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This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas. There are 13 districts, two National Historic Landmarks, 50 individual properties, and one former property listed on the National Register in the county. Two of these sites are State Historic Sites.
Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.
2. Wells Fargo Plaza. 302 ft (92 m) 21. 1971. Was the tallest building in El Paso for approximately 50 years, originally the State National Bank Plaza. [ 7] Tallest building constructed in El Paso in the 1970s. [ 1] Previously known as the Norwest Plaza prior to the merger of Norwest Corporation and Wells Fargo . 3.
Website. www.epcounty.com. El Paso County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 865,657, [ 1 ] making it the ninth-most populous county in the state of Texas. Its seat is the city of El Paso, [ 2 ] the sixth-most populous city in Texas and the 22nd-most populous city in the United States.
January 13, 2021. Designated TSHS. June 12, 1969. Hueco Tanks is an area of low mountains and historic site in El Paso County, Texas, in the United States. It is located in a high-altitude desert basin between the Franklin Mountains to the west and the Hueco Mountains to the east. Hueco is a Spanish word meaning hollows and refers to the many ...
Lucy G. Acosta (1926-2008), activist and political appointee. [1] Suzie Azar (born 1946), aviator, politician and first woman to serve as mayor of El Paso. [2] Kathleen Cardone (born 1953), United States District Judge. [3] Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), first woman elected to office in the city of El Paso.
El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]