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History of El Paso, Texas. Coordinates: 31°47′25″N 106°25′24″W. Founded as El Paso del Norte (at what is now Ciudad Juárez, Mexico) by Spanish Franciscan friars at an important mountain pass, the area became a small agricultural producer though most settlement was south of the river where modern Mexico lies. The city was considered ...
1850 – El Paso County created, which originally extended north to what is now Garfield, New Mexico, and extending all the way to the Pecos River [2] 1859 - Anson Mills surveys and lays out a town on Ponce's Rancho and names it El Paso, the layout of Downtown El Paso still follows this original plan. 1873 – El Paso incorporated.
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]
On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29, 1917, the El Paso Times reported that all business would be suspended and that civil and military operations would cease for a day of thanks.
The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space. [1] Galleries in the museum feature traveling exhibitions as well as several permanent exhibitions. [1]
The Plaza Theatre is a historic building in El Paso, Texas, United States, built in 1930. The theater stands as one of the city's most well-known landmarks, [2] and remains operational today. The theatre is a National Historic Building of Significance featuring the 2,050-seat Kendall Kidd Performance Hall, and the smaller 200-seat Philanthropy ...
The Plaza, El Paso, Texas (postcard, circa 1902) J. Fisher Satterwaite , El Paso Parks and Streets Commissioner, contracted with Fisher Satterthwaite to create beauty out of this desert patch. By 1883, the park was surrounded by a fence, a walled pond was created, a gazebo was erected and 75 Chinese Elm trees were planted.
The culture of El Paso, Texas is influenced both heavily by American and Mexican cultures due to its position as a border town, its large Hispanic population, and its history as part of the Southwest, Spanish America and Mexico. El Paso is home to a number of cultural events and festivals. El Paso also hosts various theaters, museums, and other ...