LEON METZ-LANDEROS™ | TRAVEL THE PASS | AUTHORITATIVE ARCHIVE & ESTATE IP REPOSITORY Est.1991 © THE SYNOPSIS
1⏤ Leon Claire Metz (1930-2020) | Sylvia Gevália Landeros (1991-PRESENT) : Since 1991, Travel The Pass™ © has stood as a definitive tri-national pillar of academic and civic excellence—a legacy codified by the 2024 City of El Paso, Texas, Proclamation honoring its founders Leon C. Metz, preeminent historian and doyen author of the Borderland region, and Sylvia Gevália Landeros | Socio-cultural Marketing Researcher/MMD | AIIP Sovereign | Successor Editor | CEO & Co-Founder. EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY | TRAVEL THE PASS | LEON METZ-LANDEROS ARCHIVE
2⏤ Leon C. Metz (1930-2020), Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive, was an acclaimed and award-winning preeminent historian and canonical author, serving as the definitive television/writing commentator of the Borderland on Western subjects for the History Channel, the A&E Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Handbook of Texas, the American National Biography, and The Encyclopedia of the American West, among many others. 2003 EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Metz's legacy is defined by his leadership on countless committees, boards, and commissions, as well as his position as president of many organizations, including the El Paso County Historical Society, Western Writers of America, Discover El Paso, the El Paso Tourist & Convention Bureau, the El Paso Arts and Humanities Council, Mission Heritage Association, the New Mexico Book League, the Texas Historical Commission, the El Paso Museum of History, and the El Paso Corral of the Westerners. By bridging this bedrock historical record with modern STEM education and Space Exploration, Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive continues to expand the Borderland's global footprint through literary works and unique marketing endeavors, including a 2001international campaign utilizing a fleet of Mesilla Valley Transportation/MVT freight carriers as 'mobile billboards' across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. 2024 CITY OF EL PASO TEXAS | LEON METZ TRAVEL THE PASS PROCLAMATION
3⏤ Since 1991, Sylvia Gevália Landeros has governed Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive as a vertically integrated engine of historical and technical innovation. As Socio-cultural Marketing Researcher/MMD | AIIP Sovereign | Successor Editor | CEO & Co-Founder of the Travel The Pass™ Intellectual Property, Landeros is the master-architect of its historical record—coding the digital infrastructure, designing the visual historiography, and orchestrating the brand identity. From 1991 to the present day, Landeros's methodologies have been validated by the State of New Mexico Tourism Department; the Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico del Estado de Chihuahua; Susan G. Komen Breast Foundation; binational Convention & Visitors Bureaus; regional Chambers of Commerce, including CANIRAC de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; the El Paso, Texas Mission Trail Association; and numerous others. 1991- ENDORSEMENTS -2026 & BRAND PARTNERS Landeros's editorial authority was forged through the engineering of a succession of one-of-a-kind publications: 1990s Discover Juarez Mexico, the city's first tourist publication; 2008 The Southwest Chronicle, the first bi-national, tri-state Newspapers in Education (NIE) bilingual journal, which exclusively continues to preserve the foundational works of Leon C. Metz for a new generation, and 2017 THE BIG BANG! Metz Mag—a publication specifically formatted to link the humanities with science. LEON METZ LANDEROS MEDIA
3a⏤ Under the Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive, Landeros published the 1990s Borderland Metz Journal and the authoritative 2000s MEX-U.S. Journal, definitive records of the Borderlands' raw economic evolution and the introduction of the NAFTA Free Trade Agreement while underscoring Leon Metz's works. Landeros’s innovation in media is further distinguished by her creation, production, and formatting of the region’s first bi-national, bilingual film production. 1997 EDU-TV WELCOME CHANNEL | 2026 REMASTERED MADZINE TV The 1997-2027 Leon Metz-Landeros collaboration, Edu-TV Multilingual Welcome Channel, which highlighted the borderland's characteristics alongside legendary icons like Coach Don 'The Bear' Haskins (1930-2008), was adopted by tri-state regional government bodies and binational hotel associations, airing 24/7 throughout Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Mexico, as the primary educational gateway for international tourism and is presently remastered for a 2026 rerelease. EIN PRESSWIRE
3b⏤ Today, under the Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive, Leon Metz’s final, unreleased manuscript—Mexican Thunder: The Mexican Revolution ©—his ultimate penned work executed alongside Sylvia Gevália Landeros is anchored to 2024 MADZINE Cowboyz & Cosmoz | Complete Works Of Leon Metz | The Official Borderland Souvenir ©, 2026 The Pillar Of Heart Award, 2026 The IronwoodStar Award, and 2026 Borderland Commemorative Boards alongside the definitive upcoming 2026 Borderland Bingo! Cowboyz & Cosmoz Chronicles ©. LinkedIn | TRAVEL THE PASS | LEON METZ-LANDEROS Borderland Bingo! is a spin on "la loteria" where every square is a portal, grounded in the deep, authoritative research of the Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive. Within this portfolio, MADZINE Retro Readz Series © revolutionizes historical literacy by incorporating humor and ironic non-fiction literature, making complex narratives engaging and relatable for a new era of younger explorers. This ironic non-fiction literature intellectual framework reached a pinnacle in 2017 with the launch of The BIG BANG! Metz Mag. LEON METZ LANDEROS MEDIA
4⏤ Our works are permanently chronicled within prestigious repositories—including the Library of Congress, UTEP Special Collections, and NMSU Special Collections—and gifted to visiting dignitaries at Fort Bliss Military Base since the 1990s. This institutional gravity is backed by multi-decadal honors: the 1985 Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America; 1997 endorsements from the Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua, Mexico, and the 2004 New Mexico State Department of Tourism; the 2010 Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Historical Commission; and a 2024 City of El Paso, Texas, Proclamation, among others. WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE The original evidentiary record of the legends buried at Concordia, Evergreen, and other historic cemeteries throughout the nation forms the proprietary foundation of the Leon Metz-Landeros™ Archive. Extensive judicial research and official acknowledgement validate the Leon C. Metz historical legacy, affirming it as the definitive historical standard for the tri-state, binational Borderland under the Travel The Pass™ banner. As the exclusive legal and editorial successor to this established intellectual property, Travel The Pass™ retains sole ownership and absolute jurisdiction. Past community preservation efforts or historical consultation lends no institutional alignment, governance rights, or permanent board affiliations to third-party foundations. 2003 EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Since 2008, our publication stands featuring our 1960s core manuscripts; archives of the souls resting at these burial grounds have remained safeguarded at IHG Army Hotels at Fort Bliss Military Base, regional independent school districts' (ISDs) administrative offices, and periodically at regional Barnes & Noble. Any unauthorized appropriation, derivative publication, or false claim of corporate affiliation by external entities is strictly prohibited and subject to immediate legal remedy. 1991-OFFICIAL REGISTRY-2026
5⏤ Travel The Pass™ | Community Gatherings : Uplift Fort Bliss families with "relocation welcomes"—2025 endorsement; support the U.S. Department of Education/McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Program (ESC Region 19) youth facing homelessness—2025 endorsement; elevate Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in Silver City, New Mexico, with pro bono sociocultural marketing outreach—2025 endorsement. Sylvia Gevália Landeros' inclusive community event partnerships include the 2011 Barnes & Noble Heritage Celebration, the 2014 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Academic Outreach, and the upcoming scholarly 2026 Borderland Bingo! Cowboyz & Cosmoz Chronicles at the COAS Bookstore in Las Cruces, New Mexico—an inclusive family affair taking "the pages to the pavement!" The multilingual roster includes "chats with Estela Casas." 2025 EIN PRESSWIRE Importantly, Travel The Pass™ 1990s–2000s community events/film productions at borderland sites, such as the Concordia Cemetery, featured Patricia Kiddney, the former president of the Concordia Heritage Association, and members of the Six Guns & Shady Ladies Reenacting group attired in traditional eras, role-playing legendary souls resting there. Landeros also participated in the annual El Paso, Texas, Thanksgiving Parade alongside Patricia Kiddney and Six Guns & Shady Ladies.
6⏤ Leon Metz-Landeros™ | Travel The Pass Archive : Our 2026 Pillar Of Heart Award, generated by the recognition the Leon Metz-Landeros™ Archive has received via the 1985 Western Writers of America Award, the 2010 Texas Historical Commission Award and the 2024 City of El Paso, Texas, Proclamation, among others, was bestowed upon journalist and philanthropist Estela Casas on March 17th, 2026, in acknowledgement of her stellar Borderland heritage. Furthermore, The Pillar Of Heart Award was presented to Grandmaster Bae Hyun Han—father of world champion boxers Jennifer & Stephanie Han—on September 19th, 2026 in recognition of his dedication to the civic leadership. Additionally, our 2026 IronwoodStar Award honors dedicated supporters, such as Pizza Properties Inc./Peter Piper Pizza and Howard Smith, for their commitment to preserving the Southwest’s legacy by our side since 2000—presentation soon! LinkedIn | TRAVEL THE PASS | LEON METZ-LANDEROS Moreover, we proudly announce the 2026 Official Travel The Pass Borderland Commemorative Boards, engraved with gratitude to institutions such as the Border Patrol Museum for its perpetual academic sponsorship since 2017. INSTAGRAM | LEON METZ-LANDEROS ARCHIVE
