Martinez, Eleuterio (Tierra Amarilla, NM) part 1 of 5
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Audio
Publication Date
4-28-1977
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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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Places in the village, la Estafeta de los Gallegos where his father worked. His father attended the Colegio de Santa Fe. Pedro Martinez used to be a musician. His musical skills were innate he played the piano and the violin. Families in Los Brazos: Los Chavez, Los Martinez, and other Martinez alias Los Cuervos, Los Rivas, Los Trujillo, Los Sanchez from Abiquiu. His father was an independent rancher, he had sheep [la borrega] and was a cantor in the church. Los Chaves eran vecinos de Los Valdez. No tenian capilla en los Brazos. He attended school in Los Brazos, he was a smart student who could read and write in two languages English and Spanish., but instruction was mostly in Spanish [Mexicano]. Alfonso Abeita was not a good student. Los padres españoles misioneros, el padre Julian who learned Spanish in Tierra Amarrilla. La Cuesta de los Padres named after two escaped inmates from Alcatraz prison in priest's habits were caught in that spot. Politicians and his republican roots, his connections to politics and the Abeitas' political power. Family relations, stories about social issues in the village [los Brazos] and how they solved them, his job as a carcelero, the profesores, and the hermanas [catholic sisters]. Carlos Manzanares and other political leaders in Los Brazos, los mestros [school teachers] eran nombrados por los políticos.