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Post by flash on Sept 30, 2009 19:19:44 GMT -7
I just finished the book Frontier Newspaper The El Paso Times. printed in 1959.I found it at the Irving Schwartz Library. The book covers the Times operations from about 1883 to 1956.I learn that the radio station KROD 600 am was started by the owners of the Times in the 1930's after a four year fight with the owners of KTSM.That there was a full scale fire fight between Customs agents and smugglers on the end of 8th street and the border in south El Paso where the smuggler were chopping away at the agents with machine guns.The smugglers lost The Mexican wars,WWI and WWII. Interesting story how El Paso became the county seat. Very good book for those who like history and wish some understanding of Politics in El Paso. A very fun and easy read. Thomas the Flash
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