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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286D_estela-portillo-trambley_El-Paso-TX.html
Estela Portillo Trambley (1926-1998), an El Paso native, was an award-winning fiction writer, playwright and poet known for her vivid portrayals of strong and independent Mexican and Mexican American women in Texas and its borderlands. Recognized …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AJC_site-of-camp-concordia-and-fort-bliss_El-Paso-TX.html
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 1868 the garrison moved to this location, then part of the Concordia Ranch. The new post was named Cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AIJ_henry-c-trost_El-Paso-TX.html
Henry C. Trost was one of the most prolific architects of the American Southwest. His history is closely tied to that of his chosen base of operation, El Paso. Ohio native Trost was strongly influenced by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AIA_victoriano-huerta_El-Paso-TX.html
Commander of federal forces during the Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta (b. 1854) became President of Mexico in 1913, after the arrest and before the assassination of Francisco Madero. Huerta resigned a year later and went into exile. In 1915…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AHY_urbici-soler_El-Paso-TX.html
A master sculptor, Urbici Soler apprenticed under artists in his native Spain before studying and working in Germany, southern Europe, South America, and Mexico. In 1937 he came to El Paso to begin work on the statue "Cristo Rey," which stands on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM159M_guardian-angel-church_El-Paso-TX.html
This Romanesque revival style building was constructed in 1908, soon after the church was founded by the Rev. Carlos M. Pinto, S.J. (1841-1919). A Jesuit priest who began several missions in the El Paso area, Pinto also drew plans and supervised t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH8_chamizal-national-memorial_El-Paso-TX.html
This site commemorates the peaceful settlement of the Chamizal controversy, 1866 - 1963, and honors the men of goodwill, in the United States and Mexico, who made it possible.
Este sitio conmemora la resolucion amistosa de la disputa del Chamiz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH6_defining-a-border_El-Paso-TX.html
If you were standing here prior to the Chamizal Treaty of 1963, you would have been on a Mexican "island" looking into the United States. Referred to as Cordova Island because it was completely surrounded by the United States, this parcel of land …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPE5_stephen-tyng-mather_El-Paso-TX.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.