El Paso history

Paydirt Pet, the mascot for the University of Texas at El Paso has had many changes over the years.

Texas has got a ton of cities and some of them have pretty odd names. Many have odd nicknames too.

The University of Texas at El Paso, also known as UTEP, wasn't always called that.

When The Clash folded in 1986, bassist Paul Simonon wanted to get as far away from that world, and England in general, as he possibly could.

One of the only times someone broke INTO a prison happened in El Paso during the days of the Wild Wild West.

Johnny Cash thought the worst part of his arrest in El Paso was over once he got out of jail but, 20 years later, the issue was back.

El Paso's oldest, commercial business building was almost lost back in 2012.