Historical Markers in El Paso, Texas

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

• December 1: Doniphan Expedition
• July 11: El Paso County, C.S.A.
• March 4: First Christian Church of El Paso
• October 16: Trinidad Concha

All 84 historical markers in El Paso

• 1966 Texas Western Basketball National Champions2019
• Alderete-Candelaria House1984
• 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
• Early El Paso Water Systems2002
• El Camino Real (The King's Highway)1936
• El Paso1991
• El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Locomotive Number One2005
• El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Building1981
• El Paso County, C.S.A.1964
• El Paso del Rio del Norte1936
• 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 Baptist Church of El Paso1983
• First Christian Church of El Paso1985
• First Presbyterian Church of El Paso1986
• Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa2005
• Fort Bliss, C.S.A.1964
• Franklin Canal1998
• Fusselman Canyon2002
• Guardian Angel Church1983
• Hendricks-Laws Sanatorium / Roger Bacon Seminary2017
• Henry C. Trost2002
• Henry O. Flipper2002
• Hotel Cortez2002
• Hotel Paso Del Norte1985
• Houchen Community Center2007
• James H. White1967
• John Wesley Hardin1997
• Mabel Welch2009
• Magoffinsville1985
• Martin Building1981
• Memorial Park1981
• Mesa Water Boosting Station2009
• Old B'Nai Zion Synagogue1985
• Old Main1982
• Old San Francisco Historic District1984
• Olga Kohlberg2013
• Pioneer Plaza1988
• Radford School1982
• Robert Ewing Thomason2012
• San Andres Salt Trail2008
• San Jacinto Plaza1968
• San Lorenzo1936
• Scenic Drive2003
• Second Baptist Church2019
• Singer Building1983
• Site of Camp Concordia and Fort Bliss1982
• Site of Frontera2013
• Site of the First Church Building in El Paso1982
• Site of the First Fort Bliss1936
• Smelter Cemetery2017
• Smeltertown2002
• Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo2004
• Sunset Heights1986
• Tays Place Public Housing Project2017
• The Camino Real1983
• The Camino Real1983
• The Camino Real1983
• The Pass of the North1968
• The Rainmakers of 18911986
• The University of Texas at El Paso1989
• The Woman's Club of El Paso1980
• This Block was the Site of the Stage Station1936
• Trinidad Concha2011
• Turner Home1982
• Urbici Soler1983
• Victoriano Huerta2007
• Wallace Apartments1985
• William Ward Turney / Iva Guthrie Turney2020

Historical markers near El Paso

• Ysleta5 stories · 10 mi
• Socorro10 stories · 13 mi
• San Elizario11 stories · 18 mi
• Sierra Blanca9 stories · 79 mi
• Van Horn8 stories · 109 mi
• Mentone7 stories · 168 mi

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