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Chamizal Homeowners Group To Go To Capital
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…
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…
Agustina and Valentín Hernandez
El Paso Times newspaper clipping announcing 51st wedding anniversary of Agustina and Valetín Hernandez.
Florentino Pacheco—"United States of America v. 6.235 Acres of Land, More or less, in El Paso County, State of Texas, and William E. Johnson Jr., Et Al."
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.
Florentino Pacheco Cotton Mill Home
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.
Workmen Demolish Cotton Mill Addition
Photograph of workmen demolishing Cotton Mill. This photograph accompanied an El Paso Times article on Florentino Pacheco headlined, "Chamizal Resident Lonely."
"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…
'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…
"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.
"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.