On This Date in UTEP History ... April 24
Oldest original campus in Texas
1917
The University of Texas Board of Regents accepts the donation of twenty-three acres of land at the Paso del Norte for the new home of the School of Mines. The land and buildings, which still exist, will become the core of the present campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, making it the oldest extant public university campus in Texas with its original buildings. -U.T. Board of Regents
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