Las Cruces and Surrounding Communities (6)
This article was just published in Hillsboro Historical Society's newsletter--Guajolotes, Zopilotes, y Paisanos.
I have in my computer files an article entitled "Seligman Stage Coaches Revisited" by
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Coming Of Age And/Or Growing Up As An Aggie In Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Contributed by Arthur Scott
Coming Of Age And/Or Growing Up As An Aggie
In Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
by
Arthur Scott
To paraphrase a Willie Nelson song; " I got a degree at NMSU but, I received my education on the highways, streets, byways and hills of old Juarez " Todovia estoy agui!
The current Santa Fe Street bridge did not exist while I was a student. The freeway and connecting bridge span to Mexico was completed during the 1970's. This connected to the Mexican portion of the old Santa Fe Street bridge. The chnge was required after the signing by the US and Mexico of the Chamizal treaty. This treaty, signed in 1964, that annexed to Mexico 600 plus acres of south El Paso because of the shifting of the Rio Grande. Subsequently the Rio Grande was routed thorough a concrete channel. This treaty resulted in the razing of a large industrial part of south El Paso and the relocation of 3700 El Paso residents.
I received my "Golden Aggie" certificate several years ago. I entered New Mexico A & M in 1956, a year after I graduated from high school. I graduated from New
