Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Hart's Mill

Adobe structures at Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Hart's Mill

Adobe buildings at Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Booklet by Bryson Conrey, The Land Where We Live, published in 1973 contains some info on this landmark.

Hart's Mill

Movement of water going upstream from Hart's Mill. Looks like someone is balanced on a pole in the midst of the water.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande probably near Hart's Mill or Old Ft. Bliss.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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the river looked so full of water and flowing at that time how beautiful

Rio Grande During A Flood

Rio Grande in flood probably near Old Ft. Bliss or Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Rio Grande at Hart's Mill

This photograph shows the dam above Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Mill race above Hart's Mill

Water level at Hart's Mill during flood stage.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Mill Race Above Hart's Mill.

Water level at Hart's Mill during flood time. Taken middle of April, 1905.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Reference ID: J.W. Lorentzen

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Hart's Mill

Adobe buildings at Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Hart's Mill - El Paso, Texas

Looking towards the river from Hart's Mill. Hart's Mill became the La Hacienda Restaurant and is near Sunset Heights. Highway construction in 2017 isolated this historic area. There is a Texas State historic marker that describes this site.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Conrey Bryson in his book The Land Where We Live, p.21 describes it as El Paso's first industry. "Hart's Mill was established on the Rio Grande in 1849. Here at a historic fall line in the river's descent, its water was diverted into the "acequia madre" the mother canal that distributed water to home and farms."

There is a Texas State historic marker that describes this site.

Hart's Mill became the La Hacienda Restaurant and is near Sunset Heights. Highway construction in 2017 isolated this historic area.

Simeon Hart Family

The image from 1870 captures the Hart family. The older man standing to the right is Simeon Hart, founder of the Hart's Mill. His two oldest sons to his left are Leonardo S. Hart and Juan S. Hart (oldest son), owner of the El Paso Times. Simeon Hart family, left to right, Carolina S. Hart, Antonio S. Hart, Leonardo S. Hart, Clara S. Hart, Paulina S. Hart, Simeon Hart, Corina S. Hart and Juan S.Hart. Pioneer family of El Paso, TX.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Source: El Paso Public Library

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See Mark Cion-Ortega and Joel Guzman, The 1860, census andEl Paso County," Password, quarterly publication of El Paso County Historical Society, Vol 64, No. 3, Fall 2020 p. 105.

March is Women's History Month. Wonder what the lives of these young girls entailed.

Hart's Mill

Adobe structures at Hart's Mill.

Area: Central / Old Ft. Bliss

Collection: J.W. Lorentzen Collection

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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