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Sitting on the banks of the Rio Grande River is the city of
El Paso, Texas, site of historical relics dating by thousands of years and over 400 years to the arrival of Spanish explorers.
El Paso del Norte, Cuidad Juarez today was settled before the El Paso area because of the Apaches that kept them from crossing the river and starting any kind of encampment there. The city has gone through some strange experiences, at first part of Mexico in the early days, then New Mexico and finally in 1850. It was finally incorporated in 1873 and has slowly grown because of the military base at Fort Bliss and Biggs Army Airfield. When the railroads came to the town in the 1880s, it became a very wild western town with dance halls, saloons, gambling houses and prostitution houses. In 1881, the famous 4 dead in 5 seconds gunfight occurred with Marshall Dallas Stoudenmire killing 2 of the men with his matching .44 caliber Colts. Again in 1910, the Mexican Revolution spread over into El Paso at times with residents being shot from across the border in Juarez. This revolution sent many Mexicans across the river to the town of El Paso to escape the terrible bloodshed that was occurring in Juarez. General John J. Pershing was in charge of the troops at Fort Bliss. During the roaring 20s the town continued to grow and in 1930, Conrad Hilton built his first high-rise hotel in El Paso, which today is the Plaza Hotel and full of history. The Plaza Theater opened the same year and the Sun Bowl established in 1936; becoming the second oldest bowl game in the country.

Sitting at the crossroads of three states, Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua, El Paso is the only city in Texas to be on mountain time and it covers 250 square miles. The biggest urban park sits in entirety in the city which is Franklin Mountains State Park and it covers 24,000 acres. The city is encompassed by the Chihuahuan Desert, and the Franklin Mountains coming into the center of El Paso, with the North Franklin Peak at 7192 feet above sea level. These mountains represent the southernmost part of the Great Rocky Mountain range. This mountain area is full of red clay and one of the local mountains called Thunderbird has a rather mysterious legend surrounding it. Looking like a giant bird guarding the desert and its treasures, one side of the mountains blooms each spring with incredibly beautiful yellow poppy flowers. There are many stories associated with this mountain, as well as some marvelous ruins nearby, adding to the strange mystic of this area.

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Many well known businesses make their home in El Paso, one large one being the Helen of Troy Limited, maker of OXO, Sunbeam, Dr. Scholls, Vidal Sassoon and others. Western Refining is here, as well as over 70 other companies including; Delphi, Hoover, Boeing and Eureka to name a few. Some of the clothing companies have left to find cheaper labor; among these Levi's and Farrah, with Wrangler still in El Paso. In the 80s, the city was the jean capital of the world pumping out 2 million pairs of jeans each week. It was a great producer of copper, but that has gone down and now the main products are; pecans, clothing, fruit, food production, livestock, vegetables, construction materials, medical and electronic equipment. Between the University of Texas, El Paso, and the other schools in the area over 20,000 people are employed by the educational system. Fort Bliss contributes a massive amount of money and people into the city, with 12,000 troops presently stationed there. The feds have a lot of investment in the area, since it is a border town and a point where goods are shipped back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico. With DEA, INS and the customs people working there, almost 65,000 is added to the populations of the city. It is also considered to be a huge tourist area since it is so close to Mexico.

Another surprise about this city is the location within its limits of the Tigua Indians of Yselta del Sur Pueblo, who have lived in this very place since 1680. Home to many great museums, the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center, Museum of Archaeology, Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, Museum of History, War Eagles Air Museum, Fort Bliss Museums and Study Center, National Border Patrol Museum, Insights El Paso Science Museum and Magoffin Home State Historic Site. There are many more exciting places to visit in El Paso, the Zoo, Chamizai National Memorial, Union Depot, McKelligon Canyon, Ysleta Mission, Fort Bliss, Plaza Hotel and theater, Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick and much more. In the area around the city, Big Bend National Park, White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, San Elizario Chapel, Hueco Tanks State Park, Socorro Mission, Lincoln National Forest, Maar volcanic craters; Kilbourne and Hunt's Holes and the Mescalero Apache Nation. All of this awesome fantastic stuff in one area, plus all the natural habitats make this a great place to visit or live. Come soon.