El Paso, Texas

Change over time....
SANBORN MAPS
and CITY DIRECTORIES

Maps are from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection UMI

1883

1883


Pioneer Plaza and environs

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There is no city directory at the Center for American History for 1883 at this time, but with the Sanborn map we see that on El Paso Street between San Francisco and San Antonio: People were exercising the following professions and trades (the lists in this section are not exhaustive but indicative):

Barber
Drugs
Grocers
Insurance Office
Jewelry
Market
Offices
Saloon
"unfinished"

On El Paso Street between San Antonio to Overland: People were exercising the following professions and trades:

Books
Cigarettes
Grocery
Hardware
Jewelry
Liquor
Meat
Music
Offices
Saloon

1885
1888
1893
1900
1902
1905
1908
1943
1948
1951
1954