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The Austin’s – An ASARCO Family

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A remembrance of life in the Colony by Catherine Austin Thomas, who lived in the Colony from 1931-1948.
Long ago and far away, I was born the second child to Nellie Wilson Austin and John Fuller Austin, Jr. on July 8, 1927. I was born at the ASARCO Colony in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. [...]

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My Family…the Morris and Wilson Sides

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This video shot around 1941 by my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, shows children at play during a birthday party (including my mom Flossy Wilson and my aunt Catina Wilson) and a few members of the Morris and Wilson sides of my family.

Fred Wilhelmi, first cousin to my mother Flossy and my aunt Catina Wilson, [...]

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Avalos Picnic in the 1940’s

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

UPDATE: I’ve edited the video below to slow it down a bit so faces are more visible. This process extended the length of the video and I’ve now uploaded it in two parts. The video below comes from home movies taken by my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, when they lived in the Avalos [...]

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The Ávalos Smelter Club

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This photo taken a few years ago and courtesy of Eduardo Uranga, Jr., shows the Ávalos Smelter Club. Do you have stories about the Club you’d like to share?
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Smelter Hospital in Ávalos

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A view of the Smelter Hospital taken during the 1994 Ávalos Reunion. Do you have photos or stories about the hospital you’d like to share?

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Ávalos Smelter School

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This undated photo shared by Catherine Austin Thomas shows the Ávalos Smelter School. On the back of the photo she said, “The wonderful Ávalos school. Dad was the one who hired the teachers and set the curriculum. We had to be good–well sorta!”

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A Blog to Visit

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Family and friends,
In recent posts, I’ve highlighted photos shared by Eduardo Uranga, Jr.
Eduardo shared a link to his personal blog, URANGAcuarelas and there I discovered that he is an accomplished watercolor artist. Eduardo told me that Ávalos…Te Recuerdo had inspired him to create watercolors of the Colony. I was thrilled!
Within Eduardo’s blog, is [...]

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Recent Views of the Ávalos Smelter

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Architect and professor Gabriel Díaz-Montemayor shared these beautiful photographs he took of the smelter between 2005-2009. Click on the photos for a larger view.

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Ávalos Smelter Employees

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the Wildman family, a photo of employees at the Ávalos smelter including at the front far right, Horatio Wildman, Sr., Superintendent of the Mill from 1946-1954. In their description of the photo, the family said, “The one picture for which we’ve been unable to do anything (except for identifying Horatio, Sr.) is an [...]

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Ávalos Smelter Dinner and a Photo Update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This photo of an Ávalos smelter dinner was generously provided by Eduardo Uranga, Jr. whose father, Eduardo Uranga Murga, worked as an engineer at the Ávalos smelter. The Uranga family lived in Ávalos from 1966-1982. Can you help identify the men in this undated photo?
Also, an update to a photo posted in “The Plant” section. [...]

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