Use of Spanish around 1900 | Alamosa/Southern San Luis Valley

The newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle

2019-10-11T03:50:09+00:00

The newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis, with men standing in front; photo taken 1900-1910. The two story house next door belonged  to José Ramos Valdéz (8th from left), a school teacher, translator, poet and editor/publisher of El Heraldo. José Candelario de la Luz Valdéz (5th from the left) was the owner of a general mercantile store, the Costilla County Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, and County Sheriff

San Luis Valley paper announces a new Spanish page for the large % of the Valley’s population who speak Spanish

2019-09-24T06:22:35+00:00

San Luis Valley paper announces a new Spanish page for the large % of the Valley’s population who speak Spanish

Discussion and vote against making Spanish a subject in the schools; Mexicans should be compelled to learn English

2019-09-24T06:25:13+00:00

Discussion and vote against making Spanish a subject in the schools; Mexicans should be compelled to learn English

The main Alamosa newspaper distinguished between “American” and “Mexican” residents of the San Luis Valley in 1885

2019-09-24T06:23:54+00:00

The main Alamosa newspaper distinguished between “American” and “Mexican” residents of the San Luis Valley in 1885

2019-10-10T14:21:36+00:00
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