Timothy Martinez, 1973

File — Box: 5, item: 151-154

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Acquaintance with bootlegger, Juan Savala, plaza of San Luis, family, Republican party, Alguacil mayor, Joe Maestas, criminal, officials of that time, Japanese, the Limos, La Luminaria, Jacon Sanchez (cowboy with Buffalo Bill circus), price of steers, travel through Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, track work, hopping freight cars. Interviewed by John R. Tapia and Alfred Chavez in San Luis, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 17 pages.

Working with 'tallas' ties, school system, school teachers, teacher's education, teacher's salary, town's lawyers (Chepe), 'La Llorona traditional story, coin collection, federal reserve notes, buried money, Ruby in Yuma, silver coins, bringing gold from California, Ortiz (millionare), horse raise, Ortega's family, Waldo's Assasination, Rafaelita's suicide, Franco Ortiz kills a man, entertainment (dancing, playing cards), keeping money under a stove, sending old-coins to Washington D. C. Interviewed by John R. Tapia and Alfred Chavez in San Luis, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 23 pages

Monroe (Vascos), talking to the dead, gold buried in La Mesa, black slave married a Chicana, Indians killed Mrs. Chavez, Indian descents, San Acacio, San Luis (named after Luis Gallegos). Interviewed by Mr. John Tapia and Mr. Alfred Chavez in San Luis, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 16 pages.

Mr. Martinez grandfather's illness, hidden gold heritage, grandfather dies, grandmother returns home, step-grandfather tries to find the hidden gold, distribution of her inheritance. Interviewed by Alfred Chavez and John R. Tapia in San Luis, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 5 pages.

Background, chief of police in San Luis, Colorado, Japanese in San Luis, rooster game, Jacon Sanches (or 'Jake Sanders') with Buffalo Bill circus, sheep herding, story about gold, Juan Isidro, Taylor family, racial mix of Black and Mexican, Indian and Mexican mix, La Culebra, oldest town in Colorado, 'honor' rites, passion murders. Interviewed by John R. Tapia and Alfred Chavez in San Luis, Colorado. 12 pages.

Dates

1973

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