Category: History
Vermont notable latinos Alvarez, Julia (1950-). Julia Alvarez, a noted novelist, is a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Alvarez was born in New York City but raised in …
South Dakota cultural contributions The Latino community in Sioux Falls includes several musicians and artists, including a folk-dance group composed of Jose Quesada, his wife, Marla, and her sister, …
Wyoming Twentieth-Century Industrialization Migrant labor increasingly became a mainstay of U.S. economic development at the turn of the twentieth century; the domestic labor supply could not keep up with …
Utah bibliography Adams, Eleanor B. Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante. Utah Historical Quarterly, 44 (Winter 1976): 40-58. Arrington, Leonard J. The Commercialization of Utah’s …
Wyoming historical overview Many Spanish conquistadors, explorers, missionaries, and colonists garner much of the credit for the so-called early settlement of the southwestern and inter-Rocky Mountain regions of the …
Wyoming Community Building, 1900-1960 Wyoming’s territorial and early statehood eras were generally welcoming to migrants due to these workers’ critical role in the region’s economic development. This view changed …
South Dakota cultural contributions The successful integration of Latinos into the Huron community is due directly to the diligent efforts of the city council, the local school district, the …
Wyoming Livestock Industry At the end of the 1830s, early Wyoming settlers increasingly looked to raising livestock as a viable economic activity. Spaniards had introduced longhorn cattle to Texas …