Concordia Cemetery Shows El Paso’s Turbulent History
The Concordia Cemetery in El Paso spans 900 acres once, now 54, housing 65,000 graves. Notables include gunfighter John Wesley Hardin and constable John Selman, Revolutionary era figures Pascual Orozco and Victoriano Huerta, and a diverse religious cohort with Jesuits, Jews, Mormons, and early influenza victims. The site holds stories of trade, crime, and community across centuries.
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EL Paso
Concordia Cemetery
Hugh Stephenson
Leon Metz
Concordia Heritage Association
Stephenson
Juana Maria Ascarate
Deen Underwood
The
Heritage Association
Hardin
Metz
Underwood
Martin M’rose
M’rose
Ciudad Juarez
Beulah
Selman
Juarez
Concordia
Pascual Orozco
Pancho Villa
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
U.S
Orozco
Texas
Huerta
Charles Pinto
Pinto
Leon C. Metz
Boot Hill
John Wesley Hardin
Eddy as Public Pioneer in UNM Exhibit
A touring exhibit on Mary Baker Eddy at the University of New Mexico highlights her roles as religious leader author and publisher in a era when women lacked public rights. The display notes Eddy founded the Christian Science Monitor at 87 and authored Science and Health while attracting visitors through narrative panels recordings and testimonials. The exhibit presented with the National Park Service has reached over 250000 people.
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Albuquerque
Mary Baker Eddy
United States
University of New Mexico
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Massachusetts Metaphysical College
Elizabeth Cahn
UNM Women’s Resource Center
UNM
Cahn
The
Christian Science Monitor
Marcell DeLacy
National Park Service
Obituaries Ruth Wagner and Frank Anaya
Ruth Wagner 85 died July 8 2001 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center services pending at Ballard Funeral Home arrangements to be announced. Frank Anaya 84 died July 8 2001 at a local nursing facility services pending at Ballard Funeral Home arrangements to be announced.
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Ruth Wagner
Ballard
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Frank
Ballard Funeral Home
Frank Anaya
SANE Project aids sexual assault victims in Roswell
Scifres notes 45 exams completed for Roswell community as SANE project advances evidence collection and care. The 24 seven service provides crisis intervention, referrals, hospital and police support, education and follow up to boost reporting and prosecutions of sex offenders in Chaves County. Call 625-1457 for information.
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Roswell
SANE
Chaves
Esperanza House
Pair Arrested In Slain 2-Year-Old in Albuquerque
Two men Mario Hernandez and Patrick Davila were arrested after authorities said they were the intended targets in a shooting that killed Jailene Cisneros, a 2-year-old girl. Police linked the suspects to a rival drug-dealer dispute and said two Cuban refugees Barthelemy and Espinoza face murder charges.
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Albuquerque
Mario Hernandez
Patrick Davila
Bernalillo County
Jailene Cisneros
Jesus Barthelemy
Manuel Libore Espinoza
Hernandez
Davila
Kob-Tv
Espinoza
Barthelemy and
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Student Services
Scifres
Michael R. Turner
Esperanza House Inc
Roswell-Record.com
Audio Acoustics Hearing Center
4Th Street
Will
Heather
Mane Street Salon
N. Main
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