The oldest business building in El Paso was a tavern in 1895.
1883, then selling to his partner. In 1884 W. D. Meek bought a half interest from Hereford and they continued about a year as partners.
In August, 1884, James Williams and George R. Curtiss started the Saturday Review in the rear of the building located on the Illinois Central lawn, opposite the First National Bank, which had served for years as the post office. In 1885, Mr. Meek having bought out his partner, purchased the Saturday Review and Curtiss and Williams were then employed by their former competitor until he sold to A. O. Rupp in September, 1886.
Curtiss continued as an employee under the new owner until February 11, 1889, when he bought the paper, selling an interest the next day to Robert Evans. When the Eagle Block burned on July 19, 1894, such equipment as was saved from the fire was moved to the old creamery building which stood east of the White elevator site on Route 24. The Journal did not miss an issue, and it returned to the former location when the new bank building was completed in December, 1894. The office and composing rooms were located on the first floor with the press room in the basement. The entrance was on Central Street. All the files of the Journal prior to 1888 were lost in the fire, and papers now in existence with a dating prior to 1888 were gathered from subscribers who had saved old copies.
George R. Curtiss bought out Robert Evans September 15, 1904, and from that day until his death on May 2, 1946, he was sole editor and publisher. When the present Telephone Company building was built by H. J. Tegtmeyer in 1912, the Journal was moved into its first floor. It continued publication on Saturday until June 23, 1910, when Thursday became publication date. Daily editions were printed during fair weeks.
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