Timeline of El Paso, Texas
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of El Paso, Texas.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1598 The first Thanksgiving in North America celebrated by Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate and his expedition on April 30, 1598.
- 1682 – Ysleta Mission established.[1]
- 1827 - Juan María Ponce de León is given a land grant for what is now downtown El Paso.
- 1849 – U.S. military Fort Bliss established.[1]
- 1850 – El Paso County created, which originally extended north to what is now Garfield, New Mexico, and extending all the way to the Pecos River[2]
- 1859 - Anson Mills surveys and lays out a town on Ponce's Rancho and names it El Paso, the layout of Downtown El Paso still follows this original plan
- 1873 – El Paso incorporated.[3]
- 1876 – Lone Star newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1881
- Southern Pacific Railroad begins operating.[1][5]
- El Paso Times and El Paso Herald newspapers begin publication.[4]
- 1882 – Avenida Lerdo–Stanton Street Bridge[6] and Montgomery Building constructed.
- 1883 – First National Bank built.[7]
- 1884
- 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 Library founded.[10]
- 1899 – American Smelting and Refining Company plant in operation.[11]
- 1900 – White House Department Store in business.[12]
20th century
1900s–1950s
- 1901 – El Paso Electric Company formed.[13]
- 1902
- 1904 - Carnegie Library opens.[15]
- 1906 – Union Depot opens.
- 1910 – Population: 39,279.
- El Paso School for Girls established. [16]
- 1911 – Anson Mills Building constructed.[7]
- 1912 – Hotel Paso del Norte in business.[7]
- 1914
- Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso established.[17]
- Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy opens.[18]
- 1916
El Paso High School opens
- 1917
- Bath Riots occurred to protest new U.S. immigration/entry requirements for Mexican's crossing the border.[19]
- Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick dedicated.
- 1919 – June 15–16: Battle of Ciudad Juárez occurs near El Paso.[9]
- 1920 – Population: 77,560.[20]
- 1921 – Ku Klux Klan active.[9]
- 1922 – El Paso Post newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1924 – United States Border Patrol begins operating.
- 1925 – Cathedral High School established.
- 1926 – Orndorff Hotel built.[9]
- 1928 – El Paso Municipal Airport built.[9]
- 1929 - KTSM and WDAH radio begin broadcasting.[21]
- 1930
- Bassett Tower built.
- Plaza Theatre and El Paso Zoo[22] open.
- Austin High School opens.
- Hilton Hotel in business.[7]
- Population: 102,421.[20]
- 1933 – Junior League of El Paso founded.[1]
- 1935 – Sun Bowl football contest begins.
- 1936 – United States Court House built.[3]
- 1937
- 1938 – El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry established.
- 1939 – Fort Bliss National Cemetery established near city.
- 1940 – Population: 96,810 city;[20] 131,067 county.
- 1942
- Biggs Air Force Base begins operating near Fort Bliss.
- Ysleta–Zaragoza Bridge rebuilt.[6]
- El Paso County Coliseum opens.
- 1945 - Household Furniture Opens
- 1946 – El Paso Drive-in cinema opens.[23]
- 1948 – First city flag adopted.
- 1949 – Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy becomes Texas Western College
- 1950
- Bronco Drive-In cinema opens.[24]
- Population: 130,485.[20]
- 1952
- KROD-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[25]
- Town of Anthony incorporated near El Paso.
- 1953 - KTSM-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[25]
- 1954 – El Paso County Historical Society founded.[26]
- 1957- First Hispanic Mayor (Raymond Telles) is elected
- 1959
- El Paso Museum of Art founded.
- Sunland Park Racetrack opens in nearby Sunland Park, New Mexico.
- 1960
- El Paso Aerial Tramway begins operating.
- Northgate Mall opens with "acres of parking"[27]
- Population: 276,687.[20]
- 1961 – Village of Vinton incorporated near El Paso.
- 1962
- Bassett Place shopping mall in business.[8]
- Chase Tower built.
- New city flag adopted.
- 1963 – Sun Bowl stadium opens.
- 1965
- 1967
- Cordova Bridge built.[6]
- Texas Western College becomes University of Texas at El Paso.
- El Paso BOTA Port of Entry built per Chamizal treaty.
- 1969 – San Jacinto Plaza remodelled.[7]
1970s–1990s
- 1970 – Population: 322,261.[20]
- 1971
- El Paso Genealogical Society founded.[29]
- Wells Fargo Plaza hi-rise built.
- 1972
- September: Raza Unida Party convention held in El Paso.[30]
- El Paso Community College established.
- 1973 – Biggs Air Force Base becomes Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss.
- 1974
- Civic Center opens.[31]
- Cielo Vista Mall, first enclosed air-conditioned shopping center, opens.[27]
- Chamizal National Memorial established.
- 1977 – El Paso Museum of Archaeology established.
- 1980
- Mujer Obrera (labor group) established.[32]
- Population: 425,259 city;[20] 479,899 county.
- 1981
- Foreign trade zone established.[33][34]
- "Sandra Day O'Connor, a native of El Paso, becomes the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice."[35]
- 1983 – Kayser Building constructed.
- 1987
- Franklin Mountains State Park opens.
- Sun Metro Mass Transit System active.
- 1988
- Sunland Park Mall in business.
- Horizon City incorporated near El Paso.
- 1989 – El Paso Patriots soccer team formed.
- 1990 – Population: 515,342 city;[20] 591,610 county.
- 1997 – Silvestre Reyes becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district.[36][relevant?]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[37][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 – Chihuahuan Desert Gardens established.[38]
- 2000 – Population: 563,662 city; 679,622 county.
21st century
- 2003
- 2004 – International news media reports on ongoing female homicides in Ciudad Juárez area.[40]
- 2005
- El Diario de El Paso Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
- 2006
- Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso established.
- Major flooding from up to 10 inches of rain in one week.[41]
- 2007
- El Paso Marathon begins.
- El Paso Skatepark Association formed.[39]
- 2008 – Borderzine website launched.[42]
- 2010
- 2011 – Worst drought in a decade.[45]
- 2013
- ASARCO smokestacks demolished.
- City Hall demolished to make room for Southwest University Park baseball stadium.[46]
See also
- History of El Paso, Texas
- List of mayors of El Paso, Texas
- History of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- Timeline of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas
- Template:Req
- Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland
References
- ^ a b c d Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 571, OL 6112221M
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- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ a b Manuel G. Gonzales (2009). Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00777-3.
- ^ a b c d Daniel D. Arreola; James R. Curtis (1994). The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1441-0.
- ^ a b c d e f "Historic Preservation: Downtown Design Guidelines". City of El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ a b Trish Long (ed.). "Tales from the Morgue: El Paso History is Never Dead (blog)". El Paso Times. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Sonnichsen 1971.
- ^ "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "Timeline: History Of Asarco In El Paso". USA: National Public Radio. 2010.
- ^ a b Alexis McCrossen, ed. (2010). Land of Necessity: Consumer Culture in the United States–Mexico Borderlands. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-9078-7.
- ^ a b El Paso Times 2009.
- ^ a b University Library Special Collections Department. "Finding Aids". University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Sketches of Texas Libraries: El Paso", Handbook of Texas Libraries, Austin: Texas Library Association, 1904
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- ^ "UT El Paso – 90th Anniversary Timeline". University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Perez, Jr., Maclovio (July 30, 2016). "El Paso Bath House Riots (1917)". Handbook of Texas Online. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
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- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in El Paso, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
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- ^ a b New life for Northgate Mall: City hopes to restore luster to Northeast's faded gem, by Aaron Bracamontes \ El Paso Times, 08/01/2011
- ^ M.F. Mikula; et al., eds. (1999), Great American Court Cases, Gale
- ^ "El Paso Genealogical Society". Roots Web. Retrieved December 14, 2014 – via Ancestry.com Inc.
- ^ "Raza Unida Party returns to 'la lucha'". Borderzine. El Paso. September 21, 2012.
- ^ "City Is Hosting Public Open House". El Paso Herald Post. 1974.
- ^ Honig 1996.
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- ^ a b "El Paso, Texas". Skatepark.org. Portland, Oregon: Skaters for Public Skateparks. 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Cordelia Candelaria, ed. (2004). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. lxiii–lxxii. ISBN 978-0-313-33210-4.
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- ^ "Mexican drone crashes in El Paso in Texas". BBC News. December 17, 2010.
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- ^ "How El Paso is beating the worst drought in a generation". The Guardian. June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Baseball Stadium Bolsters El Paso's Resurgence", New York Times, May 28, 2013
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
- "El Paso". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
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- Directory of the City of El Paso – via University of Texas at El Paso 1886–1899
- "El Paso". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
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Published in 20th century
- Directory of the City of El Paso – via University of Texas at El Paso 1901–1905
- "El Paso". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
- El Paso City Directory. Hudspeth Directory Co. 1922 – via University of North Texas.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "El Paso", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Hathi Trust
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- C. L. Sonnichsen; M. G. McKinney (1971). "El Paso-from War to Depression". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 74 (3): 357–384. JSTOR 30236653.
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- W. H. Timmons (1980). "El Paso Area in the Mexican Period, 1821–1848". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 84 (1): 1–28. JSTOR 30236883.
- W. H. Timmons (1983). "American El Paso: The Formative Years, 1848–1854". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 87 (1): 1–36. JSTOR 30241078.
- W. H. Timmons, El Paso A Borderlands History, Texas Western Press, The University of Texas at El Paso 1990
- Emily Honig (1996). "Women at Farah Revisited: Political Mobilization and Its Aftermath among Chicana Workers in El Paso, Texas, 1972–1992". Feminist Studies. 22.
Published in 21st century
- "With the railroad came bustling Downtown El Paso traffic". El Paso Times. February 23, 2009.
- David G. McComb (2015). "Railroad Towns: El Paso". The City in Texas: a History. University of Texas Press. pp. 135+. ISBN 978-0-292-76746-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Paso, Texas.
- "(El Paso County, TX)". Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries.
- Items related to El Paso, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Fun in the 1890s: The McGinty Club Borderlands (EPCC)
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: El Paso". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "El Paso". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
- Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Texas - Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State - Bibliographies & Guides - Local History & Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)". Library of Congress.
- "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: Texas". Washington DC: Household Furniture Co Bibliographies and Guides.