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Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
Paso del Norte is a modern opera composed by Mexican Víctor Rasgado.The work is based on a play, which in turn is based on the real story of a group of migrants who become trapped in a train car on their way to the United States, with all but one succumbing to suffocation.
Paso del Norte may refer to: El Paso–Juárez-Las Cruces, a binational metropolitan area; El Paso, Texas, which grew from a small village called El Paso del Norte; Paso del Norte, the name until 1888 of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; Hotel Paso del Norte, a historic hotel in El Paso, Texas; Paso del Norte Health Foundation, an organization in El Paso ...
Luis Jaramillo's "The Witches of El Paso" mixes elements of magic, family legacy, and historical fiction. His tales bring the border to creative life.
During the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867), El Paso del Norte served as a temporary stop for republican forces of ousted leader Benito Juárez until he established his government-in-exile in Chihuahua. In 1888, El Paso del Norte was renamed in honor of Juárez. Map of El Paso in 1886.
The Paso Del Norte Group, under the auspices of its foundation, in cooperation with former city Mayor Joe Wardy, and El Paso City Council, initiated a process in 2004 to create a Master Plan for the redevelopment of approximately 127.5 acres (516,000 m 2) in Downtown El Paso.
More than 40 years after director Gregory Nava developed the story at the Sundance Institute, "El Norte" screens at this year's festival. Decades later, 'El Norte' returns to its Sundance roots ...
Crónicas del Reino de Chile, Madrid, Atlas, 1960, pp. 227–562; Biblioteca de Autores Españoles; pp. 569–575; online edition (in Spanish) Diego de Rosales, Historia general de el Reyno de Chile, el Flandes Indiano (General History of the Kingdom of Chile, the Indian Flanders). Valparaíso, 1877–1878, 3 Vols.