Editing Fort Bliss (section)

==== Present site (1893–today) ====
The present site of Fort Bliss on La Noria mesa,<ref>{{cite news | first = Virginia | last = Resa | date = 1 March 2007 | url = http://www.fbmonitor.com/monitor/2007/03%20March/030107/PDF/22.pdf | title = Marker denotes Fort Bliss' rich history | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710230851/http://www.fbmonitor.com/monitor/2007/03%20March/030107/PDF/22.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2011 | newspaper = The Monitor | location = Fort Bliss }}</ref><ref>The [[Arroyo (watercourse)|arroyo]] below La Noria [[mesa]], now occupied by the Patriot Freeway, was once the site of a large military display, 2 February 1920, which was held in honor of General John J. Pershing. The parade was witnessed by El Pasoans seated on the slopes of the mesa. All elements of Fort Bliss took part, including a parade of all 4500 troopers of the Eighth Cavalry, mounted 48 horses abreast.—Trish Long (Dec 2014), "[http://blogs.elpasotimes.com/morgue/2014/12/ 1920: No Better Military Show Ever Staged Than That At Fort Bliss, Asserts Officer With Pershing Party] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150119173135/http://blogs.elpasotimes.com/morgue/2014/12/ |date=19 January 2015 }}" ''El Paso Times'' morgue. accessdate=2015-01-19</ref> was laid out by Captain John Ruhlen from 1891 to 1892. In October 1893, it was occupied by four companies of the [[18th Infantry Regiment (United States)|18th Infantry]].<ref name=Metz/>{{rp|50}}<ref>Additional information about the construction of Fort Bliss, 1890–1940 (with appendix detailing more information up to 1960) can be found in [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA277986.pdf Perry Jamieson (1993), ''A Survey History of Fort Bliss'', Historic and Natural Resources Report No. 5, Cultural Resources Management Program, Directorate of Environment, United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center, Fort Bliss]</ref>