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Health Centers headed Toward Financial Crisis, 1976


Article on the declining state of the health centers in connection to the policies politicians chose to vote for. Dr. Rivera, director of these centers seeks to call out these politicians for their lack of support on healthcare

Health Centers headed Toward Financial Crisis, 1976

May 12, 2019

Police Brutality against Chicanos, 1976


Fred S. Rael was beaten by police on March 11, 1976 and there is community backlash against police. Despite backlash, the DA has no ‘justifiable’ reason to convict the police officer

Police Brutality against Chicanos, 1976

Vera Estrada quote


Vera Estrada quote “The mill used to dispose of the slang into, what we called, the black waters… and the slag would actually light up all of Salt Creek. There were no indoor bathrooms. They had outhouses. and in the evening, everyone would wait for the slag to be thrown and you could see the neighbors scurrying, running to the outhouse before the light of the slag went out.”

Photograph of Vera Hernandez Esquibel Vera Hernandez Esquibel Quote Vera Estrada Vera Estrada quote "Vera Esquibel in El Paso in front of the old home of her parents where her own mother passed away 20 minutes after giving birth to Vera" "In Salt Creek, we had no grass. At Roselawn, the cemetery had the grass so us kids would play on the grass while they would have the service of the dead person. That was our playground. But, we were only allowed to go when there was a funeral." "Vera Estrada at the end of Pecos Street next to the Bessemer Ditch where she used to wade with her brother, when they were children" "The mill used to dispose of the slang into, what we called, the black waters... and the slag would actually light up all of Salt Creek. There were no indoor bathrooms. They had outhouses. and in the evening, everyone would wait for the slag to be thrown and you could see the neighbors scurrying, running to the outhouse before the light of the slag went out." Salt Creek Memory Project exhibit, EPHM, 2018. Photo by Kellie Cason O’Connor Salt Creek Memory Project exhibit, EPHM, 2018. Photo by Kellie Cason O’Connor Salt Creek Memory Project exhibit, EPHM, 2018. Photo by Kellie Cason O’Connor Salt Creek Memory Project exhibit, EPHM, 2018. Photo by Kellie Cason O’Connor Resource link Resource link Resource link Resource link

Vera Estrada


“Vera Estrada at the end of Pecos Street next to the Bessemer Ditch where she used to wade with her brother, when they were children”

Vera Estrada quote

Photograph of Vera Hernandez Esquibel


“Vera Esquibel in El Paso in front of the old home of her parents where her own mother passed away 20 minutes after giving birth to Vera”

Photograph of Vera Hernandez Esquibel

Photograph of Debbie Baca Duran


“Debbie Baca Duran on the front porch at the end of Pecos Street where she used to live”

Photograph of Debbie Baca Duran

Emily “Chata” Lopez Quote


“I was born in Salt Creek in a chicken coop…next to Roselawn Road. My mom had me in a chicken coop… where chickens laid eggs, where the chickens live. She had her midwife there.”

Emily "Chata" Lopez Quote

Photograph of Emily “Chata” Lopez


“Emily “Chata” Lopez at Adeline Baca Lopez’s (her mother) current home on the Eastside, Pueblo”

Photograph of Emily "Chata" Lopez

Margaret Gomez Santos


“I heard comments as I was growing up that there were stupid people in Salt Creek. There were very smart people in Salt Creek. They were very politically oriented. They were well vested.

Margaret Gomez Santos

Photograph of Margaret Gomez Santos


Margaret Gomez Santos on Pecos in front of her old family home next to the Bessemer ditch.

Photograph of Margaret Gomez Santos

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