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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘smelter school’
Report Card from the Ávalos Smelter School
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Florence Wilson, Ruth B. Harban, smelter school on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kids in the Colony
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chacha Ávila, Linda Rudkin, Lisa Dougdale, Mrs. Morlett, Ms. Nichols, Octavio Díaz, Quinta 28, Rodolfo (Fito) Alvarado, smelter school, Yolanda Alvarado on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My thanks to Octavio Díaz for sharing these photos taken when Octavio and his family moved to the Colony in 1960. He attended the Smelter School in 1961 and 1962 with Mrs. Morlett and Ms. Nichols. He believes these photos were taken outside the quinta 28 where he lived at the time and the rest [...]
The Austin’s – An ASARCO Family
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anita Maxwell, Bill Bradford, Bill Harris, Bill Lust, Bill Martin, Bill Maxwell, Catherine Austin Thomas, Celia Hardy, Chihuahua Casino, Dorothy Bradford, Elsie Harrison, Grace Austin, Grandmother Wilson, Heather Seaver, J.K. Hardy, Jim Myers, Jimmy Leasure, John Fuller Austin Jr., John Seaver, Juanito Austin, L.B. Harrison, Manuel Bremer, Nellie Wilson Austin, Pollyanna, Richard Harris, smelter school, Syble Bonnell, Wilton E. Thomas on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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. I [...]
Avalos Smelter School
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antonieta Bremer, Carlos Bremer, Carmen Bremer, Charles Hardy, Florence Wilson, J. Elena Navarro, Katherine Bremer, reunion, smelter school, Yola Valdez, Yola Wildman on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Contact Liz
Twitter Updates
- Avalos de Mis Amores youtube.com/watch?v=fNvQCs… 1 week ago
- Avalos Bowling Pin wp.me/ptSRQ-Ow 1 month ago
- Avalos Reunion Page wp.me/ptSRQ-Or via @AvalosBlog 2 months ago
Artist Eduardo Uranga’s Watercolor Paintings of the Colony
-
Latest Blog Comments
- Rafael Trejo on My Family
- Cathleen Catania on A question for you, friends of Ávalos.
- Dolores Bradford Goeldner on 2012 Reunion
- Andy Bradford on A Moment in Time…The Bradford Family
- Coky Bohanon on 2012 Reunion
-
Avalos...Te Requerdo Flickr Photos
More Photos Avalos Tags
Archives
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
Creative Commons License
Avalos...Te Recuerdo by Various is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.This blog is made up of contributions by its readers and other external sources. If you wish to use material from this blog, please contact me and I will put you in touch with the people who have contributed the material.
Alternatively, if you wish to have images removed or your name, please contact me.
