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Beto O'Rourke's House
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By: jdubble07.
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Beto O'Rourke is a businessman who is the current U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district. He is the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Texas Senate race, challenging incumbent Republican Ted Cruz.

Paul Foster's House
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
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Foster is the billionaire founder of Western Refining, an independent crude oil refiner and marketer headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Forbes estimates his net worth at $1.1 billion.

Vickie Guerrero's house (Eddie Guerrero's widow)
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By: koho56.
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Woody Hunt's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Woody L. Hunt is chairman and CEO of Hunt Companies, Inc. is a diversified investment, real estate development, design-build, construction management and asset management company. Founded in 1947, Hunt has become one of the nation’s leading developers and contractor’s with a focus on public-private ventures, military housing, mixed-use, multi-family housing, master-planned communities, office and retail. Headquartered in El Paso, Texas with regional offices in Albuquerque, NM; Honolulu, HI; and Washington, D.C., Hunt has over 360 employees and has been operated by the Hunt family for four generations. He was appointed to The University of Texas System Board of Regents by Governor George W. Bush in February 1999.
He owns this 17,828 sq ft home.

Ladder Truck
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
@ fire station 24

Buddy's Beer Barn
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
A drive-thru beer store.

Virgin of Guadalupe mural
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.

US Flag on an oil storage tank

Far West Rodeo
A country music night-club

Meyer Marcus' house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Meyer Marcus is chairman and owner of Mimco, a commercial real estate investment and management firm.

B-36 crash site
On 11 December 1953 a massive Convair B-36D 'Peacemaker' (serial number 44-92071A) crashed into the Franklin Mountains at El Paso, Texas while on approach to Biggs AFB. It was a snowy day in El Paso and low clouds completely hid the mountains from view. That fact combined with a confused and disoriented pilot, who apparenly refused to believe what ground control was telling him, contributed to the accident in which nine men died.
The giant bomber was flying in a NNE heading at an altitude of about 5200 feet when its right wing made contact with the mountain. The fuselage and left wing continued in the NNE heading across a ravine, slamming into a wall of solid rock on the other side.
Two pieces of the B-36 can be seen in the thumbnail, both from the right wing: one of the plane's jet engines (the white object at bottom center) and one of the main landing gears (the long shadow at top right). This photo shows the same scene from ground level: http://images.summitpost.org/original/457596.JPG
The left landing gear, not visible in the thumbnail, can be seen about 120 yards (111 meters) north of the jet engine just to the left of the terminal wall. There are many thousands of other pieces of the B-36 still on the mountain overlooking the West Side of El Paso, ranging in size from the three pieces mentioned above to tiny ones a few millimeters across or less.
The pilot and four of the crew who died in this crash had been involved in an earlier incident in England: They had flown a B-36 across the Atlantic but were unable to land at their intended destination due to fog, ran low on fuel, and, unbelievably, parachuted to safety, allowing the huge plane to fly unmanned for 30 minutes over the English countryside before crashing into a field without harm to human life. The British were understandably upset.

Convertible parked at an AutoZone store

Letters In El Paso
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
4 El Paso high schools have there letters on this mountain. One the left is E for El Paso High, on the right is J for Jefferson high. Just to the north on the west slope near the ridge is C for Coronado High, and on the east slope is A for Austin High. These have been here since the fifties.
There is also an M over by the UTEP campus

Blinding highway sign

Grafitti (DIRT)

Inflatible ram head
On the roof of a Dodge dealership.

Russell Aboud's house
Champion3 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Champion3.
Russell M. Aboud is an El Paso attorney.

Biggs Army Airfield
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Former Biggs Air Force Base. Nation's third longest airfield.
Biggs Airfield continues to host C-5A Galaxies and other Air Force airlift aircraft which transport personnel and equipment on rotation to Southwest Asia and other theaters of operation. Because of its heavy-duty and extra-long runway, Biggs occasionally accommodates a specially equipped Boeing 747 as it carries a space shuttle to Kennedy space Center in Florida from Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Jeff Steven's house
Jeff A. Stevens is president and CEO of Western Refining, a publicly traded oil refining firm.

B-24 crash of March 23, 1944
A small concrete monument marks the spot where a Consolidated B-24 Liberator impacted the Franklin Mountains in El Paso at about 2240 hrs on 23 March 1944. The plane had just taken off from Biggs Army Air Force Field on a routine training mission and failed to gain enough altitude to clear the mountain.
A small plaque on the monument lists the seven crewmen killed in the accident. Since the Google satellite view and link photos were taken, a weathered cross which had been knocked down by wind or vandals has been re-erected on the monument.

Fort Bliss
travelguy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: travelguy.
Fort Bliss, Texas

El Paso M
RCH (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: RCH.
Stone M on foothills in El Paso

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Ruiz family
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
Season 6, episode 18. Aired 03/15/2009.

Mobile ARM Missile Launcher
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
This motorpool contains SA-6 SAMs, PAT HAND radar, SA-9 TELs, SA-8 TELARs, SA-8 Transloaders, SA-13 TELARs, ZSU-23-4, 2S6M TELAR, SS-21 Scarab, BTR-60PB, Strykers, HMMWVs, SA-11 TELAR...and other additional equipment.
(Thank Alkavian for the IDs)

Benny Vanecek's house
Benjamin Vanecek is a McDonald's franchisee.

Albert B. Fall Mansion
Classical revival house built in 1907 and once owned by former New Mexico senator and US Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall. Albert Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in what became known as the 'Teapot Dome Scandal'.
The house is seen in disrepair in the thumbnail but has since then undergone an extensive restoration by the city of El Paso which is seeking a tenant.

Vickers Varsity T1 N65558 (formerly WJ948) in external storage at El Paso - West Texas Airport
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

El Paso High School
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

El Paso Border Crossing (US-Mexico)
nic (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nic.

El Paso Border Crossing 3 (US-Mexico)
TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: TexasAndroid.

McDonnell Douglas MD-220
Concord977 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Concord977.
McDonnell Douglas MD220, 4-engine business jet. Only one ever built.

Sun Bowl Stadium
RCH (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: RCH.
University of Texas El Paso Football Stadiun

Death of John Wesley Hardin
Site of the Acme Saloon where Hardin was gunned down.
Text of the plaque:
John Wesley Hardin.
The West's most feared gunman, killer of at least 26 men, was shot dead in the Acme Saloon on this site Aug. 19, 1895.
Hardin was shot in the back of the head by El Paso constable John Selman.
At Selman's trial a witness testified: "If Hardin was shot in the eye it was excellent marksmanship, if he was shot in the back it was excellect judgement."
Selman, out on bail a few months later, was killed in a gunfight.

Former location of Chico's Tacos, McRae Blvd. El Paso
kiddzimahater (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kiddzimahater.
This is the former eastside location of Chico's Tacos on McRae Blvd. in El Paso Tx. It was closed, and a new location was opened on Montwood Dr.
The building was demolished in the spring/summer of 2012.

Wyler Aerial Tramway

UTEP Miners
Josema (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Josema.

El Paso Speedway Park
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
3/8 mile oval track features sprint cars, modifieds, late models, trucks, and street stocks. The track was created in 1979.

Trooper Stadium, Eastwood High School

El Paso County Coliseum
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Sun Bowl Stadium
The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. It is home to the UTEP Miners of Conference USA , and the late December college football bowl game, the Hyundai Sun Bowl. The stadium was opened in 1963 and has a current seating capacity of 51,500.

UTEP
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Ahmed Badr's house
Ahmed Badr is a critical care doctor.

Train crossing the Rio Grande
From New Mexico into Texas at El Paso.

Go-cart race with giraffe sculpture

Gregory Misenhimer's house
Gregory Misenhimer is an orthopedic surgeon.

Don Haskins Center
The Don Haskins Center, home of the University of Texas at El Paso Athletics Men's and Women's Basketball teams, is named after the legendary UTEP basketball coach. Used as a basketball facility, it has a permanent hardwood floor with Safeguard floor covering and is configured as a 127' x 84' octagon. The center is also one of the most flexible performance arenas in the Southwest. It features 11,767 permanent seats, 36 wheelchair spaces, and 800 portable seats in the round, and 7,000-9,000 seats with end-stage seating.

Chamizal National Memorial
Ozzy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Ozzy.
Chamizal National Memorial was established to commemorate The Chamizal Convention of 1963, a diplomatic between Mexico and the United States. which resulted in the peaceful settlement of a long boundary dispute.
Note: Move north on the map and you will see the original markers (small posts)along the path that market the old border between the US and Mexico.

Uniroyal Gal
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
This fiberglass statue stands well off the beaten path in an open lot.

Compass Rose - El Paso International Airport
Ozzy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Ozzy.

ASARCO smokestack
American Smelting and Refining Co. copper smelter smokestack.

Album Park
Officially Eastwood Park (the name on the sign), but nobody calls it that.

Grumman Albatross at El Paso International
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

East Point Elementary School

Hunting Jet Provost
Gosell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Gosell.
British Jet trainer from 1950s-60s.

José 93.9
aka KINT-FM 93.9

Airplane landing at El Paso International
Ozzy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Ozzy.
Jat landing at El Paso International Airport.

Helicopter Wreckage
One of the scenarios at Briggs Army Airfield's fire and rescue training area.

Rogelio Sanchez State Jail
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.
Medium security prison located in El Paso, Texas.
Opened in 1996
Inmate capacity - 1100

UTEP Library
Library at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Sport Hawk 727
Boeing 727 once owned by Sport Hawk Chicago now owned by Interair South Africa and stored at El Paso International.

Panhandler / homeless person holding a sign

War Spoils
A pair of camoflaged Russian-made Mi-8 helicopters at Fort Bliss, TX

C-17 Globemaster refueling at Biggs Army Airfield

Raytheon MIM-23 "HAWK"
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Randy Pollet's house
Randy J. Pollet is an orthopedic surgeon.

El Paso International Airport (ELP)

F-106 Delta Darts at El Paso International

El Paso Community College, Transmountain Campus

Manouchehr Refaeian's house
Manouchehr Refaeian is a rehabilitation physician.

El Paso / Mexico Gaps
Keith (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Keith.
Found these maps while scoping the Mexian-USA border looking for illegal imigrant boats!
MOD: Filled in now

WalMart 18-wheeler

T-38 Talon at El Paso International

Helson Pacheco's house
Helson Pacheco is a neurosurgeon.

Convair 990
Gosell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Gosell.
The Convair 990 (circa 1961) was the world's fastest airliner in that era. The aerodynamic pods on the trailing edge of the wing were supposed to help speed.

Train in motion

Nike Missile in front of Irvin High School
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Home of the Irvin Rockets.

Camouflaged Patriot Missile Battery (Ft Bliss)
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Franklin Mountains State Park, Smuggler's Pass Unit

Water well drilling rig

Insights El Paso Science Museum

Gary Del Palacio Recreation Center

Ysleta Mission
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

High-scoring college football game
Northern Illinois 63, Toledo 60. Game played at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio on 1 November 2011.

Putt-Putt Golf & Games

St. Patrick's Cathedral
The Cathedral Parish of St Patrick is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso, Texas. It was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, an architectural firm from St Louis, Missouri. It was built in the form of a Byzantine basilica, in the Italian Renaissance style. The ground was broken on 8 April 1914.

Fire truck

B-377SGT-201 (Super Guppy Turbine)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.
NASA 941

Chico's Tacos #4
kiddzimahater (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kiddzimahater.
Chico's Tacos restaurant #4. El Paso, Tx. 11381 Montwood Dr.
This is the new, 'Fancy' location that opened after the historic location on McRae Blvd. closed.
World famous for their rolled tacos (Flautas) in red sauce.

Smuggler's Pass
A natural pass through the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, widened and deepened during the construction of Transmountain Road in the 1970's.

Concordia Cemetery
An old cemetery where many people from El Paso's past are buried, including the notorious gunman, John Wesley Hardin.

Smeltertown Cemetery
kiddzimahater (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kiddzimahater.
Smeltertown Cemetery. Opened in 1882 and closed in 1970, for workers and families of the nearby ASARCO Copper Refinery and Smelter. Located on top of a hill over looking the Asarco Plant (Now closed) in El Paso Tx. with 669 interments.

US Border Patrol Museum

Southwest University Park
Home of the El Paso Chihuahuas

Virgin of Guadalupe Mural

Takeoff from El Paso International
Small plane taking off from El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas

Alabama
Sam034 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Sam034.

J. B. Hill Boot Company
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.
When it comes to style, J.B. Hill's cutting edge designs balance modern fashion with uncompromising respect for traditional American Cowboy Boots. Many boot aficionados consider the J.B. Hill boot a work of art. J.B. Hill boots are handmade by a highly skilled team of bootmakers referred to as “maestros”. These bootmakers are second and third generation craftsman who learned their trade from their fathers and grandfathers before them.
The Boot of the month for September is only $1,120 a pair!

Sierra Medical Center
AdrianoMark (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AdrianoMark.

Pregnant Guppy