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Hotel Dieu

August 20, 2026

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Hotel Dieu, El Paso’s first hospital, was founded by the Daughters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland, who arrived by train on February 4 and first operated in a rented house before purchasing the present site in 1892 and beginning construction in June 1893. The new hospital opened to patients on…

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