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We’re at the Summit, Now What?

March 20, 2026
Authors and Historians

My Journey into the Sphere of Memoir

Authors and Historians / Mary Ann Goodnight

Writing an Honest Biography

Slow Living in New Mexico

Slow Living in the White Mountain Wilderness

Growing Up in El Paso, TX

A Song, a Movie, and a City

Man with hand on chin, album cover.

A Song, a Movie, and a City

By Jane Little Botkin | Apr 24, 2024
When Marty Robbins first made a West Texas town famous with his hit song “El Paso,” he did more than ...
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Vintage portrait of a serious woman.

I Accepted a Challenge: Researching and Writing Mary Ann Goodnight’s Story

By Jane Little Botkin | Mar 11, 2024
During a visit to the Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch House Museum several years ago, I inquired if there ...
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Wanted Miss America Pageant Poster in White

Phyllis George, the Girl-Next-Door Who Became Miss America

By Jane Little Botkin | Sep 4, 2023
It was her dimples that first drew my attention to the Miss America pageant. A more-than-passable piano player with wholesome ...
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An old black-and-white photograph of alligators

Los Lagartos Fountain, What Happened to the San Jacinto Alligators?

By Jane Little Botkin | Oct 3, 2022
(Photo El Paso Historical Society) Recently I returned to El Paso to visit my past—my classmates, Northeast El Paso’s Milagro ...
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