Photograph of Adeline Baca Lopez
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T02:53:11+00:00Adeline Baca Lopez at her current home on the Eastside, Pueblo
Photograph of Socorro L. Arellano
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T02:50:42+00:00Socorro Arellano at her old home on El Paso Avenue, just off of Placita
Socorro Arellano Quote
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T02:50:31+00:00“They changed our names . . . in those days they couldn’t pronounce our names, so they told me my name would be Cora . . . I thought that was my name until I went and got my driver’s license and they wanted my birth certificate. Is that my name?”
Photograph of Catherine Ruedas, Denise Vargas, and Edna Vargas
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T02:49:34+00:00Salt Creek residents Catherine Ruedas, Denise Vargas, and Edna Vargas
Ruedas, Vargas, and Vargas Quote
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T02:49:00+00:00“We had our wedding at St. Joseph Hall. It was a big wedding . . . you know, in Salt Creek everyone goes to weddings even if they’re not invited. It’s familia.”
Vera Hernandez Esquibel Quote
LHP_Intern2019-09-13T03:03:27+00:00"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."