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 …
Category: History
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 …
Wyoming
Ed A. Munoz Wyoming chronology A papal bull proclaims Spain’s legal right to most of the New World, including the trans-Mississippi West. Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explores …
South Dakota
John A. Morrow South Dakota chronology 1492 The Spanish Crown claims what would become South Dakota. 1540-1542 Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado claims the Great Plains for Spain. 1682 …
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 Guide for Tourist
Pinnick Kinnick Hill, a fictionalized account written by Gavin Gonzalez, the son of Spanish migrants, is published. This bilingual text recounts the experiences of a Spanish zinc-mining family in …
Ohio
Mexicans begin moving to Ohio to work at the mills in Lorain. These are the first Latino migrants to permanently settle the region. In 1926 a Mexican baseball team …
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 …
Texas Guide for Tourist
Texas CHRONOLOGY The Mexican Revolution leads to massive Mexican migration to the United States. The manifesto El Plan de San Diego calls for armed struggle against exploitation and the …