El Paso in El Paso County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Victoriano Huerta
Photographed By PaulwC3, July 20, 2013
1. Victoriano Huerta Marker
Commander of federal forces during the Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta (b. 1854) became President of Mexico in 1913, after the arrest and before the assassination of Francisco Madero. Huerta resigned a year later and went into exile. In 1915, U.S. agents arrested him in Newman, New Mexico, where he was meeting fellow revolutionary Pascual Orozco. For violating U.S. neutrality laws, Huerta was taken to Fort Bliss and confined. Huerta’s health deteriorated before he could stand trial, and authorities released him to his El Paso home on West Yandell Street. In January 1916, Huerta died and was buried in Concordia Cemetery before being reinterred in Evergreen Cemetery. He is the only former foreign president buried in El Paso.Erected 2007 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13969.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Hispanic Americans. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1916.
Location. 31° 46.441′ N, 106° 26.518′ W. Marker is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County. Marker can be reached from Alameda Avenue (
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Urbici Soler (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry C. Trost (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Camp Concordia and Fort Bliss (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Mormon Plot in Concordia Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); John Wesley Hardin (approx. 0.6 miles away); Concordia Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort Bliss Buffalo Soldiers Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chamizal National Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in El Paso.
More about this marker. The Texas Historical Commission has a type of marker specifically for cemeteries. They are mounted flush to the ground on a concrete base for the existing gravestone.
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Also see . . . Huerta, Victoriano | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). (Submitted on August 30, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)
Photographed By PaulwC3, July 20, 2013
2. Wide view of the Victoriano Huerta Marker
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