Rodriguez, Guillermo
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Audio
Publication Date
1983
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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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83 years old, Was a sheepherder in his youth years, later he worked in Wyoming and Utah. He attended school in Albuquerque, Menaul School, worked in the mines and construction. Worked with people from other places. Life working away from home during the summer time, coming back home in Winter to help with the ranch work, eating pork meat; chicharrones. A story about raising a little sheep as a pet, life in the ranch and memories of his childhood in the ranch and a neighbor who used to be nice but apparently with some mental disorder. By the time of this interview, he had lived in Ojito for the last yeay, but he was born in Chamisal. In summer they used to move to Ojito as his father used to have a ranch there; farming and having farm animals. The respect they used to have for his father. His younger brother became a teacher after graduating from the normal school in las Vegas, then his brother started teaching in El Ojito, but he left due to large number of students from different levels. Memories of his adult years when he bought a small bus to transport schools children in the area. Recalling that his school education was in English, he did not learn English at school but later when he went to work with other people. Working in her father sawmill, cutting trees in Chama and moving the logs in cars pulled by horses to the places large trucks would pick the wood to diverse sawmills. The train that passed by Embudo also transported the wood. The route of the train: Embudo, Belarde, Española, Santa Fe. More description of timber cutting in Embudo.