History
Dr. James Day, an El Paso historian, said that Downtown's main business area was originally centered between Second Street and San Francisco Street. At a later point the main business area was centered around Stanton Street and Santa Fe. In the late 1800s most of the White American residents lived to the north of the non-White areas, living in brick residences along Magoffin, Myrtle, and San Antonio streets. Hispanic American residents lived in an area called "Chihuahuita" ("little Chihuahua"), which was located south of Santa Fe and west of Second. Several African Americans and around 300 Chinese Americans also lived in Chihuahuita. Many of the Chinese Americans built railroads in the El Paso area.
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