El ataque a Ciudad Juarez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de Junio (open access)

El ataque a Ciudad Juarez y los acontecimientos del 14 al 18 de Junio

This piece provides a firsthand account of the attack on Ciudad Juarez by Villistas and related events, including the American incursion. It also provides information regarding the effects of the battle on El Paso, Texas and includes named civilian casualties. The official American response is also noted.
Date: 1919
Creator: Enciso DurĂ¡n, Xavier
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916. (open access)

First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916.

Photocopy of typescript describing activities and participants in the 1st Aereo Squadron of the Signal Corps during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Aereo Squadron, 1st.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Ultima Tragedia o El Calvario De Un Gral. Mexicano: Captura! Sentencia! Y Muerte! Del Gral. Felipe Angeles (open access)

La Ultima Tragedia o El Calvario De Un Gral. Mexicano: Captura! Sentencia! Y Muerte! Del Gral. Felipe Angeles

Account describing the death of General Felipe Angeles during the Mexican Revolution
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery A on the Mexican Border (open access)

Battery A on the Mexican Border

This book is an account of Battery A of the Rhode Island National Guard and its activation on June 24, 1916, its travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, its activities until it was mustered out on November 2, 1916. They were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and also referred to their site as Camp Pershing. Includes a narrative description of their trip by train, their camp and training activities on the border. Also includes many reproductions of photographs of the troops and sites, cartoons, and a list of personnel.
Date: 1916
Creator: Stiness, Henry R. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900 (open access)

Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900

Directory for El Paso, Texas: includes postal guide, local officials, address listings for businesses and individuals, and advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1900
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902 (open access)

Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902

Directory for El Paso, Texas includes: address listings for businesses and individuals, advertisements from local businesses, listings of government officials, a postal guide, a business directory, a directory for Chihuahua, Mexico, and a review of El Paso's development.
Date: 1902
Creator: Buck Directory Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Directory for 1903 (open access)

El Paso Directory for 1903

"Containing a General Directory of the Citizens and Business Firms Alphabetically Arranged, a Classified Business Directory, a Complete Street Guide and Miscellaneous Information of Value to Citizens and Strangers."
Date: 1903
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History