NEWSSee which past presidents made visits to the El Paso areaEl Paso TimesEl Paso, TX 1901. President William McKinley alighting from his private railway car, "Olympia" after arrival for a one day visit, while in route to Phoenix, AZ and the West Coast.Times Blumenthal CollectionMills Building. Oct 1909. The building is decorated for the meeting of Presidents Taft and Diaz, on 16 Oct 1909.Times Blumenthal CollectionOct. 16, 1909, was a big day for El Paso as President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico set foot on U.S. soil for the first time as president and U.S. President William Howard Taft met him here. Also historic was Taft's visit to Juarez, as it marked the first time a U.S. president had left the country while in office. Pictured on that occasion at the Santa Fe transfer station were these members of the transfer station and office force.Trish Long;Trish Long, Santa Fe RailroadPresidents Taft, Diaz & dignitaries. 1909. Taken by Will Stuart. He had studio next to Alexanders. Copyrighted picture & Feldman copied and started putting them out so Stuart made him pay.Times Blumenthal CollectionFederal Judge R.E. Thomason, President Harry Truman and Robert L. Holliday stride along briskly as the president prepared to board a train to continue his Texas tour after his El Paso speech on Sept. 25, 1948.El Paso Times File Photo09/26/1948 PRESIDENT ADDRESSES EL PASOANS - President Truman, bringing his campaign tour to Texas, speaks from the flag decked platform installed in front of Union Depot. He just introduced Gov. Beauford Jester (right).Trish Long;Trish Long, El Paso TimesJohn F. Kennedy visits El Paso. Not sure if this is the 1960 or the 1963 vist.El Paso TimesJohn F. Kennedy visits El Paso. Not sure if this is the 1960 or the 1963 vist.El Paso Times06/06/1963 President John F. Kennedy visits El Paso.El Paso TimesPhoto taken 06/06/1963 President John F. Kennedy visits El Paso.El Paso Times;El Paso Times File Photo06/07/1963 READY TO LEAVE - President Kennedy boards his special limousine in front of Hotel Cortez Thursday morning after shaking hands with several of the thousands of persons who gathered to say goodbye to the first chief executive to visit El Paso since 1948.El Paso TimesSep. 25, 1964-President Adolfo Lopez Mateos, left, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Raymond Telles, U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, right, all join arms at Stanton street Bridge ceremonies commemorating settlement of the Chamizal dispute.Times File PhotoSeptember 25, 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson waves to the crowd.El Paso TimesSeptember 25, 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson, first left, Lady Bird Johnson, third from left.El Paso TimesPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, left, and Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos, right, prepare to unveil the shining chrome monument marking the new boundary of Mexico and the United States near Bowie High School in this Sept. 25, 1964, photograph. Following the ceremony, the presidents were given two framed artistic renderings symbolizing settlement of the Chamizal dispute.El Paso Times File04/11/1976 - SPECIAL PRESENTATION - President Gerald Ford thanks El Paso Myaor Don Henderson Saturday after he was presented a specially designed pair of boots and a western hat. The gifts were presented during Ford's visit with Republican campagin workers in the Civic Center.Times File PhotoPresident Reagan waves to cameras in his arrival at Biggs Army Air Field. Welcoming Reagan were, from left, Mayor Jonathan Rogers, Brig. Gen. Stan Hoey, assistant commandant of U.S.. Army Air Defense Artillery School, and Maj. Gen. James Maloney, Fort Bliss commander.Luis Villalobos/El Paso TimesPresident Clinton held a pair of Lucchese boots Friday while Democratic congressional candidate Silvestre Reyes showed off a pair of Tony Lama boots that were given to the president.Bill Haines/El Paso TimesPresident Bush spoke about border security and immigration reform during a stop along the levee road near Bowie High School. The president toured the border area during a morning visit to El Paso. Bush was joined on his 90-minuted tour by Homeland Security Secretary Micahel Chertoff, left, Border Patrol official Paul Beeson and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso TimesPresident Barack Obama speaks to members of the military, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP;AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPresident Barack Obama greets members of the military at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP;AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPresident Barack Obama walks onto the stage upon his arrival Tuesday at the Chamizal National Memorial’s outdoor theater.Rudy Gutierrez;Rudy Gutierrez, El Paso TimesPresident Barack Obama speaks at the Chamizal National Memorial.Rudy Gutierrez/El Paso TimesPresident Barack Obama greets audience members after he spoke about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Charles Dharapak, AP;Charles Dharapak