El Paso has significant history, whether it’s American western expansion via railroads, European colonization starting about 400 years ago, indigenous movement and settlement before that, or the prehistoric fossil record. One might call us a crossroads of the continent, a gap that allows movement from east to west, north to south.

Because of this, one of my priorities has been to make sure that El Paso County has a commitment to uplifting our history, both as a point of pride and as part of our economic development efforts.

Those efforts have borne fruit, as El Paso County has delivered on a series of actions. Several weeks ago, I was honored to receive recognition from Preservation Texas for this work, which includes:

Fighting to protect sites such as Duranguito, one of El Paso’s fir

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