(TEXAS) Tays Eugene AH Reminiscences of Old El Paso Texas

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(TEXAS.) Tays, Eugene A.H. Reminiscences of Old El Paso, Texas. [1], 10, 2 typescript pages, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, signed twice by the author; stapled in upper corner, folds, chip to title sheet, pencil notes throughout in an early hand. San Blas, Mexico, 21 November 1918, with notes dated 1924-25

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Eugene Augustus Hoffman Tays (1861-1928) moved to El Paso in 1870 with his father, the Rev. Joseph Wilkin Tays (1827-1884), who founded St. Clement's Church. He offers a detailed description of the buildings and residents from a period when "El Paso was a small town of 300 or 400 inhabitants, mostly Mexicans." He recounts the 1870 shooting of Judge Gaylord Clark, the weekly arrival of the Overland Stage from San Antonio, irrigation arrangements, and much more. The paper is heavily annotated in pencil by local historian Esther Darbyshire MacCallum of El Paso, who wrote a 1925 history of St. Clement's Church. with--a packet of other miscellaneous MacCallum papers, including some notes on the McGinty Club and other aspects of El Paso history, 1905-68.