Montaño, Isidoro (Canjilon, NM) part 1 of 2
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Publication Date
7-7-1978
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Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
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Family Genealogy, He was born in 1908, his grandparents were the first settlers in la Cebolla founded in the early 1800s, settlement of Canjilon. Ranching life in Pastura, Guadalupe County, sheep and cattle breeding in Pastura. His father owned several ranches, growing in the ranch and taking care of a large herd of cattle. In 1918 his father was a victim of a bank misinformed process that ended in foreclosure and lost all his fortune. Life in the past was based on farming and livestock breeding despite limited access to water. Common crops his family used to farm: corn, beans, chickpeas, squash, watermellon. When They moved to Canjilon they continued to live on farming grains, especially wheat. Los molinos de agua para moler el trigo y obtener haria. Farming was not assisted by machines, but tools they built, they didn't need to get their basics from stores as they live on farming. Los molinos eran hechos de la pieda del Malpaís pero han desaparecido. Explanation of how the stone grinder worked. People stopped farming wheat because of water shortage. Los tanques [water tanks] for farming, and the eventual end of agriculture. Mass migration after WWII. Homestead Act of the 1920s, el registro de las aguas de Canjilon. Las acequias and Mayordomos de aguas [Water manager]. Memories of his adult life working out of state, the economic struggle during the Great Depression and harsh winter conditions.