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Instructions · What links here · El Paso County Historical Society (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 2 months ago by WilliamEHillis (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

The El Paso County Historical Society (EPCHS, "the Society") is a historical society located in and serving the city of El Paso and El Paso County in the state of Texas, as well as the broader Paso del Norte region comprising portions of Texas, New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The EPCHS "strives to foster research into the history of the El Paso area; share that history with the public; publish and encourage historical writing pertaining to the area; and develop public consciousness of [El Paso's] rich heritage." The Society maintains "an extensive collection of Southwest archives in the Jane Burges-Perrenot Research Center, including over 20,000 photos, thousands of historical documents, and scores of three-dimensional items."^[1]

^ "About". El Paso County Historical Society. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[:0-1] "About". El Paso County Historical Society. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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