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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, Juarez and Las Cruces Fact Book. El Paso, TX: The University of Texas at El Paso – via Institute for Manufacturing and Materials Management. Randall, Stephen J.; Konrad, Herman W. (1995). NAFTA in transition. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press. ISBN 978-1-895176-63-6.
Roughly, S of the Texas and Pacific-Southern Pacific RR tracks from western El Paso to Fabens 31°40′21″N 106°22′35″W / 31.6725°N 106.376389°W / 31.6725; -106.376389 ( Franklin
In 1892 these Jesuits had founded Sacred Heart parish in El Paso to respond to the needs of the people up and down the Rio Grande Valley and on both sides of the border. [4] An introduction to the people who characterize El Segundo Barrio was carried on PBS in 2010. [5] El Segundo has been described as one of Texas' most famous barrios. [6]
Villagran and photojournalists Omar Ornelas and Gaby Velasquez took extra care reporting through one of El Paso’s hottest summers on record as they followed first responders into the desert in ...
The 1917 Bath Riots occurred in January 1917 at the Santa Fe Street Bridge between El Paso, Texas, United States, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.The riots are known to have been started by Carmelita Torres [1] and lasted from January 28 to January 30 and were sparked by new immigration policies at the El Paso–Juárez Immigration and Naturalization Service office, requiring Mexicans ...
A museum, which details the history of the U.S.–Mexico border, is located inside the visitor center. The park honors the peaceful resolution of the Chamizal dispute , a more than 100-year border dispute between the United States and Mexico that resulted from the natural change of course of the Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso and ...
The official attendance of 8,372 was the second biggest in club history. ... In the stands and on the field, El Paso's mascot Ozzy, a bat, and FC Juarez's Bennie, a horse, hung out together and ...