Travel to Texas
Statehood, the Civil War, and the Late Nineteenth Century Both the Mexican War and statehood complicated the relationship between the United States and Texas. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo …
Category: History
Wisconsin Guide for Tourist
Wisconsin NOTABLE LATINOS Samudio, Alcario (1937-). Alcario Samudio, a longtime advocate for Latinos in the Midwest and Texas, grew up in Mercedes, Texas, but migrated with his family for …
Oregon Vacations
Oregon cultural contributions The cultural and political landscapes of Oregon are quite different in this new century than they were fifty years ago. Today, the Mexican and Latino American …
Washington bibliography
Apostolidis, Paul. The State of the State of Washington’s Latinos: 2008. http://www. whitman.edu/politics/state_of_the_state/read.cfm. Compean, Mario. Mexican Americans in the Columbia Basin: A Historical Overview. Columbia River Basin Ethnic History …
Washington
Elizabeth Rink Washington chronology 1774 The Spanish explorer Juan Perez arrives on the Santiago in Washington State with a crew primarily of Mexican sailors. 1790-1792 The first non-Native American …
West Virginia Vacations
The reaction to recent waves of Latino migrants arriving in West Virginia has not always been positive. In fact, many West Virginians have advocated for restrictionist measures in the …
South Carolina
South Carolina chronology 1514-1521 Agents of Spanish official Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon explore the coast- line, make landfall, and initiate contact with Native Americans in present-day South Carolina. 1526 …
Washington cultural contributions
As more and more Latino migrants began to settle throughout the Columbia River basin in Washington State as a result of the area’s significant agricultural expansion, they brought with …
Texas notable latinos
Garcia, Hector Perez (1914-1996). Physician and World War II veteran Hector Garcia established the American GI Forum in 1948 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to aid veterans in their struggles …
West Virginia Travel Destinations
Still, their lives were often difficult. In the coal towns, Spanish migrants (among other Europeans) were subject to intimidation from Anglo-Americans especially members of the Ku Klux Klan, who …