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    • Arizona National Guard troops at Naco, Arizona November, 1916

    • Arizona National Guard troops at Naco, Arizona November, 1916

    • Grippitus Photos Mirtle Avenue 101 El Paso, Texas

    • Arizona National Guard; Bushmasters

    • As a result of Pancho Villa and his men crossing the Mexican border and raiding Columbus, New Mexico, General “Black Jack” Pershing was ordered to lead a Punitive Expedition to apprehend and capture Villa and his bandits. The President called...
    • Spanish-colonial tropa ligera.

    • Spanish-colonial tropa ligera.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD

      The Spanish Colonial Period covers the period 1739 (the discovery of the Arizonac mine) through 1856 (the arrival of the American military in Tucson).

      Prior to the Reglamentos of 1772 (Regulations of...
    • The front doors to the Arizona Military Museum.

    • The front doors to the Arizona Military Museum.

    • Abodeely, Joseph

    • Arizona Military Museum; Military Museums--Arizona--History

    • ARIZONA MILITARY HISTORY

      Other than the indigenous inhabitants who populated what is now Arizona in prehistoric times, the Spanish Conquistadors were the first "military" to explore what is now Arizona in the 16th century. In their quest...
    • The Circuit: Lives of Migrant Workers

    • The Circuit: Lives of Migrant Workers

    • Teaching; Migrant labor; Depressions --1929--Arizona

    • 4th Grade; Appropriate for 5th - 8th Grade with adaptations

    • This lesson teaches students how to analyze a photo and how to make inferences from the same image. It can be used as part of a unit on migrant workers and the Dust Bowl. Archival photos of migrant families, their work and living conditions can be...
    • Transportation in Arizona

    • Transportation in Arizona

    • Transportation; Arizona

    • 4th Grade

    • This unit introduces students to the use and distinction between primary and secondary sources. Students will use primary and secondary source photos and print resources to learn about how innovations in transportation in Arizona helped the growth...
    • Oral History with Jeannette Diez-Martinez, February 12, 2011

    • Oral History with Jeannette Diez-Martinez, February 12, 2011

    • Diez-Martinez, Jeannette

    • San Luis (Ariz.); Agricultural laborers--Arizona; Post Offices--Arizona; Mexican Americans--Arizona; Yuma County (Ariz.);

    • Jeannette Diez-Martinez grew up in San Luis, Arizona during the city’s rapid growth. Her father, Charles Archibald, was the first post master of San Luis, Arizona. Charles Archibald played an important part in founding the city of San Luis and...
    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Gradias, Louis

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Louie Gradias was born and raised in Gadsden. His mother was born in Gadsden in 1918 and met and married his father in 1938. They settled in Gadsden, built their own house and farmed the land. Mr. Gradias remembers attending Gadsden Elementary...
    • Oral History with Ace Bailey, February 15, 2011

    • Oral History with Ace Bailey, February 15, 2011

    • Bailey, Ace

    • Scottsdale (Ariz.); Architecture and tourism; Art, Municipal; Hotel Valley Ho (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Soleri, Paolo, 1919-

    • Ace Bailey is the owner of Ultimate Art and Cultural Tours. Through her company, Ms. Bailey runs guided tours throughout the Scottsdale community. Her tours take visitors through the many interesting landmarks in downtown Scottsdale. In this...
    • Oral History with Guillermo Lizarraga, March 30, 2011

    • Oral History with Guillermo Lizarraga, March 30, 2011

    • Lizarraga, Guillermo

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Immigration and the transnational experience; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Guillermo Lizarraga was born in Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico. He moved with his family to San Luis Rio Colorado in 1949 and began crossing the border to work in San Luis, Arizona in 1959. Mr. Lizarraga talks about the hard life of a migrant farm...
    • Oral History with Jose and Luis Marquez, May 20, 2011

    • Oral History with Jose and Luis Marquez, May 20, 2011

    • Marquez, Luis; Marquez, Jose

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Immigration and the transnational experience; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona; Bracero Program

    • Luis Marquez is one of eleven children born in Jalisco, Mexico. They moved to San Luis Rio Colorado in 1963 when he was five years old. Because of their poverty, Mr. Marquez’s parents wanted a better life and so crossed over to live and work in...
    • Oral History with Maria Murietta, May 20, 2011

    • Oral History with Maria Murietta, May 20, 2011

    • Murietta, Maria

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Immigration and the transnational experience; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona; Bracero Program

    • Maria Murrieta lives in San Luis, Arizona. She was born in Merida, Yucatan. Her father, Bartolome Hau, accepted a job as a bracero and they immigrated to Yuma, Arizona in 1959. Ms. Murrieta discusses her life growing up in the United States and the...
    • Oral History with Oscar Reynaga, April 7, 2011

    • Oral History with Oscar Reynaga, April 7, 2011

    • Reynaga, Oscar

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Immigration and the transnational experience; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona; Lettuce--Packaging; Lettuce Industry; Cauliflower--Packaging;

    • Oscar Reynaga was born in Mexicali. Early in life he immigrated illegally to the United States and worked in the celery fields of Salinas, California. He settled in Yuma, Arizona and has been working with Dole in cauliflower harvesting. Mr. Reynaga...
    • Oral History with Robert Smith, May 23, 2011

    • Oral History with Robert Smith, May 23, 2011

    • Smith, Robert L.

    • Gadsden (Ariz.); Farming--Arizona--Yuma--1930-1990; Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers—Arizona; Smith family; Pesticides---Arizona; Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993

    • Robert Smith was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona. His family owned a farm east of Gadsden that Lee Consaul Company bought for them. He and his father were tractor drivers and worked in lettuce and melon harvesting. Mr. Smith’s father worked for...
    • Oral History with Doug Thaement, February 11, 2011

    • Oral History with Doug Thaement, February 11, 2011

    • Thaement, Doug

    • Horseshoeing; Museum of the Horse; Horseshoeing--History; Patagonia (Ariz.)--Biography; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Adobe buildings--Arizona

    • Doug Thamert is a longtime resident of Patagonia and owner of the local pool hall. For years, Mr. Thamert worked for Anne Stradling, as a blacksmith, in the Museum of the Horse in Patagonia. In this interview, he talks about the circumstances...

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