On This Date in UTEP History ... June 23

Paso del Norte campus groundbreaking

1917

Construction begins on the new Paso del Norte campus. The structures will replace the Lanoria Mesa campus adjacent to Fort Bliss, which suffered a devastating fire the previous October. –El Paso Herald

1927

To boost enrollment, athletics supporters of the College of Mines propose a season ticket campaign. –El Paso Herald

1932

President John Barry admonishes the registrar of the University of Texas at Austin for claiming UT El Paso, then known as the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas, was no longer a part of the U.T. System. –U.T. President’s Office Records

---

Want more #UTEP history? Read Mining UTEP’s History, a collection of in-depth articles on the institution’s past. Click here to see the latest article.