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Letter from IBWC Commissioner, John F. Friedkin, to Elvira Lacarra thanking her for her contributions to helping settle the Chamizal Dispute.

Newspaper memorial to Consuelo V. Bañales & Margarito Bañales Sr. from their children: Margarito, Joe, Xavier, Manuel, Jaime, Mario Martha, Tony, Marco

Photographs of Florentino Pacheco property in Cotton Mill Addition to the City of El Paso. Photographs are included in an International Boundary and Water Commission investigation report on the value of the Pacheco property. Report was forwarded to…

El Paso resident Ernestine Busch writes letter to the El Paso Herald-Post arguing that Navarro Elementary's proposed new name, Chamizal High School, should be renamed in Soledad Aguirre Loya's honor.

Documents of support related to Florentino Pacheco's Cotton Mill home submitted as part of Declaration of Taking by the International Boundary and Water Commission for Chamizal Treaty.

Photograph of Florentino Pacheco's home at 1214 Algodon Place in the Cotton Mill Addition to the City of El Paso. This home was condemned and demolished as part of the Chamizal Treaty.

Life Magazine article on the Chamizal Dispute featuring Elvira Lacarra, Jose and Manuela Villa, Raymundo Garcia, Richard Telles, and Judson Williams.

Associated Press report on the Chamizal Treaty and relocation proceedings. Carlos Quinones is shown in the report's accompanying photograph and quoted in the piece about his experience.

El Paso Times report on the Cordova Gardens Homeowners Association, which was an advocacy group for Cordova Gardens residents. Cordova Gardens was one of several South El Paso neighborhoods condemned by the Chamizal Treaty, which ceded 437-acres of…

Front page of El Paso Herald-Post on Wednesday July 17, 1963. Headline reads "E.P. Chamizal Dispute Settled" and announces resolution of the Chamizal Dispute and new border boundaries as determined by the Chamizal Treaty.