George L. Gibson’s home, now the Cryer Apartments.
and Gibson founded. Gibson followed Mr. Joseph H. Moore who was the town's first mayor in 1867 after it was incorporated, and Wathen followed with his two terms in 1869 and 1870.
For four decades these two gentlemen lived and worked in the little city that was once only a figment of their imagination. Their field of waving prairie grass blossomed into paved streets lined with shade
El Paso has paved streets, shade trees, and fine homes.
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