Chapter 1
The city that marches to its own clock
Chapter 2
Alligators in the plaza and floating tacos
Chapter 3
Wild West shootouts and giant boots
YOUR GOAL
Master of Quirky secrets of El Paso
Ch 1 · The city that marches to its own clock
sonia El Paso Time Zone Tale
Most of Texas ticks Central, bright and clear, But El Paso keeps Mountain, far out here!
sonia El Paso and Ciudad Juárez form the largest bilingual, binational metroplex in North America.
sonia A shifting riverbed once caused a century-long international boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico.
Fun Fact
Time travel: Driving east out of El Paso on Interstate 10 instantly pushes your clock forward one hour, making it the only place in Texas with this time jump.
Glossary
mountain time (noun)
The standard time of the zone that is seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. El Paso operates on this schedule, keeping the city one hour behind the rest of Texas.
The standard time of the zone that is seven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. El Paso operates on this schedule, keeping the city one hour behind the rest of Texas.
Quiz
In what year did the US and Mexico finally resolve the Chamizal border dispute near El Paso?
Quiz
What natural disaster in 1864 caused the Rio Grande to shift and spark the Chamizal dispute in El Paso?
Quiz
What is the name of the high-altitude road that cuts through El Paso's Franklin Mountains?
Quiz
Which neighboring Mexican city forms a massive binational metroplex with El Paso, Texas?