by eherrera | Mar 16, 2025 | Lesson Plans
Created by: Carlos Orozco, Gabby Castro, Esperanza Herrera-Moore This is a Lesson plan designed for High School students. It takes roughly 60 minutes to complete and covers what marriage and divorce were like for people who migrated from Mexico to the United States in...
by eherrera | Mar 13, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Esperanza Herrera-Moore, Family and Human Services Major, Class of 2026 The life that Anna and Frank lived was a unique one during this time. Anna was born in Guaymas, Guaymas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico, on June 3rd, 1898. She immigrated to the United States in...
by lmarti17 | Mar 9, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Lauren Martinez, Family & Human Services major, class of 2025 Setting the Stage Mexican women are not often seen as leaders of their families. Juanita E. Hovgaard, formerly Valencia, and her family did not follow the typical narrative of Mexican railroad...
by ngarcia2 | Mar 8, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Natalie Garcia, IRES major, class of 2025 Part 1: Crossing the Border, Starting a Family, and Moises Aguilar’s Introduction to the U.S. Railroad Industry The Aguilar family was a quiet yet persistent force in Lane County. They continued to make space for themselves...
by jochoa | Jun 4, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
by Juan P. Ochoa, History Major, Class of 2025 In 1930 the Escobar family lived in the Irving Precinct of Lane County, Oregon headed by Antonio Escobar. The household consisted of himself, his wife, Beatrice, and their two young sons, Francisco and Nicolas. Antonio...