DUANE
El Paso County, Texas
Historical Markers in El Paso, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 58 Texas historical markers in El Paso, in El Paso County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Native History, Outlaws & Lawmen, and Strange But True. The markers on this list were placed between 1963 and 2020. 13 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these El Paso stories
- El Paso County, C.S.A.placed 1964
Voted 871 to 2 for secession. At start of Civil War Minutemen were organized to provide frontier protection.
- Trinidad Conchaplaced 2011
Trinidad Concha (1862-1933), the “singing cobbler,” impacted popular music culture by creating and cultivating various bands in the El Paso area…
- Doniphan Expeditionplaced 2008
During the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-48), U.S. Army Colonel Alexander William Doniphan led a military expedition into the west.
- First Christian Church of El Pasoplaced 1985
This congregation was organized by Philip Miner in 1885 with thirteen charter members. Miner (1825-1901), a native of Pennsylvania and a blacksmith…
- Butterfield Overland Mailplaced 2008
The Butterfield Overland Mail was a mail and passenger stagecoach service that linked the Western and Eastern states.
- Fusselman Canyonplaced 2002
Below is Fusselman Canyon, which follows the Fusselman Canyon Fault, a major natural cut into the Franklin Mountains.
El Paso on the Texas history calendar
All 58 historical markers in El Paso
- 1966 Texas Western Basketball National Champions2019
- Bataan Memorial Trainway2002
- Biggs Army Airfield2006
- Bowie High School2020
- Burges House1993
- Butterfield Overland Mail2008
- Captain James W. Magoffin, Major Simeon Hart1963
- Chihuahuita2003
- Concordia Cemetery2005
- Doniphan Expedition2008
- Douglass Grammar and High School2012
- Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon2003
- El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Locomotive Number One2005
- El Paso County, C.S.A.1964
- El Paso First Ward Chapel1984
- El Paso High School2016
- El Paso Union Passenger Station1982
- El Paso's Chinese Community2008
- El Paso's Syrian-Lebanese Community2009
- Estela Portillo Trambley2014
- Felix Martinez2016
- First Christian Church of El Paso1985
- Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa2005
- Fort Bliss, C.S.A.1964
- Fusselman Canyon2002
- Guardian Angel Church1983
- Hendricks-Laws Sanatorium / Roger Bacon Seminary2017
- Henry O. Flipper2002
- Hotel Cortez2002
- Hotel Paso Del Norte1985
- Houchen Community Center2007
- James H. White1967
- John Wesley Hardin1997
- Mabel Welch2009
- Magoffinsville1985
- Martin Building1981
- Mesa Water Boosting Station2009
- Old B'Nai Zion Synagogue1985
- Old Main1982
- Olga Kohlberg2013
- Pioneer Plaza1988
- Radford School1982
- Robert Ewing Thomason2012
- San Andres Salt Trail2008
- San Jacinto Plaza1968
- Second Baptist Church2019
- Singer Building1983
- Site of Frontera2013
- Smeltertown2002
- Tays Place Public Housing Project2017
- The Pass of the North1968
- The Rainmakers of 18911986
- The University of Texas at El Paso1989
- Trinidad Concha2011
- Turner Home1982
- Urbici Soler1983
- Victoriano Huerta2007
- Wallace Apartments1985
Historical markers near El Paso
- Socorro8 stories · 14 mi
- San Elizario5 stories · 18 mi
- Sierra Blanca7 stories · 79 mi
- Van Horn6 stories · 109 mi
- Mentone5 stories · 168 mi
- Fort Davis19 stories · 174 mi
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