Herrera, Gilbert (Mora, NM), part 2

Authors

• 1140 3. 018.2

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

8-1981

Comments

Continued: his grandfather died in 1931. Anecdotes of his youth years and the difficult time after the loss of his grandfather's economic support, which led him to face the world and search for a job to help his father at 14 years old. Memories of his job experiences in Alamosa, traveling by train to Wyoming, Nebraska, and  Montana and his return to Denver, CO. Montana was the main provider of iron supplies for agriculture, his job in the beet fields. The 'traque' [train] and other stories about his life when he was young.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico