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Judson F. Williams Convention Center, more commonly known as the El Paso Convention Center, is located on Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, Texas, adjacent to the Abraham Chavez Theatre. It was expanded in 2002 and now features 80,000 square feet (7,000 m 2 ) of columnless exhibit space (divided into three halls) with seating for up to 8,000 ...
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 ...
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.
Carl L. Robinson, longtime El Paso civic activist and a former county commissioner and Northeast city representative, died on Dec. 22, 2023. He is seen in this El Paso Times file photo from 2010 ...
El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Texas (1970–72) [42] Capital Plaza Office Tower , Frankfort, Kentucky [ 43 ] Earl Cabell Federal Building , Dallas, Texas (1971) [ 8 ]
The El Paso Symphony was established in the 1930s, it is the oldest performing arts organization in El Paso and the longest continuously running symphony orchestra in the state of Texas. [16] It has received both national and international recognition as a result of its very successful tours of Germany in 1996 and Turkey in 2000, and continues ...
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser honored at event with mayors of Juárez, Mexico, and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
I have the knowledge," Ugarte told a luncheon crowd of about 200 business leaders in the Juárez Room of the El Paso convention center in Downtown. Ugarte asked that voters give him the ...