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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPI3_international-boundary-and-water-commission_El-Paso-TX.html
[English Translation Marker:]The first international monument of the 276 installed to the west along the international land boundary which marks the international boundary between the United States and Mexico. This monument was placed on January 3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPI1_el-paso-del-rio-del-norte_El-Paso-NM.html
This canyon cut here by the Rio Grande marks the crossing of the historic Camino Real, or Royal Road, to La Tierra Adentra. Trackers and traders crossed the river here to begin the arduous journey north to Santa Fe. Permanent settlement of this ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHY_madero-camp_El-Paso-TX.html
In the spring of 1911 Pascual Orozco and Francisco "Pancho" Villa amassed their revolutionary forces on the outskirts of Ciudad Ju?rez and were soon joined by Francisco I. Madero. The Madero Camp, which stood across the river from this site, becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHW_smeltertown_El-Paso-TX.html
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 Southwest. In 1899, the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) bought the operation and ref…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGO_fort-bliss-officers-quarters_El-Paso-TX.html
Old Fort Bliss, on site formerly in Mexico. Owned after 1849 by Simeon Hart, founder of Hart's Mill and early village of El Paso.
Officers quarters, built about 1879 on 3' foundations of hewn stone. 24" walls are double-laid adobe brick.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGK_capt-james-w-magoffin_El-Paso-TX.html
Born in Kentucky. Trader in Mexico. Special U.S. Army agent in Mexican War, 1846-47. Established trading post at Magoffinville about 1850. Named state agent with Simeon Hart to receive U. S. property surrendered at Ft. Bliss, Mar, 1861 prior to Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGF_major-simeon-hart_El-Paso-TX.html
Born New York moved to El Paso 1861, founded Hart's Mill that ground out 100 barrels flour a day and sold to buyers from Arizona to San Antonio. When the Civil War came he was the main source for securing military supplies for the Arizona-New Mexi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGC_camino-real_El-Paso-TX.html
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 Fe and Taos. First traveled by Juan de Onate during his 1598 expedition to New Mexico, the Camino…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFF_el-paso-del-rio-del-norte_El-Paso-TX.html
On May 4, 1598, Don Juan de O?ate, Adelantado and Capitain-General, Governor of New Mexico, first named El Paso del Rio del Norte.
Through this old pass, the lowest snow-free feasible route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Rocky Mou…