin said:
    Found an 1912 NYT article about Col. Edgar Z. Steever's promotion to Brigadier General (pdf) during the Mexican Revolution and the accompanying cross-border troubles. He was born in Pennsylvania and graduated second in his class at West Point. He was commissioned a Second Lieutanant in 1871. He fought in 34 battles and skirmishes in the Philippines. BG Steever was forced to retire (pdf) in 1913.
  • yeknod said:
    shouldn't the title be "Comd G" instead of "Comp. G"?
  • The Library of Congress said:
    yeknod: Thanks for noticing the transcription error. We changed the title to transcribe the letters in the negative rather than the caption card.
  • Bean Isabella said:
    If he became Brigadier General in 1912, wouldn't this have to be 1910-1911? I mean, wouldn't they have mentioned that level of rank? Even whether they wuld write that or not that remains murky, clearly it could not have been later than 1913 if that was when he retired.
  • fabulous arithmetic said:
    Could this have been at Fort Bliss?