Historic Hotels

Pictured here is the entrance of the famed Marfa hotel, The Hotel Paisano. It was the home for the production of the classic western film, Giant! The film's stars Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean are memorialized in the hotel's display about the film.

More Giant! memorabilia and photographs can be viewed at the Marfa and Presidio County Historical Museum.

More regional historic hotels can be found here.

Alligators in downtown El Paso

One of El Paso's best artists was Luis Jimenez. Jimenez grew up watching the live alligators in the downtown plaza, and when he applied to the National Endowment of the Arts for public arts grant, he chose them as a subject for his sculpture.

For a remembrance of the artist by El Paso gallery owner, Adair Margo, click here.

Rare cloud cover

We're happy when the summer rains arrive. They rarely interrupt visitor plans for long, and the desert depends on the moisture.

Train station

Amtrak's Sunset Limited route, the route from New Orleans to Los Angeles, makes two stops in the Texas Mountain Trail Region, Alpine and El Paso.

This is the charming interior of Alpine's small station. El Paso's railroad history is told at their Railroad and Transportation Museum.

Landscape after a summer rain

On Hwy 90 north of Marfa.

John Wesley Hardin's Grave

Old West and gunfighter enthusiasts know El Paso's Concordia Cemetery is the final resting place of the famed John Wesley Hardin.

Concordia Cemetery also has a section for Buffalo Soldiers, Chinese railway workers as well as graves of many generations of El Pasoans who have made that city an interesting place. Lovingly tended with the leadership of the Concordia Cemetery Association, there are interpretive and wayfinding signs to help the visitor.

Flowering Cholla

Cholla cactus fruits are a favorite food of the many pronghorn antelope in the region. Here's a scene near Fort Davis on the Scenic Loop.