El Paso's Vast History | El Paso County Roads from 1850 to Current Day (9/24)
| Dates: | September 24, 2025 |
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| Meets: | W from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
| Location: | Various |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
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Support Person: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Phone: (915) 747-6280 Email: olli@utep.edu
Please note: this course requires membership in courses that are currently unavailable
El Paso County was established in 1850 and roads soon followed. The group will meet in the Mission Trail Association Building at the Nestor Valencia Transfer Station (9065 Alameda Avenue 79907) The first roads were military roads soon followed by mail and passenger stagecoach routes in the 1850s. The Jackass Mail Route passed nearby. In 1881, the Southern Pacific Railroad entered El Paso from the west and continued east to Sierra Blanca, Texas. The Ysleta Train Station was located five blocks north of our location. In 1913, the Ysleta Interurban Streetcar connected Ysleta to downtown El Paso. In 1916 the Texas State Highway Department was formed, and State Highway 1 would follow Alameda Avenue just outside our doors. In 1925, buses replaced the trolley line to Ysleta. The group will discuss the development of farm roads in Texas and in El Paso County in particular and learn about the Bankhead Highway, the Broadway of America and todays’s Texas State Highway 20. This tour is on 9/24.
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Ronald Leiman
Ronald Leiman is an active community member who has served, consulted and held positions in several organization in El Paso, including the Texas Retired Teachers Association as president and historian, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame and the El Paso County Historcal Commission. He currently serves as the vice-president of the Board of Directors for the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum. He is recognized as an El Paso historian and ha been giving presentations and walking tours in the border region since 2009.Prince McKenzie
Prince McKenzie is a descendent of a pioneer family who built the first railroad across Texas. He retired as curator with the City of El Paso Department of Museums in 2001. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Railorad and Transportation Museum of El Paso. In 2018, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the El Paso Archaeological Society and has seved on the County Historical Commission for five years.
