250 years of El Paso History

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Across
  1. 4. This is the primary location where Braceros were screened.
  2. 5. UTEP Celebrated this milestone in 2014.
  3. 6. The arrival of this company brought an economic boom to El Paso in 1881.
  4. 8. This conflict arose from a dispute over ownership and control of salt lakes in San Elizario.
  5. 11. This outlaw turned general and folk-hero rose to fame in the Mexican Revolution.
  6. 13. This form of public transit used to be mule-powered in El Paso.
  7. 14. A notable feature of the El Paso skylin, these integral structures from the ASARCO plant were demolished in 2013.
  8. 15. This period, enacted by the 18th Amendment, is responsible for the growth of "Vice Tourism" in border towns like Juarez.
Down
  1. 1. These farm laborers were brought to work in U.S. agriculture under a guest worker program from 1942-1964.
  2. 2. This woman was friends with Margeret Sanger and was instrumental in the founding of El Paso Mother's Health Center.
  3. 3. You used to be able to visit alligators in this downtown plaza, now you can visit a statue of them by Luis Jimenez.
  4. 7. This conquistador is said to have held the actual "First Thanksgiving" after crossing the Rio Grande in 1598.
  5. 9. This tract of land was the subject of many U.S./Mexico border disputes due to the shifting of the Rio Grande.
  6. 10. This Mexica President met with U.S. President Taft in El Paso in 1909.
  7. 12. This student organization protested for the equal representation of Chicanos in UTEP classes, staff, and faculty.