El Paso, Texas Timeline of Events

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

Timeline of Events

1873

5.17.1873

El Paso, Texas is established by charter from the Texas Legislature.

1881

4.14.1881

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.

1895

8.19.1895

American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.