In 1598, long before the Pilgrims arrived, Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate led the first major colonization effort in what would become the United States. On April 30th of that year, Oñate and ...

Many El Pasoans grew up with the stories of the city’s “firsts” — the 1598 Thanksgiving celebrated along the Rio Grande by Juan de Oñate and his expedition, long before Plymouth Rock ...