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August 20, 2026

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The El Paso Mission Valley preserves three of the oldest continuously occupied religious sites in the United States: Mission Ysleta, Mission Socorro, and the Presidio Chapel of San Elizario. Their origins lie in the Spanish colonial frontier along the Camino Real and the Rio Grande, where Juan de…

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