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Frank Orona Quote
“I was lucky at 16, they (at CF&I) were hiring kids and women. The war was on – World War II… in 44. I went to Central for a couple years. the minute I got to be 16 – zoom – I come to work in the mill. My birthday is November 8th. On November 13th, I started working in the mill.”
May 12, 2019
Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Vigil near Frederick Mine, 1920?
Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) and his brother-in-law Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County)
Poem from Luis de Lujan to his son Antonio Lujan on his saint’s day, 12 June, 1899
Poem from Luis de Lujan to his son Antonio Lujan on his saint’s day, 12 June, 1899
Trinidad, 1870, from corner of First and Beech Streets
Trinidad, 1870, from corner of First and Beech Streets
Sample pages from Trinidad City Directory, 1899, showing many Hispanic names as well as others
Sample pages from Trinidad City Directory, 1899, showing many Hispanic names as well as others
Commercial Street, Trinidad in the early 1880s, with tracks down the middle for horse-drawn streetcars
Commercial Street, Trinidad in the early 1880s, with tracks down the middle for horse-drawn streetcars
Weston grade school students with perfect attendence, 1933
List of Weston elementary school students with perfect attendence records contains mostly Latino names.
Trinidad High School Yearbook (The Yellow and White), 1917, p. 7
Includes Joseph P. Bacca as class “Veledictorian” and class President
Trinidad High School Yearbook (The Yellow and White), 1917, p. 6
Includes J. Eliseo Martinez as class Vice- President
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