Automobile, First in El Paso
August 20, 2026
El Paso’s first automobiles appeared in March 1900, when J. F. Hagan brought a one-cylinder, three-horsepower Elgin car to the city for about $600. Early accounts describe the machine as a gasoline-powered, two-person vehicle that could climb the city’s mesas and hills with ease, marking the…
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