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TROST IS THE
MOSTEST
and to El Paso in 1903. He partnered
with Robert Rust until Rust died in

RAIN GOD
AT HUECO TANKS
1598
-Archaeological intensive research and evidence at the Keystone Wetlands and Hueco Tanks
site indicates thousands of years
of human settlement within the
El Paso Texas region. A hueco is
a Spanish term for a hollowed out

Dick Poe
Dealership
-Provided by

tween 1903 and Henry Trost’s death

pounding maize. The inhabitants
during this era were maize farmers. One of the two thousand images at Hueco Tanks is of a black

-Welcome to the Dick Poe Dealerships. Poe’s successful business basis is a system of ideas and ideals handed down from his grandfather and founder

Throughout his career Henry Trost
demonstrated his ability to work in a

at El Paso. Many of the buildings
designed by Trost & Trost display an

architecture.

earliest Spanish explorers. These
people
ultimately became
assimilated
into
t h e
local
settler
poputizo culture that is prevalent in
Mexico and is visible throughout
the Southwest. Others integrated themselves with the different
Mescalero Apache bands that
roamed the region.

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ern New Mexico and the surrounding communities
for many years. Dick Poe Dealerships have been
dedicated to the tradition of quality and service that

google-eyed Meso American rain
god; most of the images are of

signed hundreds of buildings in the
El Paso area and in other Southwest-

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WAR

-At the end of

Marketing Director and proudly serving
Dick Poe Dealerships for 35 years.

Trost & Trost with his brother Gusmostly the business side of the enterprise and did some design work.
Adolphus Gustavus Trost was Gustavus’ twin brother; in 1908 he joined

THE SALT

losophy:
To provide our customers with a shopping,
service and ownership experience that
exceeds their expectations in a comfortable and
supportive environment.
We offer a friendly atmosphere with an excellent
can proudly state that Dick Poe Dealerships Save
You Money! The Poe dealerships have been selling
cars to four generations of customfamilies having
bought more than
20 vehicles from
us. We appreciate
your business and

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approximatedried up as the
climate became
more arid. The
salt deposits left
behind would
later become a precious resource
to the people of the El Paso area.
In order to supplement income
cans would endure the heat and
the threat of Apache attack to
collect salt. They came from as
far south as Chihuahua to load
their wagons with this precious
resource. Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the El Paso
Valley communities would make
San Elizario to the salt beds. The
salt would be transported by mule
drawn wagons south to Chihuaimportant trade item. In addition
the salt was used in the smelting
common land not owned by any

war began!
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