El Paso's Manhattan Heights - Paperback
El Paso's Manhattan Heights - Paperback
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by Craig Peters (Author)
Manhattan Heights Historic District can trace its beginnings to June 9, 1899, when paperwork was filed by El Paso and New York investors to begin the process of opening the Federal Copper Company. By 1912, however, the smelter was closed and demolished. S
Author Biography
Craig Peters teaches physics at a local high school and is the current president of the Manhattan Heights Neighborhood Association, which began as the Memorial Park Improvement Association in 1976. Those trailblazers, such as Una B. Hill and others, were pivotal in making this unique neighborhood the first designated historic district in El Paso, Texas. Furthermore, much of the history and photographs gathered for this project would not have existed without their early contributions.
