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As 17th-century Spanish explorers sought a route through the southern Rocky Mountains, the Franciscan Friar García de San Francisco founded Ciudad Juárez in 1659 as "El Paso del Norte" ("The North Pass"). The Misión de Guadalupe de los Mansos en el Paso del río del Norte became the first permanent Spanish development in the area in the 1660s.
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.
1960 El Paso Aerial Tramway begins operating. Northgate Mall opens with "acres of parking" [27] Population: 276,687. [19] 1961 – Village of Vinton incorporated near El Paso. 1962 Bassett Place shopping mall in business. [8] Chase Tower built. New city flag adopted. 1963 – Sun Bowl stadium opens. 1965 U.S. Supreme Court decides El Paso v.
1960: Station Starts Operation Of Ranger Peak Tramway. February 24, 1960, El Paso Times El Paso Tuesday became the third locality in the country to boast a public aerial tramway when KTSM-TV’s ...
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of El Paso in the U.S ... 1960; 1961 sp; 1964; 1966; 1970; 1972; ... Austin municipal ...
1826 — Town named "Villa Paso del Norte." [3] 1846 The Mexican–American War begins; The Battle of El Bracito is fought nearby on 25 December; 1848 – Across the Rio Grande, El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. [4] 1865 — HQ of Benito Juárez the 26th president of Mexico, 1858–1872. [2]
Map of the Chamizal settlement of 1963. The Chamizal dispute was an international land and boundary conflict over contested land (estimates range from 600 to 1,600 acres [240–650 ha; 2.4–6.5 km 2]) along the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. [1]
Location of El Paso County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas.. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas.