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23828 Cameron O. Coffin marker pending marker pending 8830 Captain Frank Jones from Ysleta take Alameda north approximately 2 mi. to the intersection of Finita Ln. and Alameda (in an island) no information available on this marker - 9/20/83 705 Captain James W. Magoffin, Major Simeon Hart in front of La Hacienda Cafe Capt. James W. Magoffin Born Kentucky. Trader in Mexico, special U.S. Army agent in Mexican War 1846 - 47. Established trading post at Magoffinsville ... 745 Casa Ortiz Apodaca Road at FM 258. Legend says this house was built before 1800. In 1840s, its owner was Jose Ortiz, whose cart train freighted salt from foot of Guadalupe Mountains ... 12929 Chihuahuita Lions Plazita, 910 South Santa Fe Street (Spanish version is located next to this marker) Chihuahuita (Little Chihuahua) was settled by Ricardo Brusuelas, who received a land grant from Spanish authorIties in 1818 and developed a prosperous ... 14827 Chihuahuita Lions Plazita, 910 South Santa Fe Street (English version is located next to this marker) Spanish version of Chihuahuita marker text (2002) 1034 Concordia Cemetery Entrance on westbound IH-10 feeder road; cemetery is bounded by Stevens, Yandell and Crocketts Streets, IH-10 feeder road Known as Concordia during the 1840s, this area was the home of Chihuahua trader Hugh Stephenson. In 1856 his wife, Juana (Ascarate), was buried in ... 14578 Concordia Cemetery 3800 W. Yandell 1067 Corpus Christi de la Ysleta located at entrance to Corpus Christi de la Ysleta Del Sur Mission, Ysleta (US 80) First mission and pueblo in Texas. Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Fray Francisco Ayeta O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by Franciscan missionaries ...

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12629 Early El Paso Water Systems Los Angeles at Cliff St., near Dunn Park El Pasoans initially obtained their domestic water from acequias, or open irrigation ditches, and later from the aguadores, water-carriers who delivered ... 15181 Early Site of Socorro Mission E side of Nicholas Road between Buford and Holguin Following 80 years of Spanish occupation, Pueblo Indians in northern New Mexico revolted in 1680, driving out the Spaniards for a twelve-year period. ... 643 El Camino Real (The King's Highway) San Jacinto Plaza, N side of Mills Ave. and Oregon St. The regal highway extending between his Catholic majesty's far-flung kingdoms of New Spain, from Mexico City to the Kingdom of New Mexico, passed ... 1423 El Paso (rest stop) grounds of Anthony Tourist Bureau, I-10 East, Anthony Largest U.S. city on the Mexican border. Named for the mountain pass. Historic gateway for Indians, priests, gold-seekers, traders, stages. Federal ... 1424 El Paso Pioneer Plaza, Mills Ave. at El Paso St. Inhabited by various Indian tribes prior to the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century, El Paso has played an important role in the history ... 3724 El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Locomotive Number One Union Plaza Transit Terminal. Replaced 1968 marker, "Old Engine Number One," at Centennial Museum at University of Texas at El Paso. One of the oldest survivors of America's steam railroading era, this locomotive was built 29 years after the steam engine was first developed for ... 1438 El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Building marker is inside the building lobby near the elevators Begun in Arizona in 1888, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad completed its track to El Paso in 1902. The city became headquarters for the company's ... 1426 El Paso County, C.S.A. northeast San Jacinto Plaza; corner of Mesa and Main, downtown El Paso Voted 871 to 2 for secession. At start of Civil War Minutemen were organized to provide frontier protection. The San Elizario Spy Company was mustered ... 1427 El Paso del Rio del Norte 1720 W. Paisano Through this old pass, the lowest snow-free feasible route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Rocky Mountains, extend today the great trunk ... 1428 El Paso First Ward Chapel 3625 Douglas Avenue The first ward, or congregation, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) in Texas was organized in 1918 in El Paso. The ward ... 14126 El Paso High School 1600 N. Virginia St. 18420 El Paso High School 1600 N. Virginia St. The oldest existing high school building in El Paso, this four-story structure was also the first separate facility in the city constructed for use ... 14233 El Paso Salt War San Elizario 1437 El Paso Union Passenger Station Union Depot, inside E entrance facing S. Coldwell St. This union station was built in 1904-05 as a center for El Paso's international railroad traffic. Constructed under the direction of Buchanan and ... 16051 El Paso's Chinese Community El Paso Visitor Center, S side E. Mills Avenue between N. Oregon and N. Mesa streets. Chinese immigrants first arrived in El Paso shortly before the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its line here in 1881. The earliest immigrants ... 16250 El Paso's Syrian-Lebanese Community S. El Paso St., W side between E. Overland Ave. and E. Paisano St. Marker reported in storage Jun. 2024. Syrian-Lebanese immigrants have played a vital role in El Paso’s development. The term “Syrian” relates to a Semitic people whose homeland is known ... 1503 Espejo-Beltran Expedition - 1582-1583 San Elizario Placita, W corner of San Elizario Rd. and Church St. One of six markers installed on a circular wall. Following the Rodriguez - Chamuscado Expedition of 1581 there was increased interest in the area now known as New Mexico and Texas. There was also ... 18142 Estela Portillo Trambley Chamizal Theatre, Chamizal National Memorial Park Estela Portillo Trambley (1926-1998), an El Paso native, was an award-winning fiction writer, playwright and poet known for her vivid portrayals ... 15778 Evergreen Cemetery 4301 Alameda Ave.

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18419 Felix Martinez East side of Paso del Norte Hotel, facing S. El Paso St. In the early twentieth century, Felix Martinez was a prominent Hispanic businessman who worked closely with Anglo American leaders to transform El ... 1629 First Baptist Church of El Paso 805 Montana The first meeting of Baptists in El Paso was held on August 26, 1882, at the home of Maj. and Mrs. W. F. Fewel, under the leadership of the Rev. ... 1709 First Christian Church of El Paso 901 Arizona Ave. This congregation was organized by Philip Miner in 1885 with thirteen charter members. Miner (1825-1901), a native of Pennsylvania and a blacksmith ... 1835 First Presbyterian Church of El Paso marker located at side door of church In the early 1880s, Presbyterians worshiped with other El Paso denominations in a union tent at the town's center. Their own congregation was organized ... 13729 Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa intersection of Robert E. Lee and Airport roads In 1849, U.S. troops led by Maj. Jefferson Van Horne established a post in what is now downtown El Paso to secure territory gained in the U.S.-Mexico ... 17382 Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Site, WWII On the grounds Paso Del Norte housing area - Fort Bliss (formerly Logan Heights) FORT BLISS ENEMY ALIEN DETENTION STATION, WORLD WAR II ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER ... 1962 Fort Bliss, C.S.A. near intersection of Pershing and Pleasanton Roads on Ft. Bliss Museum grounds, El Paso Surrendered with property and $20,000 to Texas Confederates on March 21, 1861. From old fort, the South launched the New Mexico-Arizona campaign. ... 11856 Franklin Canal @ Franklin Canal entrance bridge to El Paso Zoo For centuries, the Rio Grande has been molded and shaped by the humans living along its banks. Informal irrigation systems have existed along the ... 12913 Fusselman Canyon Loop 375 (Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr.), S side at main overlook point, Franklin Mountains, 6.8 mi. W of US 54 Below is Fusselman Canyon, which follows the Fusselman Canyon Fault, a major natural cut into the Franklin Mountains. For centuries it has served ...

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18605 Hendricks-Laws Sanatorium / Roger Bacon Seminary Corner of Frankfort and Radford Streets (the southeast corner of the Roger Bacon College property) The Hendricks-Laws Sanatorium, built in 1914, was a tuberculosis hospital under the supervision of two El Paso physicians, Charles M. Hendricks and ... 13150 Henry C. Trost El Paso, Evergreen Cemetery, 4301 Alameda Ave. Henry C. Trost Henry C. Trost was one of the most prolific architects of the American Southwest. His history is closely tied to that of his chosen ... 12796 Henry O. Flipper The McCall Center Henry O. Flipper Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940) was the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in ... 12881 Hotel Cortez 310 N. Mesa Hotel Cortez Alzina DeGroff bought the Vendome Hotel at this site in 1899, renaming it hotel Orndorff after her first husband. Noted architect Henry ... 2573 Hotel Paso Del Norte West San Antonio and South El Paso Streets, El Paso This brick and terra cotta structure was the "dream hotel" of early El Paso businessman and promoter Zach White. White came to the town in 1881 and ... 13914 Houchen Community Center 609 S Tays This center has served El Paso since 1912, though its roots go back to 1893 when Rose Gregory Houchen, a teacher from Michigan, met Margaret Tripp, ... 2592 Hueco Tanks Hueco Tanks State Park about 35 miles East of El Paso One of the most historic spots in the Southwest. Famous watering place for Indians, emigrants, and travelers. Near here on many occasions the Apache ...

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16249 Mabel Welch Memorial Park, Manhattan Heights Historic District Mabel C. (Vanderburg) Welch, El Paso’s first certified female architect, is credited with reintroducing Spanish-style architecture to the city. Early ... 3183 Magoffin Homestead 1110 Magoffin St. 3184 Magoffinsville 1110 Magoffin Ave. One of four population centers during the early period of American settlement of the present El Paso area, Magoffinsville was founded by Kentucky ... 22664 Marcelino Serna Veterans Park. Marker pending. Private Marcelino Serna was born in Hacienda Mining Camp near Chihuahua City, Mexico, on April 26, 1896, and came to the U.S. in 1915. When the United ... 3226 Martin Building 215 N. Stanton This seven-story commercial building was constructed in 1917 by businessmen M. D. Roberts and William Martin Banner, for whom it was named. Designed ... 3326 Memorial Park Memorial Park, corner of Grant & Cooper (on Cooper), El Paso A group of New York and El Paso investors formed the Federal Copper Company in 1899. By 1901 a smelter was in operation at this site, processing ... 15822 Mesa Water Boosting Station El Paso Stormwater Operations, N side Fred Wilson Ave. (Liberty Expressway/Spur 601), E of Marshall Rd. Marker is behind a fence, visible along sidewalk along the N side of Fred Wilson Ave., about 600 feet E of Marshall Rd. In 1903, Charles R. Morehead won the El Paso mayoral race on a platform that promised an acceptable water system for the city. Later that year, ... 14954 Mission de Nuestra Senora del Perpetua Socorro 3407 Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion Del Socorro Socorro Mission, S. Nevarez Rd. SE of Socorro Rd. and Winn Rd. Marker reported missing Jan. 2008 (inscription plate missing, RTHL medallion still present). (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Socorro) Established in 1680 by Brother Antonio Guerra for Piros Indians, refugees from Old Socorro, N.M., ...

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3688 Old B'Nai Zion Synagogue 906 N. El Paso Congregation B'Nai Zion was chartered in 1900, and the 35 members initially met in private homes or rented space. This building, the first Jewish ... 23854 Old Clint Cemetery marker pending marker pending 3715 Old County Jail One block southeast of Central Plaza; San Elizario This structure was built about 1850 of adobe bricks (sun-dried mud and reeds) and cottonwood logs around steel cell blocks. It served as official ... 14760 Old County Jail San Elizario 3730 Old Fort Bliss 1836 W. Paisano 3761 Old Main Circle Road, University of Texas at El Paso Campus, El Paso Completed in 1917, this building was the first structure on the new campus of the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy, now the University ... 3805 Old San Francisco Historic District north of intersection of Coldwell St. and W. Missouri Ave. (at the front of Grace Chope Park) Composed primarily of early twentieth-century residential apartment buildings, this historic neighborhood was developed during a period of major ... 3843 Oldest Mission in Texas Just north of Ysleta on Alameda; El Paso (at Ysleta Mission) Originally founded in 1613 at Isleta Pueblo, in New Mexico, and dedicated in 1621 as San Antonio de Isleta. Removed to El Paso area, 1680 (during ... 17702 Olga Kohlberg 1400 N. Mesa Olga Kohlberg was an El Paso civic leader who championed women’s rights, public education and welfare for the poor. Born Olga Bernstein in Elberfeld, ... 16824 Olivas Villanueva Aoy Judson F. Williams Convention Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, (Southeast corner of Convention Center). The site is located on the 200 block of West San Antonio Avenue near the intersection with Santa Fe Street.

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4501 Salt War Central Plaza, next to Los Portales; San Elizario Resentment, over private control of the salt lakes in the region often called Guadalupe Lakes; in 1877 led to the El Paso Salt War which entailed ... 4502 Salt War San Elizario Placita, W corner of San Elizario Rd. and Church St. One of six markers installed on a circular wall. The Salt War rose from political conflicts in El Paso County and from controversies over control of the salt lakes east of El Paso that for centuries ... 15649 San Andres Salt Trail Sandstone Ranch Estates Park off Manuel Gameros Drive, north of US 54 (Patriot Freeway) and east of Sean Haggerty Drive In the early to mid-1800s, the San Andres Salt Trail provided area residents with salt, a mineral vital for settlers on the frontier. Salt was used ... 4524 San Antonio de Senecu from Ysleta go north on Alameda approximately 2 miles to intersection of Finita and Alameda on island Approximate site of the mission and pueblo. Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Father Fray Francisco Ayeta, O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by ... 4531 San Elizario San Elizario Placita, W corner of San Elizario Rd. and Church St. One of six markers installed on a circular wall. San Elizario was established in 1789 on the former site of Hacienda de Los Tiburcios as a Spanish colonial fort known as the Presidio de San Elceario. ... 4532 San Elizario next to Los Portales, in the central plaza Site of the Presidio de Nuestra Senora Del Pilar y Glorioso Senor San Jose established by Don Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate in 1683 near Mision ... 18738 San Elizario Cemetery Socorro at Thompson Roads Established 1898 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2012 4533 San Elizario Chapel at southwest corner of the property (Capilla de San Elzeario) Named for the 13th-century French patron of the military, St. Elzear, Capilla de San Elzeario was established as part of ... 24006 San Elizario Church Cemetery Socorro Rd. SAN ELIZARIO CHURCH CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1846 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2020 8831 San Jacinto Plaza on Oregon Ave.; in San Jacinto Plaza In 1857, W. T. Smith sold his property which he called the "town of El Paso" for $6500.00. The buyers were J. S. and H. S. Gillette, J. F. Crosby, ... 4546 San Lorenzo in traffic island near intersection of Alameda and Buena Vista Streets, El Paso Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Father Fray Francisco Ayeta, O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by Franciscan Missionaries for the civilizing and ... 13138 Scenic Drive El Paso, Murchison Park (Scenic Point on Scenic Drive) Scenic Drive As early as 1881, El Paso leaders promoted the idea of creating a place along the base of the Franklin Mountains to provide visitors ... 22618 Second Baptist Church NW corner Virginia St. and E. Delta Dr. Marker pending. The Baptist Home Mission Board of New York established Second Baptist Church of El Paso in 1884 under the leadership of Reverend E.M. Griggs. Initially ... 4699 Simeon Hart Residence, Site of Hart's Mill (El Molino) 1720 West Old Paisano 4711 Singer Building 211 Texas St. Completed in 1928 for the Singer company, this Spanish colonial revival style structure was designed by noted El Paso architect Henry Trost. For ... 4740 Site of Camp Concordia and Fort Bliss 4001 Durazno Street When the U.S. Army returned to this area after the Civil War, conditions proved undesirable at the prewar post, Fort Bliss at Magoffinsville. In ... 4786 Site of First Mission in Texas Located at entrance to Corpus Christi de la Ysleta Del Sur Mission; Ysleta Application info: Spanish type mission, with oldest cultivated plot of land in US adjacent. Originally buitl 1681, partially restored. Still in use ... 17713 Site of Frontera El Paso Desert Botanical Garden / Keystone Heritage Park. N corner of Doniphan Dr. and Kappa Rd. At this site, the historic settlement of Frontera was established by T. Frank White in August 1848. White moved here shortly after the treaty of ... 4927 Site of the First Church Building in El Paso southwest corner, Texas and Stanton Streets, El Paso On January 29, 1882, members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South, first met in their new sanctuary at this site. Built under the leadership ... 4929 Site of the First Fort Bliss SE corner Magoffin Ave. and Eucalyptus St. Marker reported damaged Jun. 2020. Established September 14, 1849 by Brevet Major Jefferson Van Horne with 4 companies of the Third United States Infantry and known as Post El Paso ... 4904 Site of Tienda de Carbajal corner of below road and FM 258; Socorro Site (partially reclaimed) of a 19th century walled hacienda appearing on 1852 map near San Elizario Road crossing of Acequia Madre. By 1873 part ... 18739 Smelter Cemetery San Marcos Drive from Executive Center Blvd Established 1882 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2015 13137 Smeltertown El Paso, 2616 West Paisano Drive. Marker reported damaged and in storage Jul. 2019. The Kansas City Consolidated Smelting and Refining Company came to El Paso in the late 19th century, creating a mining and smelting center for the ... 4972 Socorro Socorro Mission, S. Nevarez Rd. SE of Socorro Rd. and Winn Rd. Site of the mission and pueblo of Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion Del Pueblo de Socorro established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Father Fray Francisco ... 4973 Socorro Mission La Purísima Socorro Mission, S. Nevarez Rd. SE of Socorro Rd. and Winn Rd. During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Gov. Don Antonio de Otermín and Father Francisco de Ayeta led Piro Indian and Spanish refugees out of New Mexico ... 4993 Southwestern General Hospital 1221 N. Cotton 14719 Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo 4100 East Paisano Drive Livestock shows and rodeos have a grand heritage in Texas. Drawing from traditions of Hispanic vaqueros and Western cattle drives, organized competitions ... 5151 Sunset Heights corner of Yandell and Santa Fe Streets, El Paso Originally platted as Satterthwaite's addition to the city of El Paso, Sunset Heights was one of the first planned residential subdivisions in the ...

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18873 Tays Place Public Housing Project 101 S. Eucalyptus St. Funded under the Housing Act of 1937 as one of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal projects, Tays Place is the oldest-surviving public housing ... 5239 Texas rest stop/grounds of Anthony Tourist Bureau, I-10E, Anthony N/A 16609 The Architecture of Henry C. Trost in El Paso El Paso THE ARCHITECTURE OF HENRY C. TROST IN EL PASO IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TROST & TROST HELPED DEVELOP A REGION THAT HENRY CHARLES ... 642 The Camino Real W. Paisano Dr., in marker plaza 0.2 mi. S of Ruhlen Ct. on restricted access/private property. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa ... 644 The Camino Real Socorro Mission, S. Nevarez Rd. SE of Socorro Rd. and Winn Rd. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa ... 645 The Camino Real Installed near Tigua Arts and Crafts Center in 1983. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. Marker reported missing Jan. 2007. Map dot approximate. For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa ... 647 The Camino Real Installed in 1983 at SE corner of Doniphan Dr. (SH 20) and Coates Dr. Marker reported missing Jan. 2007. Map dot approximate. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa ... 23464 The Camino Real San Elizario Placita, W corner of San Elizario Rd. and Church St. One of six markers installed on a circular wall. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to ... 5395 The Pass of the North Paisano Drive and Ewald Kip Way, El Paso (marker reported missing 2021) Historically a major trade and travel artery for North America because it is the northernmost Rocky Mountain pass that stays snow-free throughout ... 5407 The Rainmakers of 1891 from westbound IH-10 exit #19A onto Mesa Drive, proceed north (right) about 1 mile, turn east (right) onto Rim Road, follow Rim Road until it merges into Scenic Road, continue east on Scenic Road to Mount Franklin Scenic area, El Paso Working on the theory that explosives could cause rainfall because many war battles had been followed by rain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... 5445 The University of Texas at El Paso University at Hawthorne Avenue, El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso traces its history to April 16, 1913, when the Texas Legislature approved the creation of a State School of Mines ... 5453 The Woman's Club of El Paso 1400 N. Mesa In 1895 the Child Culture Study Circle was officially organized as the current Topics Club for the purpose of improving the physical, intellectual, ... 5090 This Block was the Site of the Stage Station corner of Overland and El Paso Streets (on south El Paso), El Paso This block was the site of the stage station of the Southern Overland Mail line which connected St. Louis and San Francisco with a semi-weekly stage ... 5509 Tornillo Alameda Avenue (SH 20), NE side NW of Third Street (O.T. Smith Road) The town of Tornillo derives its name from the Spanish word for screw-bean bush, a hardy firewood once prevalent in the area. Efforts to establish ... 18872 Tornillo-Guadalupe (Fabens-Caseta) Bridge Along Aguilera International Highway, approximately 0.45 miles north of the new Tornillo-Guadalupe Bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border on the American side. The Tornillo-Guadalupe International Bridge, known locally as the Fabens-Caseta Bridge, encouraged trade and commerce between the United States and ... 17062 Trinidad Concha 621 S. Virginia St. Trinidad Concha (1862-1933), the “singing cobbler,” impacted popular music culture by creating and cultivating various bands in the El Paso area ... 5572 Turner Home 1301 Montana Ave. Dr. S. T. Turner (1856-1945), who moved to El Paso in 1889 as a contract physician for the Southern Pacific Railroad, became an influential medical ...