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Article about Francisco Coca, musician and activist, and his family, 1988
Francisco Coca “brings decades of tradition,” playing guitar and singing at Cinco de Mayo festivities in Pueblo’s Bessemer Park. From Aguilar, he performs with his wife and children, as La Familia Coca, doing a mixture of “old timers,” including songs from the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and contemporary songs like “Campesino” (farm workers) and “Learn to Read,” from the Nicaraguan revolution.
May 10, 2019
María Salomé Córdova
María Salomé Córdova, born April 27, 1867 in Piedras Coloradas near Trinidad, married Jose Julian Labato on September 4, 1889. Jose, a rancher, moved the family to San Luis where they had eight children. María died on September 1, 1960 in Blanca, Colorado. Her husband José died on May 17, 1947 in Alamosa, Colorado. In her later years, María was a weaver.
March 18, 2019
Casimiro Barela and his wife, around 1885
Damiana Rivera de Barela and State Representative Casimiro Barela
Casimiro Barela with his wife and daughter, around 1900-1910?
Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera Barela, and daughter Juanita
Barela’s extended family, 1912
Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, his wife Damiana Rivera de Barela, their daughters and grandchildren on the porch of their house (Rancho de Rivera) in Rivera (Las Animas County)
Damiana, Barela’s wife, 1890
Damiana Rivera de Barela, wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, poses for a portrait in an embroidered cape trimmed in fur and a hat decorated with feathers, a bow and a veil
Barela’s house, 1890s
People pose on the porch of Senator Casimiro Barela’s house, probably in Barela (Las Animas County)
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