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Interview No. 1664, Ramon A. Salas Aug 1995

Interview No. 1664, Ramon A. Salas

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Ramon A. Salas was born in Mexico and migrated to Smeltertown in the 1920’s. He attended school in Mexico and then finished his education at a public school in Smeltertown. He attended vocational classes which help him learn a trade. This is where he was introduced to construction. Salas worked in construction and was employed by El Paso Natural Gas for 20 years until he retired. Salas detailed demographic of Smeltertown where Anglos occupied houses ASARCO owned on a hill and the Mexican workers lived below them. Some of the Mexican houses did not have running water. Times were difficult …

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Interview No. 873, George Concha Mar 1995

Interview No. 873, George Concha

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Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; recollects active duty in Pacific Theater, including bombardment of Tarawa, central Pacific island, and battle of Okinawa; reflects on role models in Company E, the all-Hispanic unit from El Paso , 141st Regiment, 36thTexas Division.

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Interview No. 874, Pollard Rodgers Mar 1995

Interview No. 874, Pollard Rodgers

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Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; settlement of Chamizal dispute; organization Chamizal construction field force; construction of principal projects; relocation of railroad yards and track, International bridges, Rio Grande channel; construction of new river chanel; cooperation between U.S. Commissioner Joseph Friedkin and Mexican Commissioner David Herrera Jordan.

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Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon Mar 1995

Interview No. 872, Betty J. Ligon

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Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; discusses journalism career at PATEX Ordnance Plant, Amarillo TX, and various newspapers in West Texas; taking flying lessons; reflects on ethic isolation, discrimination and segregation during WWII.

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Interview No. 881, José Cisneros Jan 1995

Interview No. 881, José Cisneros

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Recollects immigration from Mexico to U.S.; art career; friendship with artist/author Tom Lea, typography and book designer Carl Hertzog.

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Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein Dec 1994

Interview No. 876, Hanna Burstein

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Recollects early childhood and adolescence in Poland; ghetto life under Nazi occupation; slave labor camp at Plaszaw; Auschwitz experience; war effort in Czechoslovakia; liberation.

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Interview No. 871, Robert Upton Dec 1994

Interview No. 871, Robert Upton

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Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; recollects brief period spent in Los Alamos, NM. and his impressions of Manhattan Project physicists Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi; work experience at Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratory, Albuquerque, and Imperial Valley, CA; German POWs at Fort Bliss, including Werner von Braun.

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Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres Oct 1994

Interview No. 870, Reyes V. Torres

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Part of WWII: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; provides detailed description of capture by German ski troopers after being shot down on combat mission to Regensberg, Germany; daily life in POW camps; liberation of camp by Russian Army; discrimination and prejudice in U.S. military.

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Interview No. 869, Mary A. Lacy Oct 1994

Interview No. 869, Mary A. Lacy

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Part of World War II: El Paso Homefront Project; biographical data; childhood memories of WWII, including rationing, curfews, blackouts, contributions of school children, and fashions; recalls arrival of telegram notifying family of father's death while on active duty in Europe, reflects on mother's success in overcoming difficulties raising family as single parent; discusses attending Texas Western College under War Orphan Bill.

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Interview No. 863, Billy Pat Mckinney Aug 1994

Interview No. 863, Billy Pat Mckinney

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; extensive biographical information; recounts his experiences tracking, trapping, hunting and managing mountain lions, desert bighorn sheep, deer and bear in Black Gap Wildlife Management Area and Natural Area at Lajitas; establishment of Big Bend National Park and Black Gap Wildlife Management Area; how and why and why Big Bend residents sold land for creation of national park.

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Interview No. 848, Leona Starr Baker Aug 1994

Interview No. 848, Leona Starr Baker

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical information; recounts settlement of parents, Mae Johnson Starr and Salomon Albert Starr, Alpine/Marathon area; mother's proprietorship and operation of boarding house in Marathon and management of Gage Hotel; father's operation of ranches in Rosillos Mts. and in Tornillo Creek; creation of Big Bend National Park; lifestyle of Big Bend area families, particularly during Depression; details life in Marathon, its industry, businesses, churches, and segregated schools; describes relationship with other families including the Burnams, Nails, and Greens.

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Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski Jul 1994

Interview No. 879, June Kruszewski

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Relates memories of Poland during Nazi occupation, including the bombing, food, and living arrangement.

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Interview No. 856, Juan Esquivel Jul 1994

Interview No. 856, Juan Esquivel

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; recalls conditions of the Great Depression of the South Texas ; enlistment in CCC at Fort Clark, TX; describes daily life in CCC camp and work on road from present-day Panther Junction to Chisos Basin ; visits to Boquillas and Santa Elena Canyon; death of CCC member as the result of an accident in a gravel pit.

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Interview No. 866, Thomas W. Stovall Jul 1994

Interview No. 866, Thomas W. Stovall

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; recalls enlistment in CCC and transfer of his 200-man company to Big Bend; discusses his duties as tent camp cook in Chisos Basin; prospective on role of CCC in the park and in lives of corps members.

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Interview No. 849, Jane H. Bright Jul 1994

Interview No. 849, Jane H. Bright

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Part of Big Bend Park Oral History Project; biographical data including service in Women's Air Service Project (WASPs) and Women Army Corps during World War II and years as school teacher; her perspective on family life and hardships in Big Bend area during the Depression; death of father during Spanish influenza epidemic, 1919-20; mother's life in Big Bend area during Mexican Revolution; Depression-era purchase and slaughter of family's cattle by U.S. government; social segregation of area's Anglo and Hispanic communities; detailed description of parent's cow-camp residence in Rosillos Mts.

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Interview No. 851, Joseph Carithers Jul 1994

Interview No. 851, Joseph Carithers

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; explains personal interest in conservation; details physical conditions of park, employee morale, and criminal activities present in Big Bend upon becoming superintendent; tells anecdote about collision of Lady Bird Johnson's airplane with an antelope; discusses ecology of park; offers perspectives on overgrazing and ecological restoration; creation of Big Bend wilderness areas; relations between Mexican citizens and government officials.

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Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht Jul 1994

Interview No. 880, Bernard Pergricht

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Shares thoughts on the psychological warfare used by Nazis; tells about condition in eastern Europe during the war and life in labor camp.

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Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen Jul 1994

Interview No. 878, Henry Kellen

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Recollections og ghetto life under Nazi Occupation; time spent in concentration camp Lithuania; reflects on treatment of Jews by fellow Lithuanians and Germans.

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Interview No. 855, James Ely Jul 1994

Interview No. 855, James Ely

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; recalls experiences as river rider preventing Mexican cattle from entering Texas during hoof and mouth disease epidemic in Mexico in the 1940s; recounts fishing activities on the Rio Grande; dangers of high water on the river; living conditions at Hot Springs; cotton farming in San Vicente, discusses killing rattlesnakes and burning river cane despite National Park Service policies prohibiting such activities.

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Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone Jul 1994

Interview No. 877, Larry Gladstone

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Recalls early childhood and adolescence in Czechoslovakia; events and life in slave labor camp in Hungary; liberation.

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Interview No. 859, Juan D. Hernández May 1994

Interview No. 859, Juan D. Hernández

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Part of Big Ben National Park Oral History project; biographical data; recalls father's shifting of residence from Boquillas, TX to Boquillas, Mexico, to avoid immigration authorities; discusses various families and residents of Boquillas, Hot Springs, San Vicente and mining communities, border lifestyles; recalls farming in the Boquillas area; discusses acquisition of land by U.S. Government for inclusion in the national park; forced removal from Big Bend area of Mexican and Mexican-American residents.

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Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores May 1994

Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores

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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. 844, Nestor Valencia Apr 1994

Interview No. 844, Nestor Valencia

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Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; biographical data; history of Chamizal issue; explains origin of term Chamizal; describes his responsibilities during implementation of treaty; trip to Mexico City to work with Inter-Secretarial Commission of Chamizal Affairs; reaction of Chamizal residents to treaty; businesses forced to relocate; land use issues; transferring property and structures to Mexican government; proposed construction of alien detention facility in area; Four Point Program; national parks of both sides of border; new international bridges; initiation of the maquiladora industry.

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Interview No. 842, J. Samuel Moore Apr 1994

Interview No. 842, J. Samuel Moore

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Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; history of Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger, and Thurmond, law firm representing U.S. at 1911 arbitration hearing on Chamizal; role of Richard F. Burges as U.S. Associate Counsel in Chamizal arbitration hearing; historical background of Chamizal issue; Mexico City meeting of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Mexico President Adolfo Lopez Mateos; reasons for delay in setting Chamizal issue; describes Chamizal tract and discusses Public Law 88-300; relocation of Chamizal residents and businesses; paper he authored on Chamizal dispute; sources of information of Chamizal issue.

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Interview No. 835, Joaquín Bustamante Apr 1994

Interview No. 835, Joaquín Bustamante

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Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; recounts employment with the National Irrigation Commission in Mexico City; provides historical sketch of Chamizal issue; tell about National Border Program or PRONAF (Programa Nacional Fronterizo); role in preparation of publications El Chamizal: Solución Gráfico; relationship between boundary commissioners on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border.

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Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García Apr 1994

Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García

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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

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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. 847, Bob Ybarra Apr 1994

Interview No. 847, Bob Ybarra

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Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; recollects recruitment by IBWC as border specialist and trouble shooter, history of Chamizal dispute; sentiments of residents on forced relocation; construction of new international bridges; proposed alien detention facility; highlights of Four Point Program; comments on script of historical narrative, "The Brown Report"; anecdotes about narrators in Chamizal Memorial documentary.

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Interview No. 857, Armando Gracía Mar 1994

Interview No. 857, Armando Gracía

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; recalls father's employment at Study Butte mine; social life and interaction among residents of Catolon, Texas, and Santa Helena, Chihuahua, Mexico; recollects life along the Rio Grande.

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Interview No. 853, Alfredo De La O Mar 1994

Interview No. 853, Alfredo De La O

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Part of Big Bend National Park Oral History Project; biographical data; discusses grandfather's ranch, De la O Springs at Castolon; recalls living in Terlingua, TX; quicksilver mines; cross-border social interactions with residents of Santa Helena and other Mexican communities before control of border crossing by U.S. Border Patrol.

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