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Chamizal National Memorial

Central, along the border

A national park commemorating the peaceful settlement of a century-long border dispute between the United States and Mexico.

Why go

  • The visitor center explains why the river — and the border — moved.
  • Grounds, a theater, and a steady program of bicultural arts events.

More history & heritage

The Mission Trail

Three centuries of continuous worship along the valley: Ysleta Mission, Socorro Mission, and the San Elizario Chapel.

Concordia Cemetery

A sprawling frontier burial ground with separate sections for Chinese railroad workers, Buffalo Soldiers, Jesuits, and the gunfighter John Wesley Hardin.

Magoffin Home State Historic Site

An 1875 adobe hacienda still holding the furnishings of the family that helped build El Paso.