Luis G. Gomez Guadalupe, Jr. Valdez Thomas H. Kreneck
Although they are among the most important sources of the history of the American Southwest, the lives of ordinary immigrants from Mexico have rarely been recorded. Educated and hardworking, Luis G. Gomez came to Texas from Mexico as a young man in the mid-1880s. He made his way around much of South Texas, finding work on the railroad and in other businesses, observing the people and ways of the region and committing them to memory for later transcription. From the moment he crossed the Rio Grande at Matamoros-Brownsville, Gomez sought his fortune in a series of contracting operations that...
Although they are among the most important sources of the history of the American Southwest, the lives of ordinary immigrants from Mexico have rarely ...
