Marker Number: 1423
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Text: Largest U.S. city on the Mexican border. Named for the mountain pass. Historic gateway for Indians, priests, gold-seekers, traders, stages.
Federal troops occupied this area longer than any other in Texas during the Civil War.
Agricultural, industrial and military center. Texas Western College, Spanish missions. 1964
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