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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH4_the-mormon-plot-in-concordia-cemetery_El-Paso-TX.html
The leaders of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints were looking to Mexico as a possible colonization site. By the spring of 1875, nearly 100 pages of selected passages from the Book of Mormon had been translated into Spanish for the du…
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/HMPFT_san-elizario-chapel_San-Elizario-TX.html
Named for the 13th-century French patron of the military, St. Elzear, Capilla de San Elzeario was established as part of the Spanish military garrison of Presidio de San Elzeario (also Elceario, later Elizario) when it was moved to this site in 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFR_san-elizario-memorial-plaza_San-Elizario-TX.html
Dedicated in Memory of the Founding Families and WarVeterans of San Elizario
Dedicated on November 11, 1998
County JudgeCharles W. "Chuck" Mattox
County CommissionersComm. Pct 1 Charles C. Hooten · Comm. Pct. 2 Carlos Aguilar, III …