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tEl Paso, Texas, in the foreground, and Juarez, Chihuahua, are the largest border cities of Texas and Mexico
Old Fort Bliss Museum, El Paso
Air Defense & Artillery Museum-In Building 5000,
Pleasanton Rd. near Robert E. Lee Rd., is the U.S. Army Air ..
Defense & Artillery Museum, only one of its kind in the
country, with hands-on displays and dioramas about the .S
Fort Bliss Museum-Replica of original adobe fort
maintained as museum of frontier military era; Pleasanton -a
Rd. and Sheridan Dr. Open daily 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 4 T --:
Museum of the Noncommissioned Officer-T races
history of the U.S. NCO corps with artifacts dating from the Revolutionary Desert panorama at Hueco Tanks State Pork east of El Paso
War. Open Mon. - Fri. 9 a m. - 4 p m.;Sat., Sun. noon - 4 p.m. Biggs Army
Airfield, Bldg. 11331, tion, electricity, space science, computers, energy, and the human body. All
Barksdale & 5th Sts. exhibits designed to make learning about science and technology an
3rd Armored Cavalry Museum-In Building 2407, Forrest Rd., is the active experience. Open Toes. - Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. except major holidays.
3rd Cavalry Museum, the 'Regiment of Mounted Rifles" that fought in 505 N. Santa Fe St.
Mexican War and Indian campaigns. Open Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Juarez--Mexico's fourth largest city, and that country's largest city on the
Hueco Tanks State Park-Precious water from infrequent rains "stored" in U.S. border (pop. 1.5 million), linked to El Paso by three bridges over the Rio
natural rock basins; for centuries a strategic travel stop in this arid region. Grande. Visitors find variety of shopping such as the Pueblito Mexicano
Ancient Indian pictographs, plus names of '49ers on way to California. Shopping Mall, an indoor mall that is a recreation of Mexican village or
Picnicking, hiking, climbing, and camping. Off U.S. 62/180 26 miles east of pueblito to traditional Mexican markets. Also beautiful accommodations,
El Paso. Admission. night clubs, famous Juarez Race Track and Museo de Arte e Historia that dis-
Insights - El Paso Science Center--Features educational, hands-on plays excellent collection of pre-Columbian art, historic and contemporary
exhibits about science and technology: solar power, motion, light illumina- art and artifacts. (See MEXICO, at back of book.)
Magoffin Home State Historic Structure-Guided tours of homestead
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