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Hotel Paso del Norte is a historic 351-room hotel. It is located in El Paso, Texas, less than one mile north of the international border with Mexico. The hotel originally opened on Thanksgiving Day 1912, and was designed by Trost & Trost. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1979. It recently ...
Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, 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.
1826 — Town named "Villa Paso del Norte." [3] 1846 The Mexican–American War begins; The Battle of El Bracito is fought nearby on 25 December; 1848 – Across the Rio Grande, El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. [4] 1865 — HQ of Benito Juárez the 26th president of Mexico, 1858–1872. [2]
That compares to El Paso County's 69.4% rate in 2023, and 63.7% in the first quarter 2024, reported CoStar Group, a global provider of real estate and hotel data. Marriott brands now fill El Paso
The 108-year-old, long-vacant Krupp building at 107 W. Overland Ave., as seen Sept. 5 in Downtown El Paso, is on the market for $1.05 million after a proposed housing project for the property was ...
The Paso del Norte Trail is a regional landmark created to promote active transportation, preserve the region's history and culture, support economic development, and make healthy living the easy ...
El Paso County seat relocated to El Paso from Ysleta. [5] El Paso Browns baseball team formed. [8] 1888 - El Paso del Norte renamed "Juárez" in honor of Benito Juárez. [1] leaving El Paso, Texas the sole El Paso. 1889 – McGinty Club active. [9] 1890 – Population: 10,338. 1892 – Santa Fe Street bridge built. [6] 1895 – El Paso Public ...
The original 10-story hotel opened on November 26, 1912, was designed by Trost & Trost and stood at 151 ft (46 m) high. [11] The 17-story tower addition to the hotel was built in 1986. The hotel is currently undergoing a $70 million major renovation with plans to re-open in 2020 as The Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Collection by Marriot. [12 ...