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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPCA_scenic-drive_El-Paso-TX.html
As early as 1881, El Paso leaders promoted the idea of creating a place along the base of the Franklin Mountains to provide visitors a panoramic view of the area. The automobile brought new attention to the idea, and in 1920, the city council and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBU_bataan-memorial-trainway_El-Paso-TX.html
With the arrival of the railroads to El Paso in 1881, the train tracks marked the northern boundary of the city. As El Paso grew, the tracks divided downtown and created a time-consuming barrier for pedestrians and motorists. In the early 20th cen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBQ_el-paso-southwestern-railroad_El-Paso-TX.html
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 transportation. Breese, Kneeland & Company of Jersey City, New Jersey also operated as the New York L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBP_hotel-paso-del-norte_El-Paso-TX.html
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 recognized El Paso's great potential as a gateway to Mexico. He worked hard to help the city realiz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAL_el-paso_El-Paso-TX.html
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 of Mexico and the United States. Its four centuries of recorded history span periods of Spanish colon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAJ_pioneer-plaza_El-Paso-TX.html
Pioneer Plaza was the center of public activity in early El Paso. A United States military guard was posted here in the late 1870s to defend citizens from Apache Indian attacks, and military bands performed in the plaza.
An irrigation ditch flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAI_the-first-kindergarten-in-texas_El-Paso-TX.html
was established by the Woman's Club of El Paso in 1892. Two years before formal organization, Mrs. Ernest Kohlberg, with the aid of Mrs. J. E. Townsend and Mrs. H. A. True advanced the idea.
Classes were held in Central School building. This wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAH_the-womans-club-of-el-paso_El-Paso-TX.html
The Study Circle of 1889 became the Current Topics Club when formally organized in May of 1894 in the home of Mrs. W. W. Mills, 310 San Francisco Street. In the fall of this year the club began meeting in the library room of Miss Mary I. Stanton i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAF_hotel-cortez_El-Paso-TX.html
Alzina DeGroff bought the Vendome Hotel at this site in 1899, renaming it Hotel Orndorff after her first husband. Noted architect Henry C. Trost designed a new building for her, which opened in 1926. Renamed Hotel Cortez in 1935, this brick struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAE_el-camino-real_El-Paso-TX.html
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 here. From 1581 onward it was the route followed by conqueror, padre, merchant, adventurer and settle…