Anson Mills
Anson Mills

Anson Mills

Anson Mills, topógrafo, constructor, oficial del ejército, ingeniero, comisionado de la frontera americana, diplomático e inventor, nació en Thorntown, Indiana, el 31 de agosto de 1834, hijo de James P. y Sarah (Kenworthy) Mills. Asistió a la escuela en Indiana y Nueva York y aceptó una posición en la Academia Militar de Los Estados Unidos en 1855. Después de reprobar en West Point en 1857, él montó la diligencia del Correo Butterfield Overland a El Paso, donde llegó el 8 de mayo de 1858. Fue nombrado topógrafo de distrito e hizo los estudios topográficos de los Fuertes Quitman, Davis, Stockton y Bliss, todos en el Oeste de Texas. Él también construyó el Edificio de Overland, que fue la estructura más grande en El Paso por tres décadas. El 28 de febrero de 1859, Millls presentó un plano de un asentamiento llamado Rancho de Ponce, Franklin y Smithsville. Llamó a la pequeña comunidad El Paso, y el nombre se le quedó. El centro de la ciudad es todavía prácticamente como él lo planeó. Mills es mejor conmemorado, sin embargo, para la disputa de límites con México sobre la zona del Chamizal y por el Edificio Mills en El Paso. Como el Comisionado de la Frontera Americana se negó aceptar el acuerdo de arbitraje de 1911 que dio el Chamizal de El Paso a México. El Edificio Mills comenzó como el Grand Central Hotel, que Mills construyó en 1883. Cuando el hotel se quemó, él lo reemplazó con el Edificio Mills en 1911, en aquel tiempo el monolito de hormigón más grande del mundo. Hoy, ya no es el edificio más alto en El Paso, pero sigue siendo un hito de El Paso. Fuente: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmi36

Área: Central / Downtown

Fuente: El Paso County Historical Society

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

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