Spanish explorers traveling north from Mexico in 1581 crossed the Rio Grande at present-day El Paso and called the area El Paso Del Norte, or "the pass of the n
The Southern Pacific Railroad was the second transcontinental line built in America, and the first that was open year-round. Railroads of Western Texas brings t
This report compiles surveys and investigations of the San Diego, El Paso & St. Louis Railroad, detailing a project to construct and equip a railway line from E