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Sunset Heights
Sunset Heights is a historic area in El Paso, Texas; which has existed since the latter part of the 1890s. Many wealthy residents have had their houses and mansions built on this hill. Although some buildings have been renovated to their former glory, many have been neglected and have deteriorated. An organization, the Sunset Heights Improvement Association helps neighbors on a fixed income to manage home maintenance and also sponsors an annual tour. History John Fisher Satterthwaite first started purchasing land in the area in the 1880s and by 1885 had built 90 houses. The area was known as the "Satterthwaite Addition" while he owned the land. Satterthwaite lost the land he'd built in 1894. The name, "Sunset Heights," was given to the area in 1901, after the '' El Paso Herald'' held a contest for the best name for the neighborhood. Some buildings in Sunset Heights have remnants of tunnels underneath them which may have been started in the early 1900s. Some tunnels, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 10 In Texas
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. In the U.S. state of Texas, it runs east from Anthony, at the border with New Mexico, through El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston to the border with Louisiana in Orange, Texas. At just under , the Texas segment of I-10, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation, is the longest continuous untolled freeway in North America that is operated by a single authority. It is also the longest stretch of Interstate Highway with a single designation within a single state. U.S. Highway 83 is about longer than I-10 within Texas. Mile marker 880 and its corresponding exit number in Orange, Texas, are the highest numbered mile marker and exit on any freeway in North America. After widening was completed in 2008, a portion of the highway west of Houston is now also believed to be the widest in the world, at 26 lanes when including feeders. More than a third of I-10's lengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic District
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from certain types of development. Historic districts may or may not also be the center of the city. They may be coterminous with the commercial district, administrative district, or arts district, or separate from all of these. Historical districts are often parts of a larger urban setting, but they can also be parts or all of small towns, or a rural areas with historic agriculture-related properties, or even a physically disconnected series of related structures throughout the region. Much criticism has arisen of historic districts and the effect protective zoning and historic designation status laws have on the housing supply. When an area of a city is designated as part of a 'historic district', new housing development is artificially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In El Paso, Texas
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In El Paso County, Texas
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas. There are 13 districts, one National Historic Landmark, 45 individual properties, and one former property listed on the National Register in the county. Two of these sites are State Historic Sites. Nine sites are also listed as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks including three that are State Antiquities Landmarks. Current listings The publicly disclosed locations of National Register properties and districts may be seen in a mapping service provided. Former listings See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas * List of Texas State Historic Sites * Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in El Paso County References External links Historical Markers Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's chief political ally in the state, Chihuahua Governor Abraham González, Villa returned to military service under Madero to fight the rebellion led by his former comrade Orozco. Although Orozco appealed with him to join his rebellion, Villa again gave Madero key military victories. With 400 cavalrymen, he captured Parral from the Orozquistas and then joined forces in the strategic city of Torreón with the Federal Army under the command of General Victoriano Huerta.Krauze, ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', p. 309. Huerta initially welcomed the successful Villa, and sought to bring him under his control by naming Villa an honorary brigadier general in the Federal Army, but Villa was not flattered or controlled easily. Huerta then sought to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascual Orozco
Pascual Orozco Vázquez, Jr. (in contemporary documents, sometimes spelled "Oroszco") (28 January 1882 – 30 August 1915) was a Mexican revolutionary leader who rose up to support Francisco I. Madero in late 1910 to depose long-time president Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911). Orozco was a natural military leader whose victory over the Federal Army at Ciudad Juárez was a key factor in forcing Díaz to resign in May 1911. Following Díaz's resignation and the democratic election of Madero in November 1911, Orozco served Madero as leader of the state militia in Chihuahua, a paltry reward for his service in the Mexican Revolution. Orozco revolted against the Madero government 16 months later, issuing the Plan Orozquista in March 1912. It was a serious revolt which the Federal Army struggled to suppress. When Victoriano Huerta led a coup d'état against Madero in February 1913 during which Madero was murdered, Orozco joined the Huerta regime. Orozco's revolt against Madero somew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Times
The ''El Paso Times'' is the newspaper for the US city of El Paso, Texas. The newspaper has an approximate daily circulation of 65,000 and 125,000 on Sundays. The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (when the ''El Paso Herald-Post'', an afternoon paper, closed in 1997), but often competes with the Spanish-language '' El Diario de El Paso'', an offshoot of ''El Diario de Juárez'' which is published across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Because of declining newspaper circulation with the rise of the internet, the ''El Paso Times ''has recently expanded its online capabilities and introduced continuous online updates. ''Times'' prices are $1.50 daily and $2 Sunday. For the Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday Ads edition, its cost is $5. History The paper was founded in 1881 by Marcellus Washington Carrico. The ''Times'' first published April 2, 1881. It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for the frontie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beto O'Rourke
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke ( , ; ; born September 26, 1972) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, and was the Democratic nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election. O'Rourke was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of Woodberry Forest School and Columbia University. While studying at Columbia, he began a brief music career as Bassist, bass guitarist in the post-hardcore band Foss (band), Foss. After his college graduation, he returned to El Paso and began a business career. In 2005, he was elected to the El Paso City Council, serving until 2011; he served as Pro tempore, mayor pro tempore during his first year in office. O'Rourke was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 2012 United States House of Representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Bernstein Kohlberg
Olga Bernstein Kohlberg (August 2, 1864,– August 12, 1935) was a Jewish Texan philanthropist and founder of the first public kindergarten in Texas. Kohlberg served as president of the Woman's Club of El Paso for two terms, one from 1899-1900 and the other from 1901-1902. Kohlberg lived in the historic Sunset Heights neighborhood. Biography Olga Bernstein Kohlberg was born in Elberfeld, Westphalia on August 2, 1864. Kohlberg married Ernst Kohlberg in 1884 and moved with him to El Paso, Texas. She learned both English and Spanish quickly. Kohlberg quickly became involved with the women's club movement in El Paso, Texas. Kohlberg was involved in the creation of the Child Culture Study Circle in 1891. This group helped create the first kindergarten in Texas which opened in El Paso in 1893. Later, the Child Culture Study Circle changed their name and their focus to the Current Topics Club. In 1894, members of the Current Topics Club helped Mary Irene Stanton with the creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (; 22 December 1854 – 13 January 1916) was a general in the Mexican Federal Army and 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. His violent seizure of power set off a new wave of armed conflict in the Mexican Revolution. After a military career under President Porfirio Díaz and Interim President Francisco León de la Barra, Huerta became a high-ranking officer during the presidency of Madero during the first phase of the Mexican Revolution (1911–13). In February 1913 Huerta joined a conspiracy against Madero, who entrusted him to control a revolt in Mexico City. The Ten Tragic Days – actually fifteen days – saw the forced resignation of Madero and his vice president and their murders. The coup was backed by the nascent German Empire as well as the United States under the Taft admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Independent School District
The El Paso Independent School District (or EPISD) is the largest school district serving El Paso, Texas ( USA). Originally organized in 1883, it is currently the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center (ESC) Region 19, as well as the largest district within the city of El Paso and El Paso County. The EPISD also provides public education to the children of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss. The district headquarters are located in El Paso. In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. Board of Trustees The EPISD is managed by a school board (called the Board of Trustees) composed of seven publicly elected school board trustees and a single superintendent. Each trustee represents one of the seven districts in the EPISD. Statistics * More than 63,000 students. * 92 campuses. * With more than 9,000 employees, it is the largest employer in El Paso. * Covers more than . * Estimated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally planned network that was laid out in 1956, and its last section was completed in 1990. I-10 stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 (SR 1, Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California, to I-95 in Jacksonville, Florida. Major cities connected by I-10 include (from west to east) Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Cruces, El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport, Mobile, Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville. Over one third of its total length is within the state of Texas, where the freeway spans the state at its widest breadth. Route description , - , California , , - , Arizona , , - , New Mexico , , - , Texas , , - , Louisiana , , - , Mississippi , , - , Alabama , , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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