Downtown El Paso - 1883
El Centro de El Paso - 1883

Downtown El Paso - 1883

El Paso in the year 1883: two years earlier the railroad had arrived in El Paso and the city started growing. People from all over the world came to the little town at the Rio Grande - contributing to the development of business, agriculture, commerce, mining and refining in the city.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso County Historical Society

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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