Bassett Center
August 20, 2026
O.T. Bassett arrived in El Paso on February 12, 1880, when the town was still a small frontier settlement of about 800 people awaiting the railroad. With Charles N. Morehead, he bought 600 acres on the town’s outskirts, helped organize El Paso’s first bank, the State National Bank, and established…
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