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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/HM1AGG_butterfield-overland-mail_El-Paso-TX.html
The Butterfield Overland Mail was a mail and passenger stagecoach service that linked the Western and Eastern states. John Butterfield, president of the Overland Mail Company, won a federal government contact in 1857 to take and deliver mail twice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AGE_old-san-francisco-historic-district_El-Paso-TX.html
Composed primarily of early twentieth-century residential apartment buildings, this historic neighborhood was developed during a period of major growth in El Paso. Most of the structures were built of brick, stone, or wood between 1908 and 1923 an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15UL_casa-ortiz_Socorro-TX.html
Legend says this house was built before 1800. In 1840s, its owner was Jose Ortiz, whose cart train freighted salt from foot of Guadalupe Mountains to Durango; knives, sarapes, clothing to Santa Fe and Llano Estancado. There he traded with Comanche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15A5_montgomery-building_El-Paso-TX.html
The Montgomery building is the last surviving false-front wood structure in the city of El Paso. It was built in 1881-1882 as El Paso underwent a great transformation from an adobe village to a thriving city following the arrival of the railroads.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15A4_la-patria-newspaper_El-Paso-TX.html
317 South El Paso Street was the site of a leading pro-Villista Spanish language newspaper, La Patria, published by Silvestre Terrazas, a member of the oligarchic Chihuahuan Terrazas family. Terrazas wrote for La Revista Catolica and founded El Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15A3_el-paso-laundry-and-cleaners-company_El-Paso-TX.html
The El Paso Laundry and Cleaners Company was established in 1891 and moved to this site in 1897. Strategically located alongside the Rio Grande just a few hundred yards from the streets of Ciudad Juarez, the company played an interesting role in s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM159R_tornillo_Tornillo-TX.html
The town of Tornillo derives its name from the Spanish word for screw-bean bush, a hardy firewood once prevalent in the area. Efforts to establish this site as a major agricultural center began when the United States Reclamation Service announced …
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