El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-14
When Ell Paso Was In Ne1u MEXICO
Officially Recognized As Such Territory Back In 1858.
To It,

from the western frontier that it was
impossible for Texas to administer the
laws or give protection. Therefore the
town Of Franklin then, FL Paso now,
segregated from the other settlements
in the new state, was attached by the
United States government to the terri
tory of New Mexico and ruled by the
officials then ruling the territory.
Only 5! Years Ago.
This was only 81 years ago. Today,
two railroads connect Ell Paso with the
eastern part of the state of Texas and
there are a hundred towns along the
line of either of these roads that are
greater ten times than Ell Paso was at
that time, with hundreds of other towns
scattered across the territory not
reached by these trans-state roads, and
prosperous and peaceful homes and
farms dOtting all the country that was
then too wild and worthless to guard
and protect.
The document that tells of the states
inability TO take care of its own is
consurs exequator from Washington,
dated Sept "a, 1858, and recognizing D.
Guadalupe Miranda as Mexican vice
consul at the town of Franklin, New
Mexico" 1t is signed by Franklin
Pierce as president of the United States
and L S Macy as secretary of state
It is sheepskin parchment and, testi-
flying TO the excellence of the ink manu-
featured al that time, is perfectly
legible.
The Old Consul.
The document is at present in possess
sion Of Award ". Sapp, soninlaw of
the former Mexican vice consul TO
Franklin. The cid don resided, when he
performed that office for his govern
nlenr. at - Ugarte street, Juarez. a
house where later the famous Benfto
JUarez slept while living on the border
and collecting his little army to drive
back Macmillan and his foreign in
vaders. The house IS still standing.
Mr- Sapp came to FL Paso or Franklin.
when II was little more than a ranch
IN 1855, as q member Of the old First
United States Mounted Infantry. re-
crUited originally for the Mexican war
and later merged into the Third United
States cavalry. still one of the crack
regiments o. the army.
Coming in as a soldier of Uncle Sam
he served out his enlistment and then
became a soldier Of fortune and >has
lived in the vicinity of FL Paso since
that time Today he is IS years of age.
or will be on July 8, and he is still
prospecting and living the outdoor life
most OF the time. While he calls
Juarez his home, he resides below
Juarez in ChihuahuaAat the village of
Villa Ahumada, where Burns and DAILY
Americans, are largely interested in
ranches and lands. Mr. Burns married
his daughter, who died in FL Paso a
few years ago.
Tobacco Life Saver.
Mr.. Sapp still lives with his soninlaw,
but spends a great deal of his time
in the mountains and only comes in to
the village when he runs out of to-
bacco, for he can't do without his to-
bacco. He has used it so years of the
IS that he has been in the world, and
says he fully believes it has had great
deal to do with prolonging his life. He
has almost all of his teeth yet and his
hearing is as good as a man of 10, while
he walks almost straight and with an
elastic step that a man Of 80 might be
proud of. Tobacco once saved my life"
he says, and then. he tells about the
time he was down in q we'll, when he
found that he had forgotten his to-
bacco and was drawn up to get it;
while he was on top, the well caved in.
But he really believes that tobacco is a
good thing for any man, whether it will
draw him out of a dangerous well for A
chew or not This and his outdoor life,
he thinks, taken together. have enabled
him to keep his health all the time he
has been in the VESTS years.
Fought For Monroe Doctrine.
'T was discharged from the army by
expiration of my term Of enlistment, up