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El
Paso County 1930s Highway Map showing La Tuna
(NW corner. On New Mexico State Line)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
History in
a Pecan Shell
No trace of the
former community is left.
As shown on this early map, La Tuna was once a stand-alone community.
It is now included in the population of “Greater” Anthony.
The community history is hard to come by, but the name La Tuna is
more closely associated with the Federal Prison here. Opened in 1932,
it was built to house prisoners from all over the Southwestern U.S.
A minimum-security prison “camp“ was added in the late 1970s.
The prison, being a Federal facility also functioned as a post office
as illustrated in the rare postal cover (below) from the John
Germann Collection. |
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