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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.
El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
Paso Robles, California (shortened version of El Paso de Robles, which means "pass of the oaks"; named for the abundance of oak trees in the area) Penalosa, Kansas (called so since 1887, in honor of a Spanish explorer, Peñalosa) Peñasco, New Mexico ("boulder") Peñitas, Texas, a city in Hidalgo County
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 Library founded. [10] 1898 - Zion Lutheran Church is established. It is the first Lutheran Church in ...
The name can also be attributed to the large number of immigrants who came from the Mexican state of Durango and settled in the area. [2] In 1905, El Paso had the largest Chinatown in Texas after 1200 Chinese migrants came to El Paso to work on the construction of the Southern Pacific Rail line that came into town in 1881. [3]
El Paso Police Department Headquarters on Sunday was officially named in honor of the life and legacy of longtime Police Chief Greg Allen on what would have been Allen's 73rd birthday.. The name ...
When the US government leased land from Smith's ranch, for the first Post opposite El Paso (meaning El Paso del Norte, later renamed Ciudad Juarez), U.S. Army troops would drill in the plaza. The city of El Paso acquired the property on which the Plaza is located in 1881 from William T. Smith.
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