Samuel Bernal, 1973-1974

File — Box: 5, item: 155-157

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Scope and Contents

Origin (Jacales, Colorado, May 27, 1899), ancestors: New Mexico, education, origin of Mrs. Bernal, the Bernal family, migrant worker, dances, chueco game, gallo game, impact of the Depression, Capulin trees, exploits of Juan Savala, John and Smith's catalogue, war with the Indians, handmade objects made by Mr. Bernal, a dinosaur egg, ancient Harahua, building a house, the Penitentes, trout fisherman. Interviewed by John R. Tapia in Canon de Chama, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 43 pages.

Francisco Mondragon (1921 Costilla County treasurer), violinist, ruby stones, adobe houses, washing in the river, Morada (meeting center). Interviewed by John R. Tapia in Canon de Chama, Colorado. Spanish language transcript. 11 pages.

Biographical background, origin (San Luis, Colorado 1899), early education, Mrs. Samuel Bernal's background, Mr. Bernal's relatives and family, picking vegetables at Fort Collins, social activities, Depression, making tortillas and bread, making wine from chokecherries, Savala-selling whiskey, stealing, changes in the area-speaking English, bringing in judges and lawyers, modernizing jail, beds, mattresses, serapes, sheep hides, horse cart-car, fighting with Indians, making harnesses for horses, people getting together to build houses, women getting together to wash, Penitentes. 15 pages.

Dates

1973-1974

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