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'Chamizal Holdout Relocated"—El Paso Herald-Post
El Paso Herald-Post report on the relocation of Florentino Pacheco from his Cotton Mill home to a temporary home in Rio Linda. Pacheco's Cotton Mill home had been condemned by the Chamizal Treaty in order to make way for the relocated Rio Grande…
"Chamizal Resident Lonely"—El Paso Times
El Paso Times newspaper report on Florentino Pacheco, Cotton Mill resident, who is the last of his Cotton Mill residents to vacate his home by order of the Chamizal Treaty.
"Channel 'Holdout' Moves Out"—El Paso Times
El Paso Times report on the eviction of Florentino Pacheco from his Cotton Mill home. Report describes the eviction and explains that he will be moved into a temporary home in Rio Linda. Eviction was part of Chamizal Relocation Project and Chamizal…
"Eviction Set for Monday"—El Paso Times
El Paso Times announces pending eviction of Florentino Pacheco from his Cotton Mill home in order for Chamizal Treaty urban planning projects to proceed.
"Formal opposition has died a timely death"—El Paso Times
El Paso Times report on the ending of a suit filed by Soledad Aguirre Loya against the Secretary of State Dean Rusk and IBWC Commissioner Joseph F. Friedkin.
"Homing" by Ricardo Sanchez
"Homing" 1971 poem by Ricardo Sanchez describing Barrio del Diablo in South El Paso and the destruction of his childhood home by the Chamizal Treaty
"We Remember—El Barrio" by J. Manuel Bañales
Opinion piece about the significance of the barrio to Mexican American and Chicana/o culture and the ramifications of forced displacement from and loss of the barrio
"Ysleta Private Sends Souvenirs Home"—El Paso Herald-Post
El Paso Herald-Post article on Florentino Pacheco, son of Mrs. Basilia S. Pacheco of Ysleta, El Paso, and the many souvenirs he sent his mother while he was in combat abroad in Germany during WWII.
1941 Cordova Gardens Addition to the City of El Paso
Tract map of Cordova Gardens Addition to the City of El Paso. Cordova Gardens was added to El Paso in 1941. The land was part of the Martinez Estate and was nestled within Mexico's Cordova Island. The neighborhood would be ceded to Mexico as part of…
1947 Florentino Pacheco Cotton Mill Deed of Trust
1947 Deed of Trust between Florentino Pacheco (Grantor), S.M. Murchison (Trustee), and Mortgage Investment Company of El Paso, Texas (Lender) for tract 18 of the Cotton Mill Addition toe the City of El Paso. The total loan for the property was…