On April 30th, 1598, Don Juan De Onate, with 500 colonists and 7000 head of livestock arrived on the banks of the Rio Grande in the San Elizario area. They broke out a feast of fish, fowl and deer. This day is considered to be the very first (WHAT) in present day United States?
During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa bribed what publication for favorable coverage. This accusation was made public by then Mayor Tom Lea in the El Paso Herald on July 14, 1916.
In 1933 after looking out the back window of his residence in the community of Smeltertown, Fr. Lourdes Costa envisioned erecting a monument at the summit of this glorious mountain.