El Paso
Alderete-Candelaria House
El Paso, TX
Although the exact building date for this adobe masonry structure is unknown, it appears to have been constructed during the 1870s for...
Bataan Memorial Trainway
El Paso, TX
With the arrival of the railroads to El Paso in 1881, the train tracks marked the northern boundary of the city.
Butterfield Overland Mail
El Paso, TX
The Butterfield Overland Mail was a mail and passenger stagecoach service that linked the Western and Eastern states.
Captain James W. Magoffin, Major Simeon Hart
El Paso, TX
Capt. James W. Magoffin Born Kentucky.
Chihuahuita
El Paso, TX
Chihuahuita (Little Chihuahua) was settled by Ricardo Brusuelas, who received a land grant from Spanish authorIties in 1818 and developed...
Doniphan Expedition
El Paso, TX
During the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-48), U.S. Army Colonel Alexander William Doniphan led a military expedition into the west.
Early Site of Socorro Mission
Socorro, TX
Following 80 years of Spanish occupation, Pueblo Indians in northern New Mexico revolted in 1680, driving out the Spaniards for a...
El Paso
El Paso, TX
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...
El Paso County, C.S.A.
El Paso, TX
Voted 871 to 2 for secession.
El Paso High School
El Paso, TX
The oldest existing high school building in El Paso, this four-story structure was also the first separate facility in the city...
El Paso Union Passenger Station
El Paso, TX
This union station was built in 1904-05 as a center for El Paso's international railroad traffic.
El Paso's Chinese Community
El Paso, TX
Chinese immigrants first arrived in El Paso shortly before the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its line here in 1881.
Espejo-Beltran Expedition - 1582-1583
San Elizario, TX
Following the Rodriguez - Chamuscado Expedition of 1581 there was increased interest in the area now known as New Mexico and Texas.
Felix Martinez
El Paso, TX
In the early twentieth century, Felix Martinez was a prominent Hispanic businessman who worked closely with Anglo American leaders to...
Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa
El Paso, TX
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...
Franklin Canal
El Paso, TX
For centuries, the Rio Grande has been molded and shaped by the humans living along its banks.
Henry O. Flipper
El Paso, TX
Henry O. Flipper Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940) was the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West...
Hotel Cortez
El Paso, TX
Hotel Cortez Alzina DeGroff bought the Vendome Hotel at this site in 1899, renaming it hotel Orndorff after her first husband.
James H. White
El Paso, TX
(Feb. 15, 1847 - Aug. 19, 1907) Virginia native James Harrison White came to El Paso in 1869 after serving with the Confederacy in the...
Juan de Onate Expedition - 1598
San Elizario, TX
Spanish interest in the territory known as New Mexico increased during the 1580s and 1590s.
Mabel Welch
El Paso, TX
Mabel C. (Vanderburg) Welch, El Paso’s first certified female architect, is credited with reintroducing Spanish-style architecture to the...
Magoffinsville
El Paso, TX
One of four population centers during the early period of American settlement of the present El Paso area, Magoffinsville was founded by...
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion Del Socorro
Socorro, TX
(Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Socorro) Established in 1680 by Brother Antonio Guerra for Piros Indians, refugees from Old...
Old County Jail
San Elizario, TX
This structure was built about 1850 of adobe bricks (sun-dried mud and reeds) and cottonwood logs around steel cell blocks.
Oldest Mission in Texas
Ysleta, TX
Originally founded in 1613 at Isleta Pueblo, in New Mexico, and dedicated in 1621 as San Antonio de Isleta.
Pioneer Plaza
El Paso, TX
Pioneer Plaza was the center of public activity in early El Paso.
Rodriguez-Chamuscado Expedition, 1581
San Elizario, TX
Inspired by Indian stories of settlements in present New Mexico and authorized by the Spanish Viceroy, Fray Agustin Rodriguez, a...
San Andres Salt Trail
El Paso, TX
In the early to mid-1800s, the San Andres Salt Trail provided area residents with salt, a mineral vital for settlers on the frontier.
San Elizario
San Elizario, TX
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 Jacinto Plaza
El Paso, TX
In 1857, W. T. Smith sold his property which he called the "town of El Paso" for $6500.00.
Site of Camp Concordia and Fort Bliss
El Paso, TX
When the U.S. Army returned to this area after the Civil War, conditions proved undesirable at the prewar post, Fort Bliss at...
Site of First Mission in Texas
Ysleta, TX
Application info: Spanish type mission, with oldest cultivated plot of land in US adjacent.
Site of Frontera
El Paso, TX
At this site, the historic settlement of Frontera was established by T. Frank White in August 1848.
Socorro Mission La Purísima
Socorro, TX
During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Gov. Don Antonio de Otermín and Father Francisco de Ayeta led Piro Indian and Spanish refugees out of...
The Camino Real
El Paso, TX
For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and...
The Camino Real
Socorro, TX
For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and...
The Camino Real
El Paso, TX
For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and...
The Camino Real
El Paso, TX
For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and...
The Camino Real
San Elizario, TX
For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and...
Tornillo
Tornillo, TX
The town of Tornillo derives its name from the Spanish word for screw-bean bush, a hardy firewood once prevalent in the area.
Trinidad Concha
El Paso, TX
Trinidad Concha (1862-1933), the “singing cobbler,” impacted popular music culture by creating and cultivating various bands in the El...