[Os-Aple Jubilee Week Parade]

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'Os-Aple' Jubilee Celebration Parade. 'Os-Aple' is backwards for El Paso. This is a view of the 300 block of N Oregon St. looking north. The military troops in this photographic event are marching south on N Oregon St. The troops march on trolley tracks. The troops are in uniform and are carrying their U.S. Army issued rifles - most likely the M1903 Springfield. Immediate left side image is the Anson Mills Building, northwest corner of N Oregon St. and Mills Ave. Immediately behind the Mills Building is the St Regis Hotel, 315-23 N Oregon; per the 1912 El Paso City … continued below

The 'Os-Aple' jubilee was the 1912 celebration marking 60 years of existence for the City named 'El Paso'. El Paso was originally settled and named as the Franklin Settlement in 1849. The Franklin Settlement was later renamed to 'El Paso' in 1852; hence the 1912 jubilee celebration for the City of El Paso, Texas. According to the El Paso Herald, 24 October 1912 front page, "Military Parade Proves Jubilee's Biggest Feature - Over Two Thousand Infantrymen, Cavalrymen, Artillerymen, Hospital Corps Men, and Signal Men march to the Stirring Music of Military Bands and the Wild Applause of Americans. Gen Steever … continued below

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 October 24, 1912.

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'Os-Aple' Jubilee Celebration Parade. 'Os-Aple' is backwards for El Paso. This is a view of the 300 block of N Oregon St. looking north. The military troops in this photographic event are marching south on N Oregon St. The troops march on trolley tracks. The troops are in uniform and are carrying their U.S. Army issued rifles - most likely the M1903 Springfield. Immediate left side image is the Anson Mills Building, northwest corner of N Oregon St. and Mills Ave. Immediately behind the Mills Building is the St Regis Hotel, 315-23 N Oregon; per the 1912 El Paso City Directory. Right image is San Jacinto Plaza. Building right side, north (or above) of San Jacinto Plaza, is Hotel Plaza, 400 N Oregon; per the 1912 El Paso City Directory.

The 'Os-Aple' jubilee was the 1912 celebration marking 60 years of existence for the City named 'El Paso'. El Paso was originally settled and named as the Franklin Settlement in 1849. The Franklin Settlement was later renamed to 'El Paso' in 1852; hence the 1912 jubilee celebration for the City of El Paso, Texas. According to the El Paso Herald, 24 October 1912 front page, "Military Parade Proves Jubilee's Biggest Feature - Over Two Thousand Infantrymen, Cavalrymen, Artillerymen, Hospital Corps Men, and Signal Men march to the Stirring Music of Military Bands and the Wild Applause of Americans. Gen Steever Reviews the Parade" ..... "Gen E.Z. Steever led the parade followed by Capt. Geo S. Simonds, acting as chief of staff, and the general's aide-de-camp." From the El Paso Herald, 23 October 1912, front page; 'Chief Os-Aple Smokes Pipe of Peace - Arrives With His Retinue, Joins His Princes Wanda [sic] and Gets Key to City - Greeted by the El Paso Citizens". Postcard message reads: "A division of the great military parade here over 2500 were in line representing, infantry, cavalry, signal corps, heavy artillery. This is El Paso's Os-Apel [sic] Jubilee week something doing every day, Walter". Addressed to: Mrs Henry Horne, Hallowell Maine, Loudon Hill.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

These primary source items relate to the Mexican Revolution. The collection includes 15 books and 10 postcards dating from 1910 to 1919.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [Os-Aple Jubilee Week Parade], postcard, October 24, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187994/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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