El Paso History Tours | The El Paso Southwestern Station and Freight House
Dates: | April 3, 2024 |
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Meets: | W from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
Location: | Various |
Cost: | $0.00 |
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Meet in the parking lot at 420 North Campbell adjacent to El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Station and Freight House. This building is now the St. Rogers Depot and is an event center. Tour the outside of the station and note the design elements of the 1904 and 1905 construction. Then, tour the inside of the building and discuss the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and its acquisition by the Southern Pacific in 1924. Walk west down Franklin Street to the El Paso and Southwestern office building and then back on Main Street to the site of the Southern Pacific Station (1881). View the east end of the Bataan Memorial Trainway and the west end of the Southern Pacific Railyard. This tour is on 4/3.
Fee: | $0.00 |
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Ronald Leiman
Ronald Leiman is an active community member who has served, consulted and held positions in several organization in El Paso, including the Texas Retired Teachers Association as president and historian, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame and the El Paso County Historcal Commission. He currently serves as the vice-president of the Board of Directors for the El Paso Railroad and Transportation Museum. He is recognized as an El Paso historian and ha been giving presentations and walking tours in the border region since 2009.Prince McKenzie
Prince McKenzie is a descendent of a pioneer family who built the first railroad across Texas. He retired as curator with the City of El Paso Department of Museums in 2001. He is the co-founder and executive director of the Railorad and Transportation Museum of El Paso. In 2018, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the El Paso Archaeological Society and has seved on the County Historical Commission for five years.