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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/HM1Y6F_initial-construction-period_El-Paso-TX.html
At the close of the Indian Wars in the late 19th century, the U.S. Army consolidated a number of small posts into larger, more permanent installations. As part of this consolidation, construction of a new post at the present location was ordered i…
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These quarters served as temporary housing for Lieutenant George S. Patton, Jr. in 1915 when he arrived to join the 8th Cavalry Regiment. Patton lived here a short time with two other officers; one of whom employed a cook. Patton then deployed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVO_colonel-george-ruhlen-historical_El-Paso-TX.html
In honor of George Ruhlen, Constructing Quartermaster In early 1891 Colonel George Ruhlen, QMC, then Captain, was appointed by the Secretary of War to be in charge of constructing the first buildings on Ft. Bliss at its present site on La Noria M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXT_polk-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These quarters are dedicated to GEN James Hilliard Polk (1911-1992). As newlyweds, LT and Mrs. Polk lived here in the late 1930s, when he served with the 8th Cavalry Regiment. During World War II, he commanded 3rd Cavalry Group as it spearheaded a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXR_abrams-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These Quarters are dedicated to GEN Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr. (1914-1974). LT and Mrs. Abrams lived here in the late 1930s, when he was with the 1st Cavalry Division. He later served in World War II, when he commanded the 37th Tank Battalion …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXQ_hinman-hall_El-Paso-TX.html
Hinman Hall, named for Brigadier General Dale Durkee Hinman who commanded the Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center at Fort Bliss in 1943, was the administrative headquarters for the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School for over 50 years. It wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXO_quarters-213-chaparral-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These quarters are named in honor of both the Chaparral bird (or "Roadrunner"), native to the desert southwest, and the Chaparral Air Defense Missile System. This weapon is a highly mobile, heat-seeking short range missile, effective against all t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNZ_buffalo-soldier-memorial-of-el-paso_El-Paso-TX.html
"The Errand of Corporal Ross" While on Campaign in the Guadalupe Mountains, Corporal John Ross of I Troop, 9th Calvary, was tasked to take a back trail and bring up the supply wagons that had lagged behind. Enroute to picking up the wagons, CPL R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNS_an-almost-forgotten-history_El-Paso-TX.html
Just one year after the Civil War, Congress passed an act which created two "experimental" cavalry regiments for service on the western frontiers. African Americans, most of whom had only recently been slaves, put on blue uniforms and filled the r…
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