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University of Texas

The University of Texas at El Paso is a public, research, Ph.D.-granting institution in the University of Texas System. The school was founded in 1914 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, and a practice mineshaft survives on the mountainous desert campus. Following a reorganization of the University of Texas in 1920, the school was renamed the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas. It became Texas Western College of the University of Texas in 1949, and The University of Texas at El Paso in 1967. In fall 2014, enrollment was 23,079 (19,817 undergraduate and 3,262 graduate students). UTEP is the largest university in the U.S. with a majority Mexican American student population (about 70%). The El Paso, Texas, campus features a one-of-a-kind collection of buildings in the Bhutanese architectural style. The UTEP campus is located on hillsides overlooking the Rio Grande, with Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, within easy view across the border. Another notable feature of UTEP is its athletic history. UTEP was the first college in any Southern state in the United States to integrate its intercollegiate sports programs. To this date it is the only school in Texas to bring home an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, which it achieved in 1966. The movie Glory Road recounts this story.

El Paso Museum of Archaeology

The El Paso Museum of Archaeology is a museum which presents information about the prehistory of the area surrounding El Paso, Texas. The museum located in Wilderness Park at 4301 Transmountain Road in the city and county of El Paso, in the U.S. state of Texas, and is adjacent to the National Border Patrol Museum at the base of the Franklin Mountains. It is located near several "significant" archaeological sites, including rock art in the Franklin Mountains and Mogollon pueblo sites. The museum attracts about 42,000 visitors every year. Admission is free.

El Paso Zoo

The El Paso Zoo is a zoo located in El Paso, Texas. The 35-acre facility houses animals representing over 220 species, including such critically endangered species as the Amur leopard and the Aruba rattlesnake. The zoo is home to a sea lion exhibit, which hosts daily shows, as well as exotic animals from around the world with feature attractions such as the African Star train and the Hunt Family Desert Spring. The zoo recently expanded in size with the addition on the new African Exhibit featuring lions, zebras, and giraffes. The El Paso Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .

El Paso Museum of Art

Founded in 1959, The El Paso Museum of Art is located in downtown El Paso, Texas. First accredited in 1972, it is the only accredited art museum within a 250 mile radius and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per year. A new building was completed in 1998. In addition to its permanent collections and special exhibitions, the museum also offers art classes, film series, lectures, concerts, storytelling sessions and other educational programs to the West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico community. EPMAs Algur H. Meadows Art Library houses a special collection of art and art history reference books. It is best known for its 57-piece Samuel H. Kress collection of 12th–18th-century European Art including works by Bernardo Bellotto, Benedetto Bonfigli, Canaletto, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Vincenzo Catena, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Carlo Crivelli, Vittore Crivelli, Macrino dAlba, Jacopo da Sellaio, Nicolò da Voltri, Juan de Borgoña, Jacopo del Sellaio, Martino di Bartolomeo, Giovanni di Paolo, Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Sano di Pietro, Battista Dossi, Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, Juan de Valdés Leal, Benvenuto Tisi, Filippino Lippi, Lorenzo Lotto, Alessandro Magnasco, the Master of the Bambino Vispo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Andrea Previtali, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Pietro Rotari, Bernardo Strozzi, Anthony van Dyck, and Francisco Zurbarán. The permanent collection includes North American works of art by Manuel Gregorio Acosta, Frank Duveneck, Childe Hassam, George Inness, Manuel Neri, Rembrandt Peale, Frederic Remington, and Gilbert Stuart, among others. The museum has developed a major collection of contemporary Southwestern United States and Mexican artists with an emphasis on Texas, New Mexico, and the border region including works by Ho Baron, Julie Bozzi, Carlos Callejo, Susan Davidoff, James Drake, Gaspar Enríquez, Vernon Fisher, Carmen Lomas Garza, Harry Geffert, Sam Gilliam, Gronk, Becky Hendrick, Luis Jiménez, Donald Judd, Jim Love, Gilbert Lujan, James Magee, Melissa Miller, Jesús Moroles, Celia Muñoz, Kermit Oliver, Ray Parish, Nadezda Prvulovic, Linda Ridgway, María Sada, Fritz Scholder, James Surls, Willie Varela, and Shane Wiggs. Other special collections include Pre-Columbian and Mexican colonial art, early 19th-century through the mid 20th-century American art, and a collection of works on paper including Old Master, 19th-century, and American Scene prints, reproductive engravings, and photographs.

El Paso Museum of History

The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space. Galleries in the museum feature traveling exhibitions as well as several permanent exhibitions. The museum also presents special programs and has a permanent digital touchscreen wall and a traveling wall. The museum is run by the City of El Paso.

Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial, located in El Paso, Texas, along the United States–Mexico international border, is a National Park Service site commemorating the peaceful settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute.

Paso del Norte International Bridge

The Paso del Norte International Bridge is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. The bridge is also known as "Paso del Norte Bridge", "Santa Fe Street Bridge", "Puente Benito Juárez", "Puente Paso del Norte" and "Puente Juárez-Santa Fe". The Paso del Norte International Bridge is a four-lane bridge for northbound non-commercial traffic only. The bridge was constructed in 1967. The American side of the bridge is owned and operated by the City of El Paso.

Hueco Tanks

Hueco Tanks is an area of low mountains 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 water-holding depressions in the boulders and rock faces throughout the region. Hueco Tanks is thus a redundant phrase. Due to the unique concentration of historic artifacts, plants and wildlife, the site is under protection of Texas law; it is a crime to remove, alter, or destroy them, although before the park was formed, considerable changes were attempted during private ownership. At one time, the site was the Escontrias Ranch. It was a stagecoach stop for the Butterfield Stage. The names of Texas Rangers and of US Cavalrymen, as well as Native American artifacts and paintings, attest to its historic nature. Hueco Tanks State Historic Site is located approximately 32 miles northeast of El Paso, Texas, accessible via El Pasos Montana Avenue, by turning at RM 2775. The park consists of three syenite mountains; it is 860 acres in area and is popular for recreation such as birding and bouldering. The syenite pluton was formed 34-38 million years ago, as part of a larger range, the Hueco Mountains, which range in age to over 320 million years ago, when this area was covered by an inland sea. The pluton was eventually exposed through weathering to form the rock formations visible today, which jut from the desert floor. The site contains enough water to support live oaks and junipers, species which survive from the last ice age. Freshwater shrimp and spadefoot toads survive at the site . Hueco Tanks is also widely regarded as one of the best areas in the world for bouldering, unique for its rock type, the concentration and quality of the climbing. In any given climbing season, which generally lasts from October through March, it is common for climbers from across Europe, Asia, and Australia to visit the park. Since implementation of the Public Use Plan, following a brief closure of the entire park due to the park services inability to manage the growing crowds of international climbers, more than 2/3 of the park is restricted to tours by volunteer or commercial guides. Only North Mountain is accessible without guides, and then only for about 70 people at any given time, except on the south side at ground level, which is closed to the public. The park offers camping and showers for about $7.00 a day or, as is most popular for climbers, the nearby Hueco Rock Ranch offers camping where climbers can relax and socialize. This is also where commercial guides can be found, and where many volunteer guides stay during the climbing season. Huecos future as a climbing site is currently in deep question, threatening closure pending the sites transfer to the Texas Historical Commission. The Texas Historical Commission has a policy of closing sites to climbing due to damage to vegetation, damage to rock formations, and issues with trash cleanup and littering. Climbers contend that these concerns are exaggerated.

Franklin Mountains State Park

Franklin Mountains State Park is a Texas state park in El Paso, Texas in the United States. It is at an elevation of 5,426 feet . It is the largest urban park in the nation lying completely within city limits, covering 24,247.56 acres . Franklin Mountains State Park is open for year-round recreation including hiking, mountain biking, picnicking and scenic driving and vistas.

McKelligon Canyon

McKelligon Canyon is the location of a 1,503-seat amphitheater located in El Paso, Texas, United States, where the play Viva El Paso! is presented. The amphitheater is also used for concerts, graduation ceremonies, and other special events. Adjacent is the 300-seat McKelligon Canyon Pavilion.

Magoffin Homestead

Magoffin Home is located in El Paso, Texas. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The surrounding area was declared the Magoffin Historic District on February 19, 1985. The home is now known as the Magoffin Home State Historic Site. The Magoffin Home, built in 1875, is a combination of the local adobe style combined with Greek revival details and is an example of the Territorial style. The thick adobe walls keep the house cool in the summer heat and warm in the winter. The house consists of three wings, each built at a different time, the last being built in the 1880s as the center that connected the two previous wings. There are 19 rooms, 8 fireplaces, and 14-foot ceilings. Members of the family lived in it for 110 years, and many of the original furnishings are still displayed, including a 13-foot-tall half-canopy bed. Built by pioneer Joseph Magoffin, he lived there with his wife, Octavia until their deaths. Their daughter, Josephine, who had married William Jefferson Glasgow, a future Brigadier General in an extravaganza newspapers hailed as the wedding of the century, inherited the house. The last member of the family to live in the home was Octavia Magoffin Glasgow, Josephines daughter, who died in 1986. Shy but friendly spirits reportedly still inhabit the home. After retiring from the military, the Glasgows returned to El Paso, Texas and remodeled the interior of the home, installing gas heat, updating plumbing and electrical service, and modernizing the kitchen. The remodeling including removing the Victorian wallpapers and the canvas ceilings. In 1976, the home was sold to the City and State, although Josephs granddaughter, Octavia Magoffin Glasgow, retained lifetime tenancy and continued to live in the home until her death in 1986. In 1977-1978, the house was restored by historic preservationist Eugene George, a professor of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. The homestead is located at 1120 Magoffin Ave. in El Paso, Texas and is currently jointly owned by the City of El Paso and the State of Texas. It is maintained by the Texas Historical Commission. There is a historical marker. The Casa Magoffin Companeros host several annual events at the home, including a Victorian Tea in May and a Holiday Tea and Reception in December.

Don Haskins Center

The Don Haskins Center, formerly known as the Special Events Center, is the home of UTEP Miners mens and womens basketball. The Don, as it is known by local residents, is located in the heart of El Paso, Texas. In addition to hosting sporting events, the Don is also used by many area schools, such as El Paso Community College, for graduation and commencement ceremonies. Due to its large seating capacity, the center is also the citys premier entertainment venue and has hosted big name acts such as pop star Britney Spears during her Circus Tour, comedian George Lopez and rock band KISS.

Hotel Paso del Norte

Hotel Paso del Norte is a historic hotel located in El Paso, Texas, United States less than one mile north from the international border with Mexico. The hotel was designed by Trost & Trost and opened in 1912. The hotel was extensively remodeled in 2004 and renamed the Camino Real El Paso Hotel. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1979. Camino Real El Paso is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Zack T. White, a wealthy El Paso business]sman, financed construction of the hotel. After witnessing a fire destroy another hotel in El Paso, White and architect Henry Charles Trost traveled to San Francisco, California to try to understand how some buildings there survived the earthquake and fire in 1906. The hotel cost $1.5 million to build in order to make it one of the sturdiest structures in El Paso and the most ornate. The large hotel lobby features a stained glass dome over twenty-five feet in diameter designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. During the Mexican Revolution, it was popular to watch firefights between the revolutionaries and the Mexican Army from the terrace on the top of the hotel. Some of the notable people who stayed at the hotel include Gloria Swanson, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, General Alvaro Obregon, John Reed , Will Rogers, Enrico Caruso, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, the then Vice President Richard Nixon. On February 1, 1971, the hotel was sold by the daughter of Zach White to the T. G. K. Investment Company. The Paso del Norte Hotel Corporation acquired the hotel in February 1975 and then transferred ownership to Z. W. Limited. The Paso del Norte Hotel Corporation remains as a general partner of Z. W. Limited. A 17-story addition was constructed in 1986 on the north side of the hotel. The hotel now has 359 rooms and is still in use. The hotel is currently operated by Camino Real Hotels.

United States Court House

The El Paso U.S. Courthouse, also known as El Paso Federal Building or the U.S. Court House, is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The building was completed in 1936 and served historically as a courthouse and as a government office building. It is located at 511 East San Antonio Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

El Paso Public Library

El Paso Public Library is the municipal public library system of El Paso, Texas. The El Paso Public Library serves the needs the public in El Paso, Texas, Chaparral, New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It consists of 13 branches and one Bookmobile service. Multiple outreach services are also available including a Homebound service. The main collection consists of 902,521 items in multiple formats including books, reference, downloadble eBooks, audio books, music and movies, DVDs, CDs, large-print books, magazines and newspapers. Special Collections include a Government Documents Collection, Border Heritage Collection and RAZA Collection.

Wyler Aerial Tramway

Wyler Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway in El Paso, Texas, United States. The tramway is operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is located in Franklin Mountains State Park. The tramway complex covers 196 acres on the east side of the Franklin Mountains. The gondolas travel along two 2600 foot 1 3/8" diameter steel cables to Ranger Peak, 5,632 feet above sea level. The trip takes about four minutes and lifts riders up 940 vertical feet above the boarding area.

El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center

The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center is located at 715 N. Oregon in the city and county of El Paso, in the U.S. state of Texas. The museum was founded in 1994 by Nazi Holocaust survivor Henry Kellen. It was established to educate the public about the Third Reich, the concentration camps and resistance movements during World War II. Funding for the museum is provided through donations and grants.

Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens

The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens is a cultural history and natural history museum on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas, United States. The museum was built during the 1936 Texas Centennial.

Plaza Theatre

The Plaza Theatre is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. The theater stands as one of the citys most well-known landmarks, and remains operational today, showing various Broadway productions, musical concerts, and individual performers.

Cohen Stadium

Cohen Stadium is a stadium on the Northeast side of El Paso, Texas, by the Patriot Freeway, next to the Franklin Mountains. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the El Paso Diablos minor league baseball team. It opened in 1990 and holds 9,725 people. The park is known as being an extremely hitter-friendly park, due to its high elevation, low humidity, and favorable wind currents toward the outfield. Even though it was primarily used for baseball, Cohen Stadium is also used for concerts, boxing, and soccer games. Starting in 2012, it will also be home to the El Paso Santos and Las Cruces Guerreros minor-league soccer teams. Both teams will play from February until April so as to not interfere with the Diablos season. It replaced Dudley Field. Cohen Stadium was named for the former Major League Baseball players Andy Cohen and his brother Syd Cohen who are El Paso natives. In December 2009 the stadiums cement canopy was partially torn away by heavy winds in El Paso. Winds of the storm which caused the damage exceeded 70 mph. World famous DJ Tiesto made an appearance at Cohen Stadium on May 6, 2011 with an estimated attendance of 10,000 people. Later that year Cohen Stadium also hosted the first annual Sun City Music Festival on September 3 and 4, 2011. The festival is dedicated to the worlds largest electronic-dance music artists having headliners such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Afrojack, Funkagenda, Sander van Doorn among others. In 2012 SCMF was moved to Ascarate Park.

Memorial Gymnasium

Memorial Gym is a 5,200 seat multi-purpose arena in El Paso, Texas. It was home to the Texas Western College Miners basketball teams until the Don Haskins Center, then known as the Special Events Center, opened in 1976, by which time Texas Western had changed its name to the current University of Texas at El Paso. Memorial Gym was the home court of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team that won the NCAA title, using five black starters to defeat Adolph Rupps all-white Kentucky squad. Since 1974 Memorial Gym has been home to UTEP womens volleyball. Memorial Gym hosted the first and second rounds of the 2011 Conference USA Womens basketball tournament. "Facilities-Memorial Gymnasium". UTEP Athletics. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

Williams Convention Center

Judson F. Williams Convention Center, better known as the Civic Center, is located on Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, Texas, adjacent to the Abraham Chavez Theatre. It was expanded in 2002 and now features 80,000 square feet of columnless exhibit space with seating for up to 8,000 people. The convention center also has three lobbies totalling 38,300 square feet , including a 23,000-square-foot main lobby, plus 14,900 square feet of meeting space. Williams Convention Center's ceiling height is 28 feet ; the center has excellent acoustics for many conventions and concerts held at the Center. Trade shows and other special events also held at Williams Convention Center. The convention center is also home to the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta.

Abraham Chavez Theatre

Abraham Chavez Theatre, known simply as the Chavez Theatre, is a 2,500-seat concert hall located in El Paso, Texas. It is adjacent to the Williams Convention Center. Its exterior resembles a sombrero and features a three-story glass main entrance. The Abraham Chavez Theatre is named after Maestro Abraham Chavez who was the longtime conductor of the El Paso Symphony. Famous people who have performed here include Gabriel Iglesias, Aaron Velasco, Tim Black, Hunter Downing, Erik Carvajal and Joshua Ryan. Inside, the theatre has a 5,000-square-foot lobby and a 40-by-56-foot stage as well as 14 dressing rooms. The theater's seating is in three levels. There is also a meeting room adjacent to the theater. Events held at Chavez Theatre include concerts, Broadway shows, graduation ceremonies, performances of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and other special events. After the death of Quinton Stralzburg in the main auditorium, stories of evil spirits and demons have become common among the custodial staff. This has led to a small cover up of the happenings on site by the owners of the theater.

Southwest University Park

Southwest University Park is a stadium in El Paso, Texas. Primarily used for minor league baseball, it is the home of the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. Opened in 2014, the facility has an official capacity of 9,500, with 7,500 fixed seats with the rest being berm and party deck standing room sections. The name "Southwest University" is applied as a corporate sponsor, and not as the home stadium of the University (which has no intercollegiate athletics program). Southwest University Park was named as the best new ball park in 2014 by Ballpark Digest. The elevation of the playing field is approximately 3,750 feet above sea level.

KLAQ

KLAQ , known as "The Q 95.5", is an active rock radio station based in El Paso, Texas. The station is under ownership of Townsquare Media. KLAQ began operations in 1978, replacing El Paso's previous rock station, KPAS 94FM , which changed formats in late-1981. KPAS changed due to mismanagement. KLAQ is the fifth largest radio station in El Paso audience wise, according to Arbitron Fall 2008 ratings. The station is generally known as a promoter and catalyst of the largest events and entertainment in El Paso. The station is home to Buzz Adams and The popular Morning Show With Buzz Adams.

Fort Bliss National Cemetery

Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the United States Army post of Fort Bliss, in El Paso County, Texas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 82.1 acres , and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments.

Alhambra Theatre

The Alhambra Theatre, also known as the Palace Theatre, is a building in El Paso, Texas. The building was designed by architect Henry C. Trost. The theatre opened on August 1, 1914. It is an example of Moorish Revival architecture.

Old Bnai Zion Synagogue

Old Bnai Zion Synagogue is a historic synagogue at 906 N. El Paso Street in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register in 1984.

Bassett Tower

The O. T. Bassett Tower is an Art Deco skyscraper located at 303 Texas Avenue in Downtown El Paso, Texas. It was built by Charles N. Bassett, who named it in honor of his father. The tower was designed by Trost & Trost and completed in 1930, making it one of Henry Trost's last commissions. It was briefly the tallest building in the city but was surpassed later the same year by the Hilton Hotel. The Bassett Tower is 196 feet tall and has 15 stories, with setbacks at the tenth and thirteenth floors. It is faced with tan brick veneer and adorned with stone and terra cotta decorative elements, including a sculpted face over the main entrance which is believed to be that of Trost himself. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Luhrs Tower in Phoenix, Arizona was also designed by Trost & Trost and is very similar to the Bassett Tower.

Wells Fargo Plaza

The Wells Fargo Plaza is a high-rise skyscraper located on 221 North Kansas Street in Downtown El Paso, Texas, United States. It opened as the First National Bank Plaza on October 25, 1971, and was later renamed the State National Plaza. It is 296 feet tall. It is designed in the International Style. The tower sits on a base three stories high, then rises to its full height. The repetitive angular windows add another International Style element of blocky appearance and expression of structure. The tower is lit at night with 13 horizontal white lines. A U.S. Flag design is used during patriotic holidays, and a Christmas tree design is used during the holiday season. The letters "UTEP" are used during the football and basketball season for the University of Texas at El Paso, and, less frequently, the Texas Tech University logo is also used.

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Top Attractions in El Paso

University of Texas

El Paso Museum of Archaeology

El Paso Zoo

El Paso Museum of Art

El Paso Museum of History

Chamizal National Memorial

Paso del Norte International Bridge

Hueco Tanks

Franklin Mountains State Park

McKelligon Canyon

Magoffin Homestead

Don Haskins Center

Hotel Paso del Norte

United States Court House

El Paso Public Library

Wyler Aerial Tramway

El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center

Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens

Plaza Theatre

Cohen Stadium

Memorial Gymnasium

Williams Convention Center

Abraham Chavez Theatre

Southwest University Park

KLAQ

Fort Bliss National Cemetery

Alhambra Theatre

Old Bnai Zion Synagogue

Bassett Tower

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Next Stop Instructions

Add tour to What's Next?

Either for yourself or someone else...

It also makes a great souvenir of your trip

Collections

Create a home page for a collection of attractions

Uses

Examples

Walking/Driving Tours

A guided tour where GuRoute will direct you from stop to stop and narrate a description of each attraction you arrive at

Cater tours to your Audience

What you need to do...

Mystery Tour

Create a Mystery Tour

Scavenger Hunt

Create a Scavenger Hunt