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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: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 38: Old San Francisco Historic District: Old San Francisco Historic District: May 21, 1985 : Missouri St. between No. 325 and 527: El Paso: 39: Palace Theatre: Palace Theatre
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In 1990 members of the community began efforts to restore and preserve the Ysleta and Socorro missions as well as the Presidio Chapel of San Elizario, Texas.That same year the City and County governments of El Paso formed the Office of Heritage Tourism and received technical support for the project from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the form of a grant.
El Segundo Barrio (Spanish for "the Second Neighborhood", [1] and also known as South El Paso) is a historic Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in El Paso. [2] It was one of the main ports of entry into the United States from Mexico for many years, [3] and became known as the "other Ellis Island" as a ...
Old Fort Bliss are a pair of two-story adobe buildings in El Paso, Texas. They were built in the 1850s, and designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] They were army barracks and later remodelled into apartment buildings. [2] The structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 23, 1972. [1]
Earliest known photo of San Jacinto Plaza. When the US government leased land from Smith's ranch, for the first Post opposite El Paso (meaning El Paso del Norte, later renamed Ciudad Juarez), U.S. Army troops would drill in the plaza. The city of El Paso acquired the property on which the Plaza is located in 1881 from William T. Smith.
The Grocery Gallery, part of the Duranguito neighborhood in El Paso in February 2015. Duranguito (or Barrio Duranguito) is a historic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas.It is located in the greater Union Plaza district and is located on the south side of Downtown El Paso near the neighborhoods of El Segundo Barrio and Chihuahuita.