The Legal Heritage of El Paso by J. Morgan Broaddus,  for sale $70.00

Edited by Samuel D. Myres, Drawings by Russell Waterhouse

Texas Western College Press, El Paso, 1963, LC 63-21358, hard cover with dust 
jacket, 250 pp., 6 x 9.5 inches

"This book traces the development of legal and political institutions in El Paso [Texas]
over a period of more than three hundred years.

"The book discusses in detail such topics as the following:  The Spanish-Mexican origins
of law and government along the Upper Rio Grande; The coming of the Anglo-Americans and the
new society they established at the Pass of the North; How the early courts, judges, and 
lawyers carried out their assignments on the Desert Frontier; The disrupting, almost fatal,
effects of the Civil War on the pioneer El Paso community; The ordeal of Reconstruction and 
the resulting feuds that often led to violence; The continuous struggle of bench-and-bar with
the 'lawless element' during El Paso's formative years; The arrival of the railroads at the Pass 
and the era of progress that followed immediately; The origin and growth of the El Paso Bar 
Association and the contribution of its members to the social stability of the community."

Chapters are:  The Spanish-Mexican Heritage; The Southwestern Frontier; Issues of the Civil War;
The Era of Reconstruction; A Period of Transition; The Dynamics of Progress; The Bar Comes of 
Age; References; Biographical Notes and Index.


Text in very good condition.  Dust jacket has plastic cove with minor chipping. Ex libris
sticker on cover sheet.

Location: Duncan, AZ 85534. Phone: 928-359-2654.

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