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As 17th-century Spanish explorers sought a route through the southern Rocky Mountains, the Franciscan Friar García de San Francisco founded Ciudad Juárez in 1659 as "El Paso del Norte" ("The North Pass"). The Misión de Guadalupe de los Mansos en el Paso del río del Norte became the first permanent Spanish development in the area in the 1660s.
The United States Senate fixed a boundary between Texas and New Mexico at the thirty-second parallel, thus largely ignoring history and topography. A military post called "The Post opposite El Paso" (meaning opposite El Paso del Norte, across the Rio Grande) was established in 1854.
El Paso, Texas–Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Bridge of the Americas: I-110 (terminus), Fed. 45 (terminus) Good Neighbor International Bridge: US 62/US 85 (terminus) Former Mexico North Western Railway bridge at Mesa Street and Calle General Rivas Guillén Former Mexican Central Railway bridge at El Paso Street Union Pacific Railroad Bridge
The El Paso Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry is a crossing of the United States–Mexico border, connecting the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It is among the busiest border crossings between the two countries: more than 10 million people enter the U.S. from Mexico each year at this location.
The museum is located in the former Colegio de San Pablo, which was created by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza in 1644 for indigenous boys. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The institution includes over 900 works by the artist donated by his family along with those by other artists such as Antonio Trejo, Luis Carcía Robledo, Adolfo Mexiac and Xavier Guerrero Íñiguez.
Map of the Chamizal settlement of 1963. The Chamizal dispute was an international land and boundary conflict over contested land (estimates range from 600 to 1,600 acres [240–650 ha; 2.4–6.5 km 2]) along the Mexico–United States border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. [1]
The Ysleta–Zaragoza International Bridge is an international crossing over the Rio Grande, connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The bridge is also known as "Zaragoza Bridge", "Puente Zaragoza" and "Puente Ysleta-Zaragoza". [1]
Location of El Paso County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas.. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas.