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Copano (Spanish: El Copano) is a ghost town on the northwestern shore of Copano Bay in Refugio County, Texas. It is located 5 mi (8.0 km) north of present-day Bayside , on Copano Point. The port, which holds the distinction as the first in South Texas , [ 1 ] was founded in the early 18th century by the Spanish, and named for the Copane Indians ...
The small area labeled "La Guna" is now known as "La Calavera" or "Skull Canyon", for its location by the Smeltertown Cemetery. Smeltertown was a residential community in El Paso County, Texas, [1] housing the workers of the ASARCO smelter and their families, between El Paso and the Texas borders with Mexico and New Mexico.
Fiesta de las Flores is the oldest Hispanic festival in the Southwest. The three-day fiesta is held each year during the Labor Day weekend and emphasizes El Paso's Hispanic heritage and culture. The festival attracts 20,000 to 30,000 visitors from El Paso County, New Mexico, West Texas and the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. [4]
The garden has been maintained by El Paso Master Gardeners since 2007, who work as volunteers. [14] The garden is multi-level and also includes waterfalls and a koi pond . [ 15 ] The garden is open seasonally, from the beginning of March until the end of November. [ 14 ]
Ernesto Angel Ignacio Buenrostro y Buenrostro (31 July 1899 – 28 February 1966) [1] [2] was an architect of various Art Deco style residential buildings in the Hipódromo neighborhood of the Condesa area of Mexico City. His works include: Edificio San Martín (Avenida México 167; built 1931; renovated 1998-9) [3] [4]
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.
Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas, United States is located on the west side of El Paso near the intersection of North Mesa Street and Resler Drive. It serves the southern part of west El Paso: east of Interstate 10, from the vicinity of Executive Center Boulevard north approximately three miles to around Coronado Arroyo, a normally dry ...
Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States.It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico.El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east.