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| ⚫ | {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}[[File:Smeltertown 121446 1955 24000 1975.png|thumb|Topo map of Smeltertown, Texas, from 1955 1:24000 [[USGS]] topo map with 1975 updates. The small area labeled "La Guna" is now known as "La Calavera" or "Skull Canyon", for its location by the Smeltertown Cemetery.]] |
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'''Smeltertown''' was a residential community housing the workers of the [[ASARCO]] smelter |
'''Smeltertown''' was a residential community in [[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite gnis|1368453|Smeltertown|28 March 2020}}</ref> housing the workers of the [[ASARCO]] smelter and their families, between [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] and the Texas borders with Mexico and New Mexico. |
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With only one small neighborhood, now known as the La Calavera Historical Neighborhood,<ref>{{cite web |title=Details for Smeltertown (Atlas Number 5141013137) Historical Marker |url=https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5141013137 |website=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> remaining since the Smelter's closure, Smeltertown is sometimes referred to as a [[ghost town]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Smelter Town – a personal look at a ghost town firmly embedded in El Paso history |url=https://borderzine.com/2012/11/smelter-town-%E2%80%93-a-personal-look-at-a-ghost-town-firmly-embedded-in-el-paso-history/ |website=Borderzine |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> |
With only one small neighborhood, now known as the La Calavera Historical Neighborhood,<ref>{{cite web |title=Details for Smeltertown (Atlas Number 5141013137) Historical Marker |url=https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5141013137 |website=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> remaining since the Smelter's closure, Smeltertown is sometimes referred to as a [[ghost town]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Smelter Town – a personal look at a ghost town firmly embedded in El Paso history |url=https://borderzine.com/2012/11/smelter-town-%E2%80%93-a-personal-look-at-a-ghost-town-firmly-embedded-in-el-paso-history/ |website=Borderzine |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> |
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The Smeltertown community was served by the San Jose church, and by the Jones School of the [[El Paso Independent School District]]. |
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File:American Dam and Canal at Smeltertown El Paso Texas.jpg|Abandoned baja part of Smeltertown is left of center here, with the American Dam Headquarters (white building) in it, near the [[American Dam]] on the Rio Grande, in this aerial view from over downtown El Paso. La Calavera is at upper right. |
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File:La Calavera Historic Neighborhood.jpg|Looking down into La Calavera Historic Neighborhood from beside Executive Center Blvd. |
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File:Smeltertown cemetery adapted from NARA 545363.jpg|Smeltertown cemetery with ASARCO smelter chimneys in the background, still operating, in 1972. |
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File:Loop 375 Executive Center Blvd SPUI crop.jpg|The new (in 2019) [[Border West Expressway]] [[single-point urban interchange]] – El Paso's first SPUI – is at Executive Center Blvd., which parallels San Marcos Drive of the La Calavera Historic Neighborhood of Smeltertown. The Smeltertown Cemetery is visible at the bottom by the expressway. |
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== See also == |
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* [[1913 El Paso smelters' strike]] |
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Revision as of 14:34, 1 March 2023
Smeltertown was a residential community in El Paso County, Texas,[1] housing the workers of the ASARCO smelter and their families, between El Paso and the Texas borders with Mexico and New Mexico.
With only one small neighborhood, now known as the La Calavera Historical Neighborhood,[2] remaining since the Smelter's closure, Smeltertown is sometimes referred to as a ghost town.[3]
The Smeltertown community was served by the San Jose church, and by the Jones School of the El Paso Independent School District.
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Abandoned baja part of Smeltertown is left of center here, with the American Dam Headquarters (white building) in it, near the American Dam on the Rio Grande, in this aerial view from over downtown El Paso. La Calavera is at upper right. -
Looking down into La Calavera Historic Neighborhood from beside Executive Center Blvd. -
Smeltertown cemetery with ASARCO smelter chimneys in the background, still operating, in 1972. -
The new (in 2019) Border West Expressway single-point urban interchange – El Paso's first SPUI – is at Executive Center Blvd., which parallels San Marcos Drive of the La Calavera Historic Neighborhood of Smeltertown. The Smeltertown Cemetery is visible at the bottom by the expressway.
See also
References
- ^ "Smeltertown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Details for Smeltertown (Atlas Number 5141013137) Historical Marker". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Smelter Town – a personal look at a ghost town firmly embedded in El Paso history". Borderzine. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
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