by olivej | Jun 4, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
By: Olive M. Jaramillo, Spanish major, Class of 2027 Hipolito Rico was born on August 14, 1903 to parents Alberto Rico and Juana Lopez. He was born and baptized in Purepero, Michoacan, Mexico. He had an older brother named Aurelio who was born in 1901, and a younger...
by jarias | Jun 3, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
by Justine Arias, Environmental Studies major, class of 2026 In 1930, a crew of 34 Mexican railroad laborers lived along Front Street in Junction City, Oregon. Junction City, roughly 15 miles northeast of Eugene, was established in 1872 and gained steady development...
by scar | May 30, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
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...