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In 1924, the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce established the first Women's Department of a chamber of commerce in the United States, organized by May McGhee, a member of the Woman's Club of El Paso. Kate Moore Brown served as the department's first chairman-director. [4] Each year, the department resolved to undertake a civic project.
The El Diario de El Paso is the primary Spanish-language newspaper for the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas.The paper was founded on May 16, 2005, by El Diario de Juárez.It originally started out as a Mexican newspaper circulated throughout Ciudad Juárez under the name Diario de Juárez.
Bassett Place was opened in 1962 as Bassett Center. It was built by The Center Companies and was the first shopping mall in El Paso. The mall drew its name from Charles N. Bassett, son of El Paso businessman Oscar T. Bassett. [3] The mall was fully enclosed in 1974. [4]
The El Paso Balloonfest is an annual event celebrated on Memorial Day weekend and is self described as "3 days of hot air balloons filling the El Paso skies, 3 afternoons of concerts and fun in the sun at Wet N' Wild Waterworld in Anthony, Texas." Over 60 balloons take to the air annually from TFCU launch field which is adjacent to the water park.
Central El Paso is part of the city of El Paso, Texas, and contains some of the city's oldest and most historic neighborhoods. Located in the heart of the city, it is home to approximately 130,000 people. Development of central El Paso started around 1875, when the city was barely beginning to gain its roots.
Angel's Triangle (formerly Devil's Triangle) is a neighborhood located in Northeast El Paso in El Paso, Texas.It lies within a right triangle bordered by Dyer Street on the east, the Patriot Freeway (U.S. Route 54) on the west, and Hondo Pass Avenue on the north. [1]
The cartel was founded around the 1970s. When leader Pablo Acosta Villarreal was killed in April 1987 during a cross-border raid by Mexican Federal Police helicopters in the Rio Grande village of Santa Elena, Chihuahua, [8] Rafael Aguilar Guajardo took his place along with Amado Carrillo Fuentes, nephew of Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo.
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.