López Montoya, Genoveva

Authors

6 of 9

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

8-25-1975

Comments

Looking at pictures of the village where she grew up (El Llano de San Isidro), her grand parents, describing family members and neighbors. Conversation about family as farmers. Economy was very challenging, so they had to move to other places (Colorado) for a better economic future, but eventually they returned to Córdova and Truchas. Life in Truchas, matrimonios entre primos hermanos porque los viejitos de antes no querían que sus hijos se casaran con gente que no conocieran. Crops trade at la tienda [grocery store], poverty and economic struggle but happy people and good neighbors. Cutting wood and storing it for warming the houses during the long cold weather in Truchas, family relations, and piñon trade.

Recommended Citation

Interview of Genoveva Lopez Montoya, 1975, Alejandro López Papers (MSS 943), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico