New Mexico
New Mexico CHRONOLOGY Some members of the Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca expedition wander from Texas to the Pacific through the Southwest. The Vasquez de Coronado expedition goes to …
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Minnesota Map
Map of Mississippi Mississippi Tejanos and Braceros, 1940s-1960s Though Mississippi farmers were comparatively slow to take advantage of the guest worker program that would come to be known as …
Nevada Holidays
Latino cultural traditions have a social and psychological impact on Nevada’s Latino community. Traditional mariachi and conjunto bands perform at the annual Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day …
Nevada Religion
The Catholic Church has always been an important Latino social institution. As the Latino population has grown and settled, the Church has taken on a bigger role in the …
Holiday in Michigan
Michigan notable latinos Barbosa, Jose Celso (1857-1921). Puerto Rican intellectual and politician known for his position in favor of statehood, Barbosa lived in Michigan for 4 years, between 1876 …
New Mexico Metro Map
New Mexico historical overview New Mexico was born in Zacatecas, the colonial silver city in Mexico. Don Juan de Onate the man credited with claiming New Mexico for the …
Travel to New Mexico
New Mexico Food Chile is the most noted component of Nuevomexicano cuisine, if only for its prominence and intensity. It is not clear when chiles were introduced to New …
Missouri
Missouri chronology 1541 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto visits the Missouri area in 1541. 1770 The Spanish government takes control of the Territory of Louisiana. 1821 Captain William Becknell …
Holiday in New Mexico
New Mexico Food Chile is the most noted component of Nuevomexicano cuisine, if only for its prominence and intensity. It is not clear when chiles were introduced to New …
New Jersey Map
New Jersey Latinos and Education Latinos have played an important role in education in New Jersey, as they have made contributions to teaching. In 2000 there were more than …