Montana Travel Destinations
Mexican community took action. One of the earliest fiestas they celebrated in 1936 was organized because, as the poster claimed, Mexicans were far from the homeland, and los mexicanos …
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Montana Vacations
Although Great Western went to great lengths to secure the loyalty of their workers, several economic and political forces worked against a stable labor pool. The end of …
Minnesota Vacations
Minnesota notable latinos Garzon, Luis (1867-1954). Luis Garzon was the first Latino to settle in Minnesota. Although he lived in Minneapolis, he was a leader in the west side …
Kansas Travel Destinations
Kansas notable latinos Feleciano, Paul (1942-). Democrat Paul Feliciano was elected in 1976 to the Kansas Senate, where he served for 28 years, after being in the House of …
Kansas Vacations
Between 2000 and 2005 Kansas’s population declined overall by almost 1 percent.58 Yet, during that same period the Latino population grew by 19 percent.59 This strong Latino growth slowed …
Kentucky
chronology 1780s Western Kentuckians move across the Mississippi River into Spanish Louisiana. 1787-1797 Spanish officials in New Orleans plot to detach Kentucky from the United States and to align …
Illinois Travel Destinations
The majority of Puerto Rican migrants were attracted to New York in the early years. By 1950 many had settled outside of New York. It is estimated that about …
Travel to Iowa
Latinos in Iowa, 1980-2000: Changes and Challenges By the beginning of the 1980s the Latino population comprised over 26,000 people, and the region experienced the early signs of a …