Incendio en el Palacio de Gobierno

This 1941 article from El Heraldo de Chihuahua details a fire that occurred on June 22, 1941 at the Governor’s Palace in Ciudad Chihuahua and the assistance given by los bomberos de la fundicion de Avalos. My thanks to Eduardo Uranga, Jr. for sharing this wonderful article! For the entire article: Incendio en el Palacio [...]

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Baseball and the First Pitch

The photo below, courtesy of Yola Wildman Nugent, shows her father, Horatio Wildman, Sr. throwing out the first pitch for an Avalos baseball game. Mr. Wildman was Superintendent of the Mill from 1946-1954. The Wildman family included Horatio Wildman, Sr., his wife, Carmen (“Chata”) Wildman de Gonzalez de Beovide, two daughters, Helen Carmen (Wildman) [...]

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“Abuelo, cuéntame de Ávalos” from El Heraldo de Chihuahua

A wonderful remembrance of living in Ávalos can be found in an article which appeared in El Heraldo de Chihuahua on August 24, 2009.
To access the article, click on the link above or download the PDF’s below. The English translation is via Google Translator and while not the best, gives the flavor of the [...]

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“De agreste cerro a gran fundición”

From El Heraldo de Chihuahua an article about the establishment of La Fundición de Ávalos in 1905. In the article, several people are mentioned that were involved in the development of the smelter:

Chihuahua Governor, Enrique Creel
Henry R. Simpson, ASARCO
General Luis Terrazas, Avalos landowner
William Morse, Vice-president, ASARCO
H. Icles, Manager, ASARCO
S. Austin, Division Superintendent, ASARCO
Juan Terrazas, [...]

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La Fundición de Ávalos and Economic Development

From El Heraldo de Chihuahua:
Dio la Fundición de Ávalos Paso al Desarrollo Económico

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Avalos and of all things…golf.

From El Heraldo de Chihuahua an article about the history of golf in the Chihuahua area including “el campo de Avalos”. From the article, “Por su parte, los americanos ayudaron a hacer los greenes con grasa de la fundición, la cual resultó un excelente sustituto de pasto, pues tenía la enorme ventaja de “amarrar” la [...]

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Fundición de Ávalos pilar de la economía por 84 años

From the newspaper El Heraldo de Chihuahua, an article about the Avalos smelter.
In Spanish: Fundición de Ávalos pilar de la economía por 84 años
In English: Smelter Ávalos pillar of the economy for 84 years

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