Chinese In El Paso
August 20, 2026
Chinese migration to El Paso began in 1881 with the arrival of the railroads and telegraph, when former railroad laborers and other migrants formed a Chinatown stretching from St. Louis (now Mills) Street to 4th Street and from Stanton to El Paso Streets. The colony grew rapidly to about 1,000…
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