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The Popular Dry Goods Company (known as The Popular and by its large Spanish-speaking clientele as La Popular) was a local chain of department stores in El Paso, Texas.It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares.
El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
The Popular Department Store is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1917 for The Popular , a chain of department stores founded by Adolph Schwartz in El Paso in 1902. His heirs inherited the building, and they sold it in 1995; it later became the Fallas Department Store. [ 2 ]
Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
El Paso is the setting described in "Yawning or Snarling", a song by The Tragically Hip from their 1994 album Day for Night. The song alludes to both the days and the nightlife and tourism in El Paso. American artist Tori Amos references El Paso in her song, "Mother Revolution", featured on her 2005 album, The Beekeeper.
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In the two months following a November 1899 resolution by the members of the Merchants and Shippers, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce was formed and recognized by the State of Texas. [2] In June 1900, the Chamber, which had been meeting in offices of the El Paso County Courthouse, moved into their original headquarters at No. 5 Little Plaza.
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