In the early 1900's, a major race riot broke out downtown pitting El Pasoans and soldiers from Fort Bliss against Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals.
In 1981, an El Pasoan who developed a gadget that raised vehicle gas mileage to 160 miles per gallon was murdered. Over 40 years later, still no answers.
The infamous UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico was the flashpoint in a debate over whether UFO's are real and how todays technology was really developed.
The recent release of the movie Oppenheimer has put developing the world's first nuclear bomb back in the spotlight and peeps want to visit the Trinity Site.