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Leon Metz: Spaniards were early visitors to El Paso

Full story: El Paso Times

Across the centuries and decades, local and regional historians have debated the big question: Who were the first El Pasoans? Obviously, they were the Indians, although these were not necessarily the ancestors of present-day Indians.

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Petro

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Monday Nov 9
 
Your propaganda is getting old. Learn your southwest history before you spill your garbage. You do more harm to the Southwest than anything.
Chuco

El Paso, TX

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Monday Nov 9
 
Why was there a Norwegian in our River?
Mr Bill

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Monday Nov 9
 
Petro wrote:
Your propaganda is getting old. Learn your southwest history before you spill your garbage. You do more harm to the Southwest than anything.
You like history? How's your math?
1. List your credentials
2. List your "propaganda"
3. List your references
4. 1+2+3= credibility

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West TX, East TX, Middle GA

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Monday Nov 9
 
Chuco wrote:
Why was there a Norwegian in our River?
trying to get to the other side?
Jake

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#7
Monday Nov 9
 
Wait! I thought the Ysleta and other Pueblo indians as-well-as the Mescalero were here before the Spaniards? What of the Tularosa Basin Massacre of 1850's? The captured children of Tularosa were said to have been of Spanish ancestory? Are the Tarumara related to the Ysleta indians?
stanjbass

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Monday Nov 9
 
Leon's always so good to read.

I don' get the strange singling out of Onate. I'm a history major, and if Onate's to be singled out, why not topple statues of Washington, Jackson, Kit,(Carson), Dan'l Boone, Cortez, Colón,(the finder, not the theatre), Gen'l Miles, Custer, and all the udder Europeans and Euro-Americans who have stuff named after them, statues all over, etc.?

Could it be selective racism? Because the Inquisitional behavior of the Spanee was definitely mirrored, if not out-performed, by the Britee, the Frenchee, etc.

Just a thought-
EL Apache

El Paso, TX

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Monday Nov 9
 
Petro wrote:
Your propaganda is getting old. Learn your southwest history before you spill your garbage. You do more harm to the Southwest than anything.
what do you know of this were you there and you're from houston what do you know about the desert

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Monday Nov 9
 
stanjbass wrote:
Leon's always so good to read.
I don' get the strange singling out of Onate. I'm a history major, and if Onate's to be singled out, why not topple statues of Washington, Jackson, Kit,(Carson), Dan'l Boone, Cortez, Colón,(the finder, not the theatre), Gen'l Miles, Custer, and all the udder Europeans and Euro-Americans who have stuff named after them, statues all over, etc.?
Could it be selective racism? Because the Inquisitional behavior of the Spanee was definitely mirrored, if not out-performed, by the Britee, the Frenchee, etc.
Just a thought-
Perhaps you would do well to change your major to English.

Just a thought.
Petro

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Monday Nov 9
 
EL Apache wrote:
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what do you know of this were you there and you're from houston what do you know about the desert
Im a proud Straight ticket voting Democrat from El Paso and will return when I retire.
T-Bird

El Paso, TX

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Monday Nov 9
 
Petro wrote:
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Im a proud Straight ticket voting Democrat from El Paso and will return when I retire.
You need therapy!
Petro

Houston, TX

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Monday Nov 9
 
T-Bird wrote:
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You need therapy!
Are you a Real T Bird or one of those Bowie T Birds.
Rock on

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Tuesday Nov 10
 
Somebody explain all of this to Jaime. Good read.
aurzar

El Paso, TX

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#15
Tuesday Nov 10
 
You are full of shit MR.METZ
Synthetic
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#16
Tuesday Nov 10
 
As expected, Leon says it right, states the grey areas, and educates.

We all have our filters, and some are obviously more clogged than others as evinced by some of these replies.

One thread that comes to light is that of "who owns or has a claim of ownership of what lands?" It is well defined by law, buy who defines the law? It is less well defined (or even undefined) by Nature's Law, ethics, The Golden Rule, and personal opinions. Not worth the argument as it is what it is.
Wow

Baltimore, MD

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#17
Tuesday Nov 10
 
Nice Headline, Leon. You are such a genius for educating everyone here about the Spanish. This is good information for second graders.
Ernesto Guevara

Houston, TX

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#18
Tuesday Nov 10
 
Leon = YESTERDAY NEWS.
T-Bird

El Paso, TX

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Tuesday Nov 10
 
Petro wrote:
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Are you a Real T Bird or one of those Bowie T Birds.
Does it matter?
Petro

Houston, TX

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Wednesday Nov 11
 
T-Bird wrote:
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Does it matter?
ha, your a bowie T Bird.
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