San Elizario Genealogy & Historical Society Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1090 San Elizario, Texas 79849 Physical Address: 1521 San Elizario Rd. San Elizario, Texas

Phone #: 915-851-1682 • Fax #: 915-851-0045 E-mail: saneligenealogy@att.net • www.SanElizarioGenealogy.com

FALL 2019

Greetings Members:

Off the heels of a great Founders Luncheon, I’d like to thank Magda Flores and her crew for

putting on a great event. Honoring Transito Macias at the event was such a perfect tribute. She

will never be forgotten.

We’ve had a very successful and productive year. Sponsoring or supporting over 85 events in

the Historic District and/or connected to SEGHS in some fashion, we have met our goals and

fulfilled our mission statement.

I just returned from Mexico City, where SEGHS joined forces with CARSO (Carlos Slim Foun-

dation) to Co-sponsor the 3rd Annual Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Conference at the start-

ing point of the camino. Another very prestigious event for SEGHS.

We look forward to your participation on November 9th for the Veterans Parade & Ceremony,

and also on December 21 for the Luminaria Festival & the Posadas Celebration.

Thanks again for your support!!!

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HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY SOFIA PALAFOX By John Palafox

Maria Sofia Montes, was born October 1, 1919 in San Elizario, the daughter of Telesforo Montes II and Cesaria Salazar, in an adobe home that belonged to her great-grandfather, Gregorio Gar-cia. Gregorio had been a Texas Ranger, the Mayor of San Elizario, an El Paso county commis-sioner, and was instrumental in the construction of Los Portales. The Garcia home has been occupied by extended family for generations. Sofia’s roots run deep in our historic community.

Her mother, Cesaria Salazar was baptized by none other than Father Antonio Severo Borrajo, one of many players in the controversial Salt War of 1877. Cesaria never knew her father, Juan Jose Salazar, for he lost his life before she was born pursuing Mescalero Apaches near Salt Flats only for his persevered body to be discovered a year later in the salt deposits.

Her mother and two of her four siblings were born in Mexico because the Rio Grande changed the U.S. and Mexico boundary during the many floods that often plagued the valley resulting in families having their members with different citizenships. Sofia’s family members were all U.S. citizens only because Telesforo was an American citizen.

Sofia’s father worked a small acreage in San Elizario and sold Singer sewing machines to sup-port the family. He often took the five children, three girls and two boys, to visit his uncle Anto-nio Severo Montes who had been an Indian scout for many years taking part in many forays into Indian territory north of San Elizario while attempting to recover stolen livestock. The children were fascinated by his memorabilia which included old maps, binoculars and tele-scopes and his exciting stories of days gone by.

In 1921 the family moved to Fabens where Telesforo continued to work for Singer and Sofia’s mother worked in a restaurant. It was during this time that Telesforo fell from a horse injuring his head and shortly thereafter contracted polio in his right arm which became partially para-lyzed. He worked at odd jobs the rest of his life, and Cesaria supported her children working as a seamstress.

In 1923 the family moved to El Paso in a horse drawn flatbed wagon with all the family posses-sions stacked to the hilt. The house was a three-room wooden shack with light showing be-tween the cracks, which her mother soon papered over with the Sunday morning comics. There was an outhouse, no indoor plumbing and water came from an outside hydrant by the kitchen door. The back of the property bordered on Concordia Cemetery. The cemetery became the children’s playground where they would play hide-and-seek. To the south of the cemetery,

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there were the stockyards and the Harry Mitchell brewery.

During the Great Depression the family’s income consisted of her father’s work at the city sani-tation department, her brother’s paper route and her mother’s contributions from sewing, do-mestic and laundry work.

For financial reasons the family moved again, this time to Copia Street. This home was not an improvement sanitation consisting of a privy, no indoor plumbing and no electricity. When it rained, the girls would spend nights at their neighbor’s home because the roof leaked.

The older siblings attended the predominantly Anglo Alta Vista grade school and studied at home by kerosene lamp. English was not spoken at home. Sofia began kindergarten at age five and soon mastered English subsequently winning awards in spelling and bringing home per-fect papers. At seven years of age, she chose to attend San Jacinto grade school with her older sisters for third grade, but this required a two mile walk including a climb over a steep iron bridge that crossed the Texas and Pacific railroad tracks. Sofia would later transfer to Lamar School.

The search for better housing continued; the tenements on Tays Street, then North Brown Street, Missouri Street, Nevada Street, then Yandell. Sofia was finally able to complete her edu-cation at El Paso High School.

While in high school Sofia was active in the Pan American Forum and the Senior National Honor Society graduating in 1937 with high honors. She married William Palafox in St. Patrick Cathedral in 1937. William worked as a truck driver, at a gasoline filling station, then Fulwiler Ford Motor Company as a mechanic. When war was declared in 1941 Fulwiler mechanics were recruited to work at Fort Bliss for the civil service. For the first time in his life William was re-ceiving a salary, and Sofia’s life ceased to be a constant struggle.

The new family poured what little money they had into savings, and in 1948 purchased proper-ty in the Loretta Academy-Austin Terrace neighborhood of El Paso. There they built their home. The area would evolve into one of the nicest, most preferred neighborhoods in the city of El Paso. Their eight children were schooled at Coldwell, Austin High School and Burges High School with many graduating from college, the U.S. Naval Academy; many achieved advanced degrees.

Once all her children were adults and raising their own families, Sofia pursued her long held dream for higher education. Fulfilling this dream took ten years from age 57 to 67. She was awarded an Associate of Arts-Sociology degree from El Paso Community College in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts-Spanish degree in 1987 from the University of Texas of El Paso. Sofia is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Delta Phi and Phi Sigma Iota honor societies and was on the El Paso Community College President’s Honor List for Academic Excellence, 1982.

Sofia is a devout Catholic and for many years a parishioner at St. Joseph Church in El Paso. Her children are her life. She presently resides at SunRidge of Cielo Vista Assisted Living in El Paso reminiscing a life blessed with 14 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.

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EL SEÑOR DE LOS BURRITOS By Sam Sanchez, Sr.

This story evolved gradually from the many times of walking the historic district of San Eliz-ario. Seeing the old buildings and the transformation after restoration developed in me a sense of pride. No longer do the tourists see dilapidated structures. Instead they are confronted with a pleasant view of what our ancestors once enjoyed.

The article written by Gloria T. Salazar which appeared in the summer edition of the Newslet-ter, triggered in me an old newsreel of memories that kept playing in my brain. The property of Don Joaquin Salazar now houses several commercial businesses; Juana Romo’s Golden Eagle Gallery, Bert Saldana’s Studio, the Veterans Museum, more artists’ studios and galleries, the courtyard where the rebote used to be and finally the building that houses the old County Jail and courtrooms.

Walking back into history, coming out of the depression of the 1930’s, President Franklin Dela-no Roosevelt’s New Deal held the unorthodox view that the government was responsible for the economic and social welfare of all its citizens. Efforts were made to alleviate the most serious problems.

After 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided work relief for unemployed Mexican Americans. The local citizens of San Elizario have always united for a cause. They pull together to see what they could do to feed one meal a day to the school children. The govern-ment relief program provided a morning meal of pork-and-beans for each child. Volunteers were to serve the food.

Instability had been brewing up in Europe since 1938. Then came the winter of 1941. The Japa-nese made a surprise attack to the U.S. on the Island of Oahu in Hawaii. By then most of the New Deal programs were discontinued, including the meal-a-day for the children in school.

All available scrap metal from home and farm was collected for the war effort. Piles of discard-ed metal material begun to accumulate on the school yard. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese opened up another avenue of games for us kids to play: war games. We would scrounge through the piles of scrap metal looking for discarded cooking pots to be used as hel-mets. Carrizo sticks were our rifles. Mrs. Pedregon was accustomed to making her usual daily pile of tortillas and always having a large pot of cooked frijoles de la hoya ready to feed her not only her large family, but whoever her children’s playmates happen to be around at supper time. The favorite meal for the children was a bocadito: beans rolled in a tortilla. It was easy to prepare and easy to eat. No plates to wash after supper.

Times were difficult, but aside from worries about the war and the boys in uniform, the inhab-itants of San Elizario settled quickly to a life of normality. Don Luz with his two donkeys ped-dling his morning pan dulce from house to house soon became a familiar sight on the streets of San Elizario along with the farmers making their way to the fields to pick the cotton for ginning and other domestic chores.

The main preoccupation for everyone in town was what to do to provide food for the school children. Suggestions were made amongst the people. Ultimately, two ladies offered to prepare bocaditos and take them to our school every morning. The baskets with the lunches were heavy and bulky. Don Luz, with his two donkeys offered to deliver the bocaditos every day. In time, the children in school begun to anticipate the coming of el Senor de los Burritos. “Ahi viene el senor de los burritos,” they would say at the first sight of him.

And so it was, that the bocadito eventually became known as el burrito, the handheld flour tor-tilla rolled around a filling of food. Nieves Franco, who owned a restaurant and operated out of one of Don Joaquin’s buildings, started selling bocaditos and calling them burritos. I venture to say that the burrito as a food item originated in San Elizario, in the early 1940’s.

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FROM LOS PORTALES ARCHIVES

Please help us identify the school year, teacher and the students.

Have a Question? Have an Answer? Are you searching for your roots in San Elizario? Submit your inquiry. Our fellow members may be able to help you. Your question or answer may be published in our next edition.

Question of the Quarter: What year was the Old El Paso County Jail commissioned? In what city were the cells manufactured?

SUBMISSIONS

We welcome your letters, stories of the area, family stories present or past, family events, up-coming reunions, photos, etc. to be used in our newsletter. Please submit your articles by e-mail, regular mail or in-person to the Los Portales. Please note submissions may be edited for space, grammar and clarity.

Mailing Address Physical Address Los Portales Museum 1521 San Elizario Rd. P.O. Box 1090 San Elizario, TX 79849 San Elizario, TX 79849 Phone: 915-851-1682 Museum Hours Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.a Sunday 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. E-mail: seghs1598@gmail.com

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VETERANS TALK

Meetings

The San Elizario Veterans Committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at

the Veterans Museum, 1501 Main Street. We want to see everyone there, especially new mem-

bers. Everyone, veterans and non-veterans, is welcome to join and participate. There is no

membership fee.

Museum Photos

There are many Veterans and Active Duty individuals that have roots or ties to San Elizario and

have not provided an 8 x 10 photo of themselves to the Museum. Please bring a photo with

some brief information of the veteran or active duty person written on the back of the photo.

We provide the frame.

Memorial Bricks

We continue to sell memorial bricks in honor of veterans and active duty personnel, for place-

ment on the memorial brick walk located outside the Veterans Museum. The cost of the brick is

only $40. Applications can be obtained at the Veterans Museum or through our website. The

bricks can be purchased for any veteran, active duty personnel, and now those in or retired law

enforcement and does not need to have roots or ties to San Elizario.

Museum Needs

We need volunteers to greet visitors, log them in, mention that we sell memorial bricks, that we

do have a donation box and provide other assistance as needed. If interested, contact Ray

Borrego. This is a great opportunity for high school students to earn volunteer hours and help

the community. Retirees are also welcome. Hours are 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wednesday-Friday,

11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Saturdays, and Sundays 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Museum Donations

Anyone wishing to donate military memorabilia to the Veterans Museum may do so. Please in-

dicate the name of the donor. All donations become property of the Museum and will be dis-

played in accordance to space, appropriateness, and uniqueness.

In Memoriam To the service members and veterans that are no longer with us, we thank each one of them for their service, and may God Bless them. We remember Daniel Madrid.

San Elizario Veterans Committee of SEGHS 501 c (3) non-profit

Ray Borrego, Chair

Mobile: 915-383-8529 RayBorrego99@msn.com

Eduardo Pedregon Veterans Museum & Memorial Walk 1501 Main Street, San Elizario, Texas 79849

Phone: 915-383-8529 www.sanelizariogenealogy.com/veterans

SanElizarioVeterans@gmail.com

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Veteran Future Events

October 2019

• October: Veteran t-shirts are now on sale for $15 each. They are being sold at the Veterans

Museum and Los Portales.

• October 20th: The veterans will have a booth at the Art Market. Volunteers welcome.

November 2019 • November 05: San Elizario Veterans meeting 6:30 p.m. Veterans Museum 1501 Main. First

Tuesday of the month.

• November 9th: 23rd Annual Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony. Parade route starts at 9:00 a.m. on Socorro Road at Thompson Road, then east to the Veterans Memorial Plaza via Main Street in the San Elizario Historic District. Honor Ceremony will follow at the Plaza.

• November 17th: The veterans will have a booth at the Art Market.

December 2019

• December 3rd: San Elizario Veterans Committee meeting. Veterans Museum, 1501 Main Street at 6:30 p.m.

• December 21st: The veterans will be selling tamales at the Luminaria Festival. Volunteers

and donations welcome. Set up will be at 2:00 p.m. Tamales will be sold from 4:00 p.m.-

8:00 p.m. or until food is sold out. Veterans will also be having a raffle for a handcrafted

wooden American flag and a Thomas Kinkade painting. They are seeking donations for oth-

er prizes.

San Elizario Veteran Committee Past Events

• July 20th: Veterans attended the Town Hall meeting with County Judge Ricardo Sama-niego.

• July 29th: Veterans attended the El Paso County Wall of Honor Ceremony.

• August 24th: Veterans participated in the Riding Bulls for Boobs event

• September 7th: Veterans held a special Memorial Brick Ceremony for Sheriff Deputy Peter Herrera.

• September 13th: Veterans held an enchilada sale at Los Portales kitchen.

San Elizario Veteran Committee Photos

Veterans Raul Borrego, Patricia Cruz & Mac Sanchez at the Wall of Honor Ceremony at the County Building.

Veterans and non veterans at Town Hall meeting at the Adobe Horseshoe with County Judge Samaniego.

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San Elizario Veteran Committee Photos

The Herrera family at the Memorial Brick Ceremony in

front of the Veterans Museum.

San Eli Priest with the parents of Peter Herrera at the Memo-

rial Brick Ceremony.

Patricia Cruz and other honorees at the Wall of Honor Ceremo-

ny.

The brick dedicated in honor of Deputy Sheriff Peter Her-

rera.

Pete Hernandez, Alfonso Borrego and Martha Legaspi at

the Veterans Enchilada Sale.

Patricia Cruz and other honorees at the Wall of Honor

Ceremony.

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San Elizario Veteran Committee Photos

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF HISPANIC AMERICA (GSHA)

By George Sanchez

Continued on page 11...

Honoring fallen veterans at Fort Bliss Cemetery in early

2019..

Some San Eli Veterans helping out at the veterans

booth during the Riding Bulls for Boobs event.

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GSHA continued...

El Movimiento, the Chicano Movement was started by Carmen Arteaga in the early nineteen

seventies. Her personal documents were made into an award-winning Chicano Movement per-

manent exhibit at the Pueblo Community College (PCC) above the Library. She took all of her

pictures and video tapes and converted to them to a digital format, and they are now visible in

the EPCC Library exhibit. In the top right photo, she is the first female on the left in the group.

In the bottom left photo shows her brother Edmond Roybal on the left side. Edmond was a

member of the Brown Berets. His uniform in on display in the bottom left photo.

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF HISPANIC AMERICA (GSHA) By George Sánchez

Presenter Tony Juarez spoke about the murder of Don Antonio Jose Chavez, a very wealthy Nuevo Mexicano, on the Santa Fe Trail in 1873, an international incident. The murder of Don Antonio is a very personal and emotional subject for him. Tony is a namesake of his 4th great grandfather, Don Antonio, and first learned of the murder through family oral history. Don An-tonio was killed for the silver and gold he was taking to Missouri to buy items to sell back in Santa Fe. The killers were working for the new state of Texas.

George Sanchez attended the GSHA annual conference this fall in Pueblo, Colorado. He had

the opportunity to attend several outstanding lectures

SEGHS BOARD MEMBERS

President: Al Borrego Vice President & Veterans Chair: Ray Borrego Vice President: Sam Sánchez Treasurer: Magda Flores Secretary: Rhiana Perez Board Member: Aurora Bustos

DID YOU KNOW? SEGHS is a non-profit. If you are doing any shopping on Amazon, a por-

tion of your purchase will be donated to SEGHS if you use this link.

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2019 Annual Founders’ Day Luncheon

Food by Quintero’s was enjoyed by all. Thank you everyone for joining us.

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2019 Annual Founders’ Day Luncheon

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2019 Annual Founders’ Day Luncheon

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2019 Annual Founders’ Day Luncheon

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Summer 2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 2019

• October: San Elizario Veterans t-shirts are now on sale for $15 each. They are being sold at the Veterans Museum and Los Portales.

• October 20: Art Market11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., 1501 Main. Billy the Kid Breakout show 1:00

p.m. & 3:00 p.m.

• October 22: City Council meeting, 12004 Socorro. 600 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of

the month.

• October 27: Free guided tours. 4th Sunday of the month. 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Please call ahead 915-851-0093 or e-mail to confirm.

November 2019

• November 01: San Elizario Ghost Tour 915-274-9531. 1501 Main. 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. $15. First Fridays of the month.

• November 02: La Llorona on Stage. Main Street. Free. 6:00 p.m.

• Novmber 03: SEGHS meeting. 2:00 p.m. Alarcon Elementary cafeteria.

• November 05: San Elizario Veterans meeting 6:30 p.m. Veterans Museum 1501 Main. First Tuesday of the month.

• November 09: 23rd Annual Veterans’ Day Parade. Starts at 9:00 a.m. at Thompson & So-

corro and ends at Veterans memorial Plaza..

• November 12: City Council meeting. 12004 Socorro. 6:00 p.m.

• November 24: Free guided tours. 4th Sunday of the month. 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Please

call ahead 915-851-0093 or e-mail to confirm.

• November 26: City Council meeting, 12004 Socorro. 600 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays

of the month.

December 2019

• December 01: SEGHS meeting. 2:00 p.m. Alarcon Elementary cafeteria.

• December 03: San Elizario Veterans meeting, 6:30 p.m.

• December 06: San Elizario Ghost Tour 915-274-9531. 1501 Main. 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. $15. First Fridays of the month.

• December 07: Christmas Holiday Event. Main Street Mercantile.

• December 10: City Council meeting, 12004 Socorro. 600 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays

of the month.

• December 08: Christmas Holiday Event. Main Street Mercantile.

• December 22: Free guided tours. 4th Sunday of the month. 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Please

call ahead 915-851-0093 or e-mail to confirm.

• December 22: Luminaria Festival 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Los Portales.

• December 24: City Council meeting, 12004 Socorro. 600 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays

of the month.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Accolades

Congratulations to Anthony Rios. He is our newest recipient of our annual $500 scholarship

for SEHS graduating seniors. Anthony is a tireless community volunteer working with Wreaths

Across America and San Elizario Genealogy & Historical Society. He is studying criminal jus-

tice at plans to be an El Paso Sheriff’s Deputy once he completes his education at EPCC and

University of Texas: El Paso. This year’s scholarship is in memory of Josefina Esperanza Grijal-

va.

Our very own Samuel Sánchez has been chosen as San Elizario High School’s 2019 honored

alumni. Click the link to read the article.

Thank you anonymous donor for sending us office supplies through our Amazon Smile wish

list.

Requests

The San Elizario Veterans Committee is seeking donations for the Luminaria Festival. They will be

selling tamales.

SEGHS will be taking donations throughout the year for our bike giveaway (goal is 40 bikes toddles

to teens) and annual scholarship for graduation San Elizario High School seniors. All donations are

tax-deductible, and donors will be provided with a receipt for their generosity.

Save the Date

Saturday 09 November 2019. Annual Veteran’s Day Parade starts at Socorro and Thompson

and ends at the Veterans Memorial plaza.

Saturday 21 December 2019. Annual Luminaria Festival from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Welcome New Members

Darlene & Joseph Dumais • Liza & Enrique Gomez • Steve & Maria Teran

Prayers for the Ill

David Bustos • Tony Cera • Olga Hernandez •Ysela Holguin • Sofia Palafox • Grace Sanchez •

Lupe Sanchez

Condolences

Maria Elena Dominguez (Almanzar), SEGHS member Becky Munoz Romero’s cousin • Robert

Lara, local educator in Mission Valley • Daniel Madrid, veteran and SEGHS member Gloria

Madrid’s brother.

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San Elizario Beautification Project

San Elizario Genealogy & Historical Society (SEGHS) has organized a project to maintain the Community Cemetery clean year-round. Through community donations, the society will organ-ize regular cleaning of cemetery grounds and additional projects, if necessary and if donations permit. Your donation is tax deductible and a letter will be remitted to you regarding the re-ceipt of your donation. You will be listed in the “Friends of the San Elizario” webpage. The pro-ject will be fully managed by the SEGHS Cemetery Beautification Committee. The Committee Chair is Becky Munoz Romero; she can be reached at 915-851-6191. Please make your check payable to SEGHS. Thank you for your help.

SEGHS Attn: Cemetery Project P.O. Box 1090 San Elizario, TX 79849

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Los Pistoleros de San Elizario

The San Elizario Genealogy & His-torical Society opens the museum daily, Tuesday through Sunday to the general public & admission is free. The museum is staffed by knowledgeable volunteers that will offer additional information to visi-tors.

The Pistoleros de San Elizario Reenactment troupe performs two free shows of the “Billy the Kid Breakout” every third Sunday of the month, March through Novem-ber, in front of the Jail.

SEGHS Free Museums Los Portales Museum (Tues-Sat 10am-2pm, Sun 12pm-4pm)

Old El Paso County Jail Museum (Tues-Sat 10am-2pm Veterans Memorial Museum (W-F 10am-2pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12pm-4pm)

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