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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPON_fort-bliss-buffalo-soldiers-memorial_El-Paso-TX.html
HistoryIn 1866, One year after the end of the Civil War and more than six months after the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was enacted Congress had the need to reorganize the peacetime Regular Army. Recognizing the Military merits of Black Soldi…
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/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/HMPHN_ysleta-plaza_El-Paso-TX.html
[Marker Front - English Translation]:The present site of the Ysleta Neighborhood Health Clinic was part of the earliest Native American settlement associated with a Spanish Mission in the State of Texas, circa 1680 - 1750 A.D. In 1989-1980, arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHM_magoffin-homestead_El-Paso-TX.html
Joseph Magoffin (1837-1923), son of James Wiley Magoffin, one of the founders of the city, settled in El Paso in 1856. He held many offices: Collector of Customs, County Judge, and Mayor for four terms. In 1875, six years before railroads reached …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHL_magoffinsville_El-Paso-TX.html
One of four population centers during the early period of American settlement of the present El Paso area, Magoffinsville was founded by Kentucky native James Wiley Magoffin (1799-1868). In 1849, he began acquiring land in this vicinity. The headq…
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/HMPH5_john-wesley-hardin_El-Paso-TX.html
Born in Bonham, Texas, John Wesley Hardin was named for the founder of Methodism. "Wes" Hardin grew into a family man, cowboy, and outlaw who claimed to have killed more than 30 men. An unusual sort of gunslinger, Hardin considered himself a pilla…
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