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Old El Paso is a brand of Tex-Mex-style foods from American food producer General Mills. These include dinner kits, tacos and tortillas, taco seasoning, sauces, condiments, rice, and refried beans. Old El Paso products are marketed across the globe. The brand is owned by General Mills.
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.
At that time, El Paso was a remote, lawless boomtown. Stoudenmire traveled to El Paso by stagecoach and was soon hired. [1] This was the beginning of the end of a wild and violent El Paso and the beginning of his fame. [1] Marshal Stoudenmire started his tenure in El Paso on Monday, April 11, 1881. [1] [2] He was the sixth town marshal in eight ...
Original – A bird's eye view of El Paso, Texas, dated 1886. Reason This is a highly detailed map of El Paso, TX, dated 1886, that shows the city as it appeared after the US civil war but before the turn of the century - in short, back when the west really was wild. In particular, the map shows the initial area of concentration for the ...
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of El Paso in the U.S state of Texas. The first mayor of El Paso, Benjamin Shacklett Dowell. Mayor of El Paso
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]
John Henry Selman was born in Madison County, Arkansas.He was the son of Jeremiah Selman. The Selman family moved to Grayson County, Texas, in 1858. [citation needed]After his father's death on December 16, 1861, Selman joined the 22nd Texas Cavalry and served during the Civil War.
The Roberts-Banner Building is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. Old adobe houses were demolished to make room for the construction of this five-story building in 1910. [2] It was built with concrete, [3] and designed by Trost & Trost. [4] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980. [1]