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El Paso County, Texas [est. March 1850]
El Paso County, Texas covers 1,015 square miles {2,629 square kilometers}.
The county population is 865,657 (2020).
The time zone in the southwest 'tip' of Texas is Mountain Time; the rest of the state is Central Time.
El Paso County, Texas official website
El Paso County, Texas entry at Wikipedia
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
A Few Important People
Governor Rick Perry [since Dec 2000; GOP]
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst [2003-2012; GOP]
U.S. Senator & TEA Party wingnut Ted Cruz [since 2013; GOP]
former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison [June 1993-2012; GOP]
U.S. Senator John Cornyn III [since Dec 2002; GOP]
Congressman Robert Francis 'Beto' O'Rourke [TX-16 since 2013; Dem]
former Congressman Silvestre Reyes [TX-16 1997-2012; Dem]
Congressman Francisco 'Quico' Canseco [TX-23 since 2011; GOP]
County Sheriff Richard Wiles [since 2009]
Mayor Oscar Leeser [since June 2013]
former Mayor John Cook [council 1999-2005, mayor 2005-2013]
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singer Vikki Carr [b. 1941]
TV journalist Sam Donaldson, Jr. [b. 1934]
Albert Jennings Fountain [1838-96], Indian fighter & politician
Western lawman Pat Garrett [1850-1908]
gunfighter John Wesley Hardin [1853-95]
actor Sherman Hemsley [1938-2012]
Victoriano Huerta [1850-1916], former President of Mexico
character actor Guy Kibbee [1882-1956]
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy [b. 1933]
musician Stevie Nicks [b. 1948]
Sandra Day O'Connor [b. 1930], Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006
musician Phil Ochs [1940-76]
John J. 'Black Jack' Pershing [1860-1948], U.S. General of the Armies
Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Quinn [1915-2001]
actress Debbie Reynolds [1932-2016]
Gene Roddenberry [1921-91], creator of "Star Trek"
actor Gilbert Roland [1905-94]
character actress Irene Ryan [1902-73]
journalist Rubén Salazar [1928-70]
gunfighter & lawman Dallas Stoudenmire [1845-82]
professional golfer Lee Trevino [b. 1939]
German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun [1912-77] and his team worked at Fort Bliss 1946-50.
City of El Paso, Texas [est. 1680]
The city of El Paso, Texas covers 250.5 square miles {648.8 square kilometers} at an elevation of 3,740 feet (1,140 m).
The city was founded as El Paso del Norte on the south side of the river in 1659; the village of El Paso on the north side of the river
became the seat of government in 1680; independent Texas was admitted to the Union on 29 December 1845 {the 28th state}; the
boundary of Texas was revised to include El Paso in 1848. As of the 2020 census, the official population is 678,815 (sixth-largest city in Texas
by population and 24th largest in the USA); the metropolitan area (all of El Paso & Hudspeth counties) has a population of 870,000 (2020).
City of El Paso, Texas official website
City of El Paso, Texas entry at Wikipedia
El Paso Community Foundation [est. 1977]
General Links
El Paso, Texas C.V.B.
El Paso Southwest directory for El Paso & New Mexico & Juarez
Boy Scouts of America Yucca Council [est. 1917] in El Paso area
![El Paso Electric [est. 1901]](images/EPElectric.jpg "El Paso Electric [est. 1901]")
Tony Lama Boots [est. 1911]
Rocket Buster handmade custom boots [est. 1989] in Downtown El Paso, Texas
1910 Rio Grande Valley Bank {now Abdou} Building, 115 N. Mesa Street in Downtown El Paso, Texas
1930 O.T. Bassett Tower, 301 Texas Avenue in El Paso, Texas
Cavender's Western Outfitters [chain est. 1965], 8889 Gateway Blvd. West in El Paso, Texas
Perky Press · design · print · copy · ship [], 11385 James Watt Drive in El Paso, Texas
Bassett Place Mall at I-10 and Geronimo in El Paso, Texas
Kern Place District [est. 1914] on North Mesa Street across from UTEP
Kern Place Neighborhood Assn. []
Chubby's Bronx Deli #1, 1830 Joe Battle Blvd. in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas { closed 2020 }
Crave Kitchen and Bar casual fine dining, 300 Cincinnati Avenue in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
El Paso Rib Hut #1 [est. 1981], 2612 No. Mesa Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
Fool's Gold Bar [], 2700 No. Mesa Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas 
GeoGeske Restaurant & Lounge [est. 2001], 2701 No. Stanton Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
Arts & Entertainment & History
El Paso Museum of Art [est. 1959]
Magoffin Home [built 1877] State Historic Site, 1120 Magoffin Avenue {east of Downtown}
El Paso Comic Strip Comedy Club, 1201 Airway Blvd. {south of the airport}
Premiere Cinemas 18 multiplex at Bassett Place Mall in El Paso, TX
'¡Viva! El Paso' performance [revived Summer weekends 2015] +
web ad [0:30] on YouTube
multi-event El Paso WinterFest [November 2021 - January 2022] in El Paso, TX
![Plaza Classic Film Festival [Aug 2012 = #5] in Downtown El Paso, TX](images/ElPasoPlazaClassicFF.jpg)
Plaza Theatre [opened 1930; reopened 3/2006] in Downtown El Paso, TX
El Paso Community Foundation’s Jewel Box Series at the Plaza Philanthropy Theatre in El Paso, TX
Palace Theatre [built 1914], 209 So. El Paso Street in Downtown El Paso, TX
Designed by architect Henry C. Trost for use as a live playhouse/vaudeville venue or as a movie house; opened 1 August 1914 as the Alhambra; renamed in 1920;
became Palace Adult Theatre, 1968-84; then live music/nightclub venue under several names: Xcape D' Club [opened 8/2000], The Zone, Blu [circa 2007],
and Tricky Falls nightclub [2011-2019]; currently closed.
Capri Theater [1918-83], 107 So. El Paso Street in Downtown El Paso, TX
Opened in November 1918 as Ellaney Theatre; renamed Capri Theater in February 1961; closed & demolished in 1983.
Sports
El Paso Chihuahuas minor league baseball team [est. 2012] is based at Southwest University Park
minor league baseball team El Paso Diablos
El Paso Rhinos ice hockey
Butterfield Trail Golf Club, 1858 Cottonwoods Drive {east of the airport} in El Paso, Texas
Print & Broadcast Media
El Paso [TX] Times daily newspaper [est. 1881; now Gannett chain]
El Paso Media Group {website gone}
El Paso [TX] Herald-Post online newspaper [], 4045 No. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
El Paso Magazine [est. 2000]
¡Sabroso! Southwest Dining & Entertainment Magazine based in Mesilla, NM
Newspaper Tree - El Paso's Online Newspaper { website gone 2022 }
El Paso Scene free monthly/weekly paper in El Paso, Texas
Ventanas Magazine [est. 2006] Homebuilders Guide for Southern New Mexico & El Paso, Texas
K.T.E.P. 88.5-FM NPR radio station [est. 1950] in El Paso, Texas
K.T.S.M. 'Sunny' 99.9-FM Continous Soft Rock music radio in El Paso, Texas
K.T.S.M. 690-AM right-wing propaganda radio in El Paso, Texas
X.H.T.O. 104.3 'Hit FM' music radio across the border from El Paso, Texas
Food & Beverage
new Boulevard Bar & Grill at Holiday Inn El Paso Airport, 6351 Gateway Blvd. West in El Paso, TX
Chayo's Bar, 9923 Montana Avenue in East El Paso, TX 79925
Chubby's Bronx Deli #1, 1830 Joe Battle Blvd. in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas { closed 2020 }
Chubby's Bronx Deli #2, 2400 No. Oregon Street in East El Paso, Texas { closed 2020 }
Commonwealth Pub & Grub, 115 Durango Street (near Union Station} in El Paso, Texas { closed }
Crave Kitchen and Bar - casual fine dining (3 locations in El Paso, Texas)
Doc Holliday's Saloon, 5354 Doniphan Drive in El Paso, Texas { closed circa 2014 }
Dominic’s Italian Restaurant [1991-2017], 6901 Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas { closed }
El Paso Rib Hut #1 [est. 1981], 2612 No. Mesa Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
El Paso Rib Hut #2 [est. 1984], 12302 Montana Avenue (Tierra Este Shopping Center) in East El Paso, Texas
Fool's Gold Bar [], 2700 No. Mesa Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
The Garden Restaurant & Outdoor Bar - Japanese cuisine [2009-2017], 115 Durango Street (near Union Station} in El Paso, Texas { closed }
GeoGeske Restaurant & Lounge [est. 2001], 2701 No. Stanton Street in Kern Place District of El Paso, Texas
Katsura Sushi restaurant - Airport [opened 2019], 1160 Airway Blvd. in El Paso, Texas { closed }
Katsura Sushi restaurant - Eastside, 1920 No. Zaragoza Road in El Paso, Texas
Katsura Sushi restaurant - Westside, 5380 No. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
Little Bit of Texas [est. 2011], 5500 Doniphan Drive in El Paso, Texas
The Little Shack Seafood, Drinks & More - Caribbean cuisine (5 locations in El Paso, Texas)
L & J Café [est. 1927 as Tony's Place], 3622 E. Missouri Avenue in El Paso, Texas
Luby's Cafeteria chain [est. 1947] - 3 locations in El Paso, Texas
The Real Burrit-o, 3535 No. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
6 Strings Sports Bar, 1160 Airway Blvd. in El Paso, TX { closed }
County Line BBQ [chain est. 1975] Stateline Restaurant, 1222 Sunland Park Drive in El Paso, Texas
The Sushi Place, 5905 No. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
Tabla Restaurant, 115 Durango Street (near Union Station} in El Paso, Texas { closed }
Tara Thai Kitchen, 2606 No. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
Teddy's Nightclub - inside Best Western Airport Hotel [est. 1965], 6655 Gateway West in El Paso, Texas
Tokyo House Grill and Sushi Buffet [2011-2019], 1160 Airway Blvd. in El Paso, Texas
Touch 3.0 {gay} Bar and Nightclub [open 8/2014, moved 1/2021], 11395 James Watt Drive in El Paso, Texas
Track One Bar & Restaurant [est. 1972], 1330 Buffalo Soldier Road in El Paso, Texas
Lodging
Best Western Plus El Paso Airport Hotel & Conference Center [est. 1965], 6655 Gateway West in El Paso, TX
El Camino Real Hotel [built 1912], 115 El Paso Street in Downtown El Paso, Texas
Holiday Inn El Paso Airport, 6351 Gateway Blvd. West in El Paso, TX
1926 Cortez Hotel, 300 N. Mesa Street in El Paso, Texas
Casa de Sueños Country Inn B&B in nearby La Union, New Mexico
Transportation
El Paso International Airport
four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown El Paso; served 3,260,556 passengers in 2018
national passenger rail system Amtrak serves El Paso at the Union Depot, operating its Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle three times weekly between Los Angeles and New Orleans via San Antonio & Houston and between Los Angeles and Chicago via San Antonio & Fort Worth
BNSF Railway serves El Paso for freight
Union Pacific Railway serves El Paso for freight
El Paso & Southwestern RR [1902-1963] ran from Bisbee, Arizona to El Paso, Texas
El Paso Union Passenger Station [built 1906, rebuilt 1982]
Friends of The El Paso Railroad & Transportation Museum
Sun Metro bus lines [est. 1977, renamed 1987] in El Paso, Texas
El Paso SunMetro entry at Wikipedia
El Paso SunMetro Brio buslines entry at Wikipedia
Sun Metro Streetcars [six P.C.C. cars restored 11/2018] in El Paso, Texas
entry at Wikipedia
Fort Bliss, Texas
The U.S. Army's Fort Bliss facility covers 1,700 square miles (4,400 km²); the offcial headquarters is inside the City of El Paso,
with open land and artillery ranges northward; a majority of the open land is within Otero County in New Mexico.
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
locals want the 7,000 acre Castner Range at Fort Bliss made a U.S. National Monument
Frontera Land Alliance [est. 2004] for West Texas and Southern New Mexico
Reading Material & Other Media
browse Travel Books / U.S.A. / Texas at Amazon
http://www.elpasosouthwest.com/books.asp
http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Photos-Paso-Sandra-Fye/dp/1596524308/
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Railways-Paso-Images-Rail/dp/0738571148/
http://www.amazon.com/El-Paso-1850-1950-Images-America/dp/0738571202/
http://www.amazon.com/El-Paso-Pictures-Frank-Mangan/dp/0875653502/
"Showtime! From Opera Houses To Picture Palaces In El Paso" [2006]
by Cynthia Farah Haines /0874043034/
"El Paso: A Borderlands History"
"Street Railways of El Paso" [9/2009] by Ronald E. Dawson
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Railways-Paso-Images-Rail/dp/0738571148/
 | "El Paso: A Novel" [2016] by Winston Groom A sweeping 6-part saga taking place circa 1913-14 in Texas and in Chihuahua, Mexico; the fading fortunes of a Bostonian railroad tycoon become critical when revolutionary Pancho Villa steals two million dollars worth of cattle from the tycoon's ranch in Old Mexico. Kindle Edition from Liveright [10/2016] for $14.87 Liveright 9½x6¾ hardcover [10/2016] for $21.09 |
"El Paso" color Western feature film [Paramount Pictures Aug 1949] /tt0041332/
starring John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dick Foran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso_(film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xxgTuiJjA [blurry 3/2016 upload; 1:49:06]
"El Paso" TV series [in development for 2017?] /tt5727518/ 
Nearby Cities & Towns
The economy of El Paso, Texas extends across the line into New Mexico as well.
Consolidated Solar Technologies [est. 2008] - El Paso Branch, 5324 Rio Bravo Drive in Sunland Park, NM
Rio Grande Valley [TX] Chamber of Commerce
El Paso Mission Trail Association
El Meson de Oñate Restaurant, 9993 Socorro Road in Socorro {south & east of El Paso}, Texas
San Elizario, Texas [est. 1598] ZIP 79849
20 miles south of El Paso, Texas
Historic District website •
Wikipedia
Billy The Kid Festival in June celebrates his visit in 1876
San Elizario Historical Society & Museum
Main Street Mercantile Building galleries & shops, 1501 Main Street in San Elizario, Texas
Art by Al Borrego studio & gallery, 1501 Main Street in San Elizario, Texas
San Elizario [TX] Historic Art District
Amado Peña Gallery & Studio in San Elizario, Texas
Licon Dairy
The Bookery north of San Elizario, Texas
Casa Apodaca (housing El Paso’s first silent movie theater) in San Elizario, Texas
Tigua Indian Cultural Center
El Bandido Cantina in San Elizario, Texas
'Billy The Kid' Jailhouse [built 1850, restored] in San Elizario, Texas
Ciudad Juárez [founded 1659] in Chihuahua, Old Mexico
official city website {in Spanish} •
entry at Wikipedia {in English}
The Sushi Place, Centro Comercial Las Misiones, Blvd. Teófilo Borunda 868 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-City-Ciudad-Economys-Killing/dp/1568586450/
 | "El Sicario (Hit Man): Room 164" docufilm [indep 2010] The fat man in Room 164 tells of his 20 years as a hired killer for the drug lords of Northern Mexico; he wears a black veil for disguise, and after quitting his career had a price of $250,000 put on his head. Co-produced, written & directed by Gianfranco Rosi; postscript to aHarper's magazine article by Charles Bowden DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb |
 | "El Sicario: The Autobiography of A Mexican Assassin" [2011] Edited, transcribed & translated by Molly Molloy; edited by Charles Bowden The Nation Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2011] for $10.87 |
 | "8 Murders A Day" documentary film [indep Oct 2011] An investigation of the political, social, and economic forces that have left tens of thousands of innocent Mexicans dead in the border drug turf wars, "perhaps the greatest human rights disaster in the world", terrorism happening 10 feet from the U.S.A. Produced, co-written & directed by Charlie Minn DVD/Blu-ray available via producer website • credits at IMDb • official movie site |
 | "Murder Capital of The World: A City Under Siege" [indep April 2012] Homicides in Juarez, Mexico are down about 33 percent, but the city's problems are not solved: most homicides remain unsolved, riots erupt at the prison, the new police chief is 'controversial', pot-smuggling increases, and the upcoming national elections are suspected to be a fraud. Produced & directed by Charlie Minn • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
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