Marker Inscription
Spanish version of Chihuahuita marker text (2002)
Historical Marker
Chihuahuita (2002)
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About this site
Chihuahuita is a historical marker in El Paso, El Paso County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7482, -106.4870 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chihuahuita (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Silver Dollar Cafe, San Jacinto Plaza, and El Paso's Syrian-Lebanese Community.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014827. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Chihuahuita, El Paso's smallest and oldest neighborhood, traces its roots back more than four centuries to Manso Indian settlements and a Spanish-era farming and irrigation system; Ricardo Brusuelas established a ranch here under an 1818 land grant. The barrio grew with the 1881 arrival of the railroad, became the city's First Ward in 1887, and swelled with refugees during the Mexican Revolution after 1910. So many immigrants entered the United States through its crossing that it earned the nickname 'Ellis Island of the West,' and El Paso declared the neighborhood a historic district in 1991.
Sources: hmdb.orgen.wikipedia.orgncph.org
Also at or near El Paso, El Paso County
“Chihuahuita” names 2 distinct records in El Paso County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 2002 in El Paso. The others:
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