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U.S.A. purchases Bañales property in Rio Linda Addition to the City of El Paso as part of the Chamizal Treaty. This deed of sale is between Margarito and Consuelo Bañales and the United States federal government.

1956 deed of sale showing Elvira Villa purchased lot 27 in the Cotton Mill Addition to the City of El Paso. This property would later be condemned as part of the Chamizal Treaty of 1964.

1954 Deed of sale to 1327 12th Street in Rio Linda Addition to the City of el Paso. Julian and Amelia Arrieta, former owners of the property, sell to Margarito and Consuelo Bañales. This property will later be condemned as part of the Chamizal…

1952 Deed of Sale to Valetin and Agustina Hernandez to Cordova Gardens property at 3520 Oak Street in El Paso, Texas. This property will later be condemned by the U.S. federal government by virtue of the Chamizal Treaty.

1951 Deed of sale to Elvira Villa and Gilberto Villa lot 21 in the Cotton Mill Addition to the City of El Paso.

1950 Deed of sale for 207 S. Oregon Street in Segundo Barrio

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…

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…

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.

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