El Paso’s History Told Through Photographs

Sept. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is El Paso’s Manhattan Heights from local author Craig M. Peters. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by.

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. Shortly thereafter, four of the five parcels of land originally owned by the smelter were purchased to build what many considered to be El Paso’s first suburban neighborhood.

The first house was built in 1914, with many more to follow, representing Spanish, Georgian and Modern architectural styling of the times. With the construction of Manhattan Heights School and Veterans Memorial Park, the small district covering 1,910 acres attracted many of El Paso’s prominent citizens.

Highlights of El Paso’s Manhattan Heights:
•   Early Trailblazers: Otto Thorman and Mabel Welch
•   Veterans Memorial Park
•   Manhattan Heights School (Crockett Elementary)
•   St. Alban’s
•   Manhattan Presbyterian and First Church of Christ
•   People around the Neighborhood

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or
(888)-313-2665.

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With more than 7,500 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.