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Magoffin Home State Historic Site
Magoffin, near downtown
An 1875 adobe hacienda still holding the furnishings of the family that helped build El Paso.
Why go
- Territorial-style adobe you can walk through, not just look at.
- The guided tour is the shortest route to understanding 19th-century El Paso.
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.
Chamizal National Memorial
A national park commemorating the peaceful settlement of a century-long border dispute between the United States and Mexico.