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THE CAMPBELL HOUSE
ON THIS SITE FROM 1863 TO 1938 STOOD THE CAMPBELL HOUSE, FAMOUS OLD HOSTELRY AND RAILROAD DEPOT BUILT BY GEORGE H. CAMPBELL, AND OPERATED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY BY HIM AND HIS SON, HARRY CAMPBELL, UNTIL 1917. GENERAL U. S. GRANT HELD A RECEPTION HERE ON MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1880; GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN ON OCT. 6, 1872; AND MANY OTHER NOTABLES HAVE BEEN GUESTS AT OTHER TIMES. MAJOR LOUIS BARON CHLOPICKI, NOTED POLISH GENTLEMAN AND EXILE, OPERATED A RESTAURANT ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF HERE FROM 1856 TO 1867 NEAR THE DEPOT OF THAT ERA. HE DIED IN 1867 AND IS BURIED IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY. NEAR BY DAVID A. STROTHER VOTED IN THE CITY ELECTION ON MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1870, THE FIRST LEGAL NEGRO VOTE EVER CAST IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRAIN PASSED THROUGH HERE MAY 16, 1853. THE FIRST T. P. & W. TRAIN IN 1856 BROUGHT LUMBER FOR EL PASO’S FIRST STORE, ERECTED ONE BLOCK EAST OF HERE BY WILLIAM M. JENKINS. JAS. H. WATHEN AND GEO. L. GIBSON PLATTED THE TOWN APRIL 20, 1854. IT WAS INCORPORATED AS A CITY IN FEB. 1867 AND WAS REORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL LAW IN 1891.
ERECTED IN 1939
BY EL PASO POST NO. 59, INC.,
THE AMERICAN LEGION
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