Report Card from the Ávalos Smelter School

Happy Holidays! My apologies to you all for not updating the blog lately. My scanner was down and with the holidays there was little time to work on material but, I’m back with some really great information. My thanks to my mom, Florence Wilson, for sharing her first grade report card from the Ávalos Smelter [...]

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Ávalos Colony Pool

The Ávalos Colony pool looked to be a central meeting place for families and friends throughout the existence of the Colony. Before the time of my family video in 1939, through the 1950′s, to the 1970′s and even at the 1994 Ávalos reunion (a year after the plant closed), so many employees, their families and [...]

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Back to the Avalos Blog

My apologies for not posting in quite a while. My sister’s and I have been working on a celebration for our parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. My mother, Florence Wilson Delgado and my father Robert Ralph Delgado, celebrated with a party on July 17, 2010 in El Paso, Texas. Here is a photo of my mother’s [...]

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Casino de Chihuahua

For many living in Ávalos, Casino de Chihuahua was one of the places to go for a night out on the town. The Chihuahua newspaper El Heraldo de Chihuahua has many articles about Casino de Chihuahua. These articles speak to the history of the casino: Casino de Chihuahua un lugar muy distinguido Casino de Chihuahua [...]

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The Bridesmaids from Ávalos

Here’s a photo of the bridesmaids for Ma. Luisa’s wedding taken on July 21, 1956 in Ávalos, Chihuahua. From left to right: Martha Santa Cruz, Lolita Bradford, Florence G. Wilson and Leticia Gutierrez. Below the photo is what was written on the back.

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Inside Quinta #21

A few photos of my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, with their grandson David Shupe and my mother, Florence Wilson. These were taken inside Quinta #21 at the Ávalos smelter colony in the late 1950′s.

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Avalos Smelter School

Do you have stories you’d like to share about the smelter school at Avalos? J. Elena Navarro sent this photo from the 1986 reunion taken in front of the smelter school. From left to right: Charles “Chuck” Hardy, Katherine Bremer Alvarado, Unknown, Antonieta Bremer, J. Elena Navarro, Carmen and Carlos Bremer. And this photo in [...]

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