by scar | May 30, 2024 | 1930, Mexicanos 1930, railroad workers
By Sophia E. Carrillo, History Major, Latinx Studies Minor, C/O 2027 Rafael Hill was born Rafael Martinez in Marin Nuevo Leon, Mexico on October 24, 1893, to Paula Caballero and Tiburcio Martinez, brother to Antonio, Margareto, Jesus, Teodora and Mattina. He had grown...
by amckitt6 | May 30, 2024 | 1930, families, Hispanos from the southwest, Mexicanos 1930, social mobility, Uncategorized
By Austin L McKittrick, film and media major, class of 2024 The Front Street crew, consisting of 34 Mexican workers, worked on the railroad in Junction City, Oregon. Junction City is a small town about 10 miles north of Eugene. Throughout the 1900s-1930s the town...