Timeline of El Paso, Texas
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of El Paso, Texas.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1682 – Ysleta Mission established.[1]
- 1848 – El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.[2]
- 1849 – U.S. military Fort Bliss established.[1]
- 1850 – El Paso County created.[3]
- 1873 – El Paso incorporated.[2]
- 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]
- 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]
20th century
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- 1900 – White House Department Store in business.[12]
- 1901 – El Paso Electric Company formed.[13]
- 1902
- 1906 – Union Depot opens.
- 1910 – Population: 39,279.
- 1911 – Anson Mills Building constructed.[7]
- 1912 – Hotel Paso del Norte in business.[7]
- 1914
- Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso established.[15]
- Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy opens.[16]
- 1917 – Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick dedicated.
- 1919 – June 15–16: Battle of Ciudad Juárez occurs near El Paso.[9]
- 1920 – Population: 77,560.
- 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]
- 1930
- Bassett Tower built.
- Plaza Theatre opens.
- Hilton Hotel in business.[7]
- Population: 102,421.[2]
- 1933 – Junior League of El Paso founded.[1]
- 1935 – Sun Bowl football contest begins.
- 1936 – United States Court House built.[2]
- 1937
- 1938 – El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry established.
- 1939 – Fort Bliss National Cemetery established near city.
- 1940 – Population: 96,810 city;[1] 131,067 county.
- 1942
- Biggs Air Force Base begins operating near Fort Bliss.
- Ysleta–Zaragoza Bridge rebuilt.[6]
- El Paso County Coliseum opens.
- 1946 – El Paso Drive-in cinema opens.[17]
- 1948 - First city flag adopted.
- 1949 – Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy becomes Texas Western College
- 1950
- 1952 – Town of Anthony incorporated near El Paso.
- 1954 – El Paso County Historical Society founded.[19]
- 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"[20]
- Population: 276,687.
- 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 – Fox Theatre (cinema) opens.[18]
- 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]
- 1970 – Population: 339,615.
- 1971
- El Paso Genealogical Society founded.[21]
- Wells Fargo Plaza hi-rise built.
- 1972
- September: Raza Unida Party convention held in El Paso.[22]
- El Paso Community College established.
- 1973 – Biggs Air Force Base becomes Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss.
- 1974
- Civic Center opens.[23]
- Cielo Vista Mall, first enclosed air-conditioned shopping center, opens.[20]
- Chamizal National Memorial established.
- 1977 – El Paso Museum of Archaeology established.
- 1980
- 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;[25] 591,610 county.
- 1997 – Silvestre Reyes becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district.[26][relevant? ]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[27][chronology citation needed]
- 1999 – Chihuahuan Desert Gardens established.[28]
21st century
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- 2000 – Population: 563,662 city; 679,622 county.
- 2003
- 2004 – International news media reports on ongoing female homicides in Ciudad Juárez area.[30]
- 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.[31]
- 2007
- El Paso Marathon begins.
- El Paso Skatepark Association formed.[29]
- 2008 – Borderzine website launched.[32]
- 2010
- 2011 – Worst drought in a decade.[35]
- 2013
- ASARCO smokestacks demolished.
- City Hall demolished to make room for Southwest University Park baseball stadium.[36]
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
- Timeline of Texas
- Other cities in Texas
- Timeline of Arlington, Texas
- Timeline of Austin, Texas
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of San Antonio
References
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- Published in the 19th century
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- Published in the 20th century
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- Mills, W. W., Forty Years at El Paso, Carl Hertzog, 1962
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- Jones, Harriot Howze, El Paso A Centennial Portrait, El Paso County Historical Society, 1973
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- W. H. Timmons, El Paso A Borderlands History, Texas Western Press, The University of Texas at El Paso 1990
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- Published in the 21st century
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External links
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- Items related to El Paso, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Fun in the 1890s: The McGinty Club Borderlands (EPCC)
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- ↑ 20.0 20.1 New life for Northgate Mall: City hopes to restore luster to Northeast's faded gem, by Aaron Bracamontes \ El Paso Times, 08/01/2011
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