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Photo Diary: San Jacinto Plaza, El Paso TX [1]
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Date: 2023-05-27
This is a very nice little park in downtown El Paso. It’s a great place to sit and have lunch while exploring the city.
Some photos.
For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I visit. My diaries are running about ten days behind where I actually am.
The park
Like all early Spanish and Mexican towns, El Paso was laid out with a central plaza
Lots of sidewalk
Desert plants
Some nice-looking flowers
The central fountain depicts Alligators. Why? Beats me—this is the middle of the desert and there are no Alligators within a few hundred miles.
This building was the Kress Department Store when it was built in 1938
There are a number of historical plaques here. This one commemorates the US Army that camped here during the Mexican-American War.
Another marker commemorates the local militia who served for the Confederacy in the Civil War
Nearby is a statue of Fray Garcia de San Francisco, who founded the city in 1659
The pigeons wanted part of my lunch
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