history

El Paso's sports story runs deeper than you might think. Let’s take a stroll through the city's oldest stadiums that hold cherished memories.

Ok, well .... they weren't "battleships" but both were fully commissioned, United States Navy vessels and one had lots of guns.

The recent drama around "Cement Lake" on the west side was the first time many El Pasoans ever even heard of the lake. (Video above.) Did you know El Paso used to have other lakes?

The Alamos very distinctive facade wasn't supposed to look like it does. In fact, during the legendary battle between the Alamo defenders and Mexican troops, the "hump" at the structures center wasn't there at all.

Over the years, Theory, (Of A Deadman), have been all over El Paso and have played just about every venue ... including the Inn of the Mountain Gods near Ruidoso.

Forget the Mayo Clinic or Johns Hopkins; El Paso was the place to be in the early 1900's as tuberculosis ravaged the state and the country.

The Mt. Franklin Country Club in northeast El Paso came and went about 100 years ago. It was a beautiful, very cool setup ... for about 3 years. Then it became a sanitorium and now may soon be lost forever.

If you're from El Paso, went to UTEP and/or are a college basketball fan; you've heard the story of that epic 1966 championship game. Did you know you can actually still it?

BBQ in El Paso stretches back to the 1800's, (at least), and as the 19th century came to a close, it sparked a huge debate in El Paso that ultimately had to be settled by a judge.

The first City Hall in El Paso couldn't really be identified and the second was probably the coolest looking one. Today, it's once again kinda hidden in downtown El Paso.

Of the, (few), passengers that did make it off the doomed ship, a handful eventually made their way to Texas. A few settled in El Paso and they're still here to this day. Well, their remains are anyway ...

A famous 1930's gangster, perhaps the most famous of them al, has a place right here in the Borderland. 2 actually - 1 in Old Mesilla and the other in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.