Anson Mills, surveyor, builder, army officer, engineer, American boundary commissioner, diplomat, and inventor, was born at Thorntown, Indiana, on August 31, 1834, the son of James P. and Sarah (Kenworthy) Mills. He attended school in Indiana and New York and accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1855.
Benjamin Franklin Coons, merchant, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1826, the son of David and Mary Coons. He led wagon trains to Santa Fe in 1846, 1847, and 1848, and by September 1848 had established himself as a merchant in El Paso del Norte and elsewhere in Chihuahua.
Mills, William Wallace: Matching his brother's success, he served as a Union spy after watching Fort Bliss fall to Confederate troopsWhite, Zach: Franklin Mountains State Park: Surrounded by El Paso, the 25,000-acre park is the largest urban wilderness in the worldMills, Anson: Surveyor laid out downtown's streets, fought as a general in the Civil War before establishing the Chamizal borderCoons, Benjamin Franklin: He was born in and died in St. Louis, but he gave his name to our mountains, a street and our city (for a while)
Mills, Anson: Surveyor laid out downtown's streets, fought as a general in the Civil War before establishing the Chamizal borderFranklin Mountains State Park: Surrounded by El Paso, the 25,000-acre park is the largest urban wilderness in the worldHawkins, 1st Lt. William Deane: Raised in El Paso, he earned the Medal of Honor after giving his life at the Battle of TarawaCoons, Benjamin Franklin: He was born in and died in St. Louis, but he gave his name to our mountains, a street and our city (for a while)White, Zach: 
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