The following is a timeline of the history of the city of El Paso, Texas.
1682 – Ysleta Mission established.
1848 – El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
1849 – U.S. military Fort Bliss established.
1850 – El Paso County created.
1873 – El Paso incorporated.
1876 – Lone Star newspaper begins publication.
1881
Southern Pacific Railroad begins operating.
El Paso Times and El Paso Herald newspapers begin publication.
1882 – Avenida Lerdo–Stanton Street Bridge and Montgomery Building constructed.
1883 – First National Bank built.
1884
El Paso County seat relocated to El Paso from Ysleta.
El Paso Browns baseball team formed.
1889 – McGinty Club active.
1890 – Population: 10,338.
1892 – Santa Fe Street bridge built.
1895 – El Paso Public Library founded.
1899 – American Smelting and Refining Company plant in operation.
1900 – White House Department Store in business.
1901 – El Paso Electric Company formed.
1902
Electric streetcar begins operating.
Popular Dry Goods Department Store in business.
1906 – Union Depot opens.
1910 – Population: 39,279.
1911 – Anson Mills Building constructed.
1912 – Hotel Paso del Norte in business.
1914
Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso established.
Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy opens.
1917
Bath Riots occurred to protest new U.S. immigration/entry requirements for Mexican's crossing the border.
Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick dedicated.
1919 – June 15–16: Battle of Ciudad Juárez occurs near El Paso.
1920 – Population: 77,560.
1921 – Ku Klux Klan active.
1922 – El Paso Post newspaper begins publication.
1924 – United States Border Patrol begins operating.
1925 – Cathedral High School established.
1926 – Orndorff Hotel built.
1928 – El Paso Municipal Airport built.
1930
Bassett Tower built.
Plaza Theatre and El Paso Zoo open.
Hilton Hotel in business.
Population: 102,421.
1933 – Junior League of El Paso founded.[1]
1935 – Sun Bowl football contest begins.
1936 – United States Court House built.
1937
El Paso Mothers’ Health Center opens.
Kress Building constructed.
1938 – El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry established.
1939 – Fort Bliss National Cemetery established near city.
1940 – Population: 96,810 city; 131,067 county.
1942
Biggs Air Force Base begins operating near Fort Bliss.
Ysleta–Zaragoza Bridge rebuilt.
El Paso County Coliseum opens.
1946 – El Paso Drive-in cinema opens.
1948 – First city flag adopted.
1949 – Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy becomes Texas Western College
1950
Bronco Drive-In cinema opens.
Population: 130,485.
1952 – Town of Anthony incorporated near El Paso.
1954 – El Paso County Historical Society founded.
1959
El Paso Museum of Art founded.
Sunland Park Racetrack opens in nearby Sunland Park, New Mexico.
1960
El Paso Aerial Tramway begins operating.
Northgate Mall opens with "acres of parking"
Population: 276,687.
1961 – Village of Vinton incorporated near El Paso.
1962
Bassett Place shopping mall in business.
Chase Tower built.
New city flag adopted.
1963 – Sun Bowl stadium opens.
1965
U.S. Supreme Court decides El Paso v. Simmons contract-related lawsuit.
Fox Theatre (cinema) opens.
1967
Cordova Bridge built.
Texas Western College becomes University of Texas at El Paso.
El Paso BOTA Port of Entry built per Chamizal treaty.
1969 – San Jacinto Plaza remodelled.
1970 – Population: 322,261.
1971
El Paso Genealogical Society founded.
Wells Fargo Plaza hi-rise built.
1972
September: Raza Unida Party convention held in El Paso.
El Paso Community College established.
1973 – Biggs Air Force Base becomes Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss.
1974
Civic Center opens.
Cielo Vista Mall, first enclosed air-conditioned shopping center, opens.
Chamizal National Memorial established.
1977 – El Paso Museum of Archaeology established.
1980
Mujer Obrera (labor group) established.
Population: 425,259 city; 479,899 county.
1981 – Foreign trade zone established.
1983 – Kayser Building constructed.
1987
Franklin Mountains State Park opens.
Sun Metro Mass Transit System active.
1988
Sunland Park Mall in business.
Horizon City incorporated near El Paso.
1989 – El Paso Patriots soccer team formed.
1990 – Population: 515,342 city; 591,610 county.
1997 – Silvestre Reyes becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district.
1998 – City website online (approximate date).
1999 – Chihuahuan Desert Gardens established.
2000 – Population: 563,662 city; 679,622 county.
2003
Carolina Park skatepark opens.
Cinemark West cinema in business.
2004 – International news media reports on ongoing female homicides in Ciudad Juárez area.
2005
El Diario de El Paso Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
2006
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso established.
Major flooding from up to 10 inches of rain in one week.
2007
El Paso Marathon begins.
El Paso Skatepark Association formed.
2008 – Borderzine website launched.
2010
December 17: Mexican drone crashes down in El Paso.
Population: 649,121 city; 800,647 county.
2011 – Worst drought in a decade.
2013
ASARCO smokestacks demolished.
City Hall demolished to make room for Southwest University Park baseball stadium.
Timeline of El Paso, Texas Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA