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University of Texas at El Paso

Chamizal Settlement

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Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores May 1994

Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores

Combined Interviews

Part of the Chamizal Oral History Project; member of Electoral District Committee during election Teófilo Borunda; assignation of Cordoba Island; physicals characteristics of island; economic activities and housing of residents; stages of Chamizal Treaty, including signing and infrastructures, bridges, and canal; meeting of Mexican President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García Apr 1994

Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamnizal Oral History Project; biographical data; relates story of the three generation fight for 29 hectares of land lost when Rio Grande changed course; comments about his book El Chamizal, Caso Inconcluso. (See also No. 70)

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Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin Apr 1994

Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin

Combined Interviews

Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; biographical data; early career with IBWC Commissioner; history of Chamizal dispute; special congressional legislation authorizing payment yo property owners in Chamizal area; logistics of relocating families, businesses, railroads and utilities in land transfer,; relationship between commissioners on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border; relocating of international bridges; Four Points Program; commemorative ceremony to celebrate signing of Chamizal Treaty.

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Interview No. 432, Ing. David Herrera J. Feb 1981

Interview No. 432, Ing. David Herrera J.

Combined Interviews

Datos biograficos; experiencias como el comisionado de CILA; incluyendo detalles de la construccion de presas a lo largo del Rio Grande y el Rio Colorado, la canalizacion del Rio Tijuana, el problema de la salinidad en la area de Mexicali, y el Chamizal.

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Interview No. 552, Joseph F. Friedkin May 1977

Interview No. 552, Joseph F. Friedkin

Combined Interviews

Biographical Data; history of the IBWC; land and water disputes arbitrated by the commission.

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Interview No. 185, Ray Daguerre Jul 1975

Interview No. 185, Ray Daguerre

Combined Interviews

Biography; differences between Sunset Heights, South El Paso, and Ciudad Juarez; Commissioner Lawson; Boundary Commission and Agrarian Claims Commission; border monumentation; Chamizal Dispute; irrigation network system.

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