El Paso
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- Names
El Paso
El Paso del Norte
Magoffinsville
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located at foot of Franklin Mountains, across Rio Grande from Juárez, Mexico; Franciscans established mission across river in 1659; Spanish survivors of Pueblo Revolt (1680-1692) settled on this side of river; had border dispute with Mexico 1860s-1967.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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