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Roadside landmark is gone

The iconic Sands Motel and Restaurant sign located at 805 East Broadway was demolished last Tuesday. The business property recently sold and has been...

Kent 79855 closes

Alice Escobedo retires with the Kent, Texas USPS. Photo by: Lacrecia Grubb By Lisa Morton 81 year young Alice Escobedo has retired from the United States...

Nature Notes: Tracing the Salt Road, Where West Texas Geology, History...

By Andrew Stuart Beneath the soaring western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, geologic and chemical forces combine to create a resource humans have sought since...

Today in History: Nov. 22

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Thursday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2018. There are 39 days left in the year. Today's Highlight...

The death of Maggie Graham

By Daniel Aranda How happy Maggie Little must have been when she exchanged wedding vows with Harry Graham on September 16, 1879. She anticipated...

The smell of Dachau

By Hardie Matthews In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Editors note: Hardie Matthews is a frequent contributor to The Van Horn Advocate and has a special...

Porvenir massacre on Texas border haunts descendants 100 years later

(Running in The Advocate as a two-part series) Reprinted with permission from The El Paso Times By Madlin Mekelburg, El Paso Times AUSTIN — It has been 100 years since 15 unarmed...
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