Mankind has had a need to mark significant events, preserve history, pass on knowledge and express creativity from pretty much day one. Graffiti has been going on around El Chuco a loooooong time.
Guns in schools? Drinking and driving? Leaving cars and homes unlocked? Smoking areas for high school students? Yep, all once totally normal in El Paso and Texas in general once upon a time.
Between December, 1884 and December, 1885 ... about 3 years before Jack The Ripper did his thing in London ... 8 girls were attacked, raped and murdered in Austin, Texas.