El Paso: Inextricable Ties

I recently visited the West Texas town of EL Paso for the first time. In the past I had passed through on I-10, but I had never stopped. What I came to understand about El Paso is that although it has been a US city for more than a century and a half, its history is inextricably intertwined with that of Mexico. In fact, it is the place where the Mexican Revolution was largely planned.

During the Mexican Revolution, people used to watch battles from the roof of the El Paso Laundry, and some El Paso businesses sold arms and munitions to all sides. The exiled Mexican president, Victoriano Huerta, known as "the usurper," died at Fort Bliss and was buried in Concordia Cemetery. The city on the north side of the Rio Grande has indeed played an important role in the history of the nation to the south.

The Camino Real El Paso is one of the city's more well-known landmarks. Both Pancho Villa and General Pershing stayed at this hotel. This is a picture taken from the hotel lobby. The dome is made of Tiffany glass.

To learn more about El Paso's historical sites and their ties with the Mexican Revolution, please follow the link below:

El Paso Times: Then and Now