“My dad had a tavern . . . on the corner of San Pedro and Roselawn . . . that used to be my Dad’s dance hall and bar. It used to be called the Oasis Café. When I started school, I was living there in 1935. They used to pick me up right there in front of the railroad. There was a railroad that went from Blende through Salt Creek and behind CF&I. Used to go to the zinc smelter over in Blende.”
Eloy and Ray Calderon on San Juan in front of their old family home, where their mother once used the front porch as a neighborhood liquor store
"There was a railroad track bridge that went over the black water... at that time the mill was going so strong that the water was running real fast. If you fell in there, you were going for a ride."
Jimmie Arellano at the Templo La Hermosa del CLADIC at 1516 Roselawn Road, where his mother used to spend her days preparing food for weekly gatherings at the church.
Art Luna talks about his experience playing football in high school.
Art Luna at Olguins, which at one time was a grocery and bar/dance hall
"There was always a radio in the house. When we worked in the farm fields, we had a little radio with us. Grandma had a little radio and it was always in Spanish."
Lad and Gerald Flores at Flores Grocery store, which is currently owned by Lad who lives next door in the same home where his parents once lived.
"We were too old for Boy Scouts so, at that time, we gave it up. At that time was the lettuce strike, you know, the grape strikes started. So it got real active here in Pueblo, so we joined that... And, we, marched to Denver... we used to picket farms."
"Eloy Arellano at an overlook off of La Junta Road with the mill (where he worked for over 30 years) in the background"
