Category Archives: Movie History

Our Corner of Texas

Posted on August 26, 2019 by jedwardnajera

We were young, just married a few months now. Everything was an adventure. We were in a small town that made the front pages across the nation. The Hispanic people there at the time called themselves Chicanos. I never used … Continue reading →

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Mitsubishi G4M by Joseph Najera

Posted on December 15, 2018 by jedwardnajera

   This is one of the kinds of bombers used by the Japanese. They were called by the American GIs, the “Flying Zippo.” Their fuel tanks were poorly protected and exploded easily, especially when hit.    Were a medium range … Continue reading →

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Lone Star by Joseph Najera

Posted on September 16, 2017 by jedwardnajera

You can see the word Maverick in the highlighted portion of this map. That is the name of this particular county. You can find the Rio Grande and the small town called Eagle Pass. Across the river is Mexico. You … Continue reading →

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The Water by Joseph E. Najera

Posted on June 29, 2016 by jedwardnajera

The 1952 polio epidemic was the worst outbreak our country has ever seen.  Nationwide, there were nearly 60,000 cases reported in that year.  Over 3,000 succumbed.  Over 20,000 individuals were disabled and limited in their ability to walk. Polio is … Continue reading →

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The Last City by Joseph E Najera

Posted on January 12, 2016 by jedwardnajera

I am back at the corner of Market Street and Santa Clara in downtown San Jose, my home town. My family moved here from Southern California in 1956.  We lived in Santa Clara a few miles away from this point. … Continue reading →

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Barbara Worth by Joseph Najera

Posted on September 9, 2015 by jedwardnajera

One motion picture that my father talked about was called “The Winning of Barbara Worth.” It was originally a novel, by Harold Bell Wright. He lived in the Imperial Valley and wrote this story about the valley’s origins. The novel … Continue reading →

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Fox in the Icehouse (1930) by Carlos Najera

Posted on July 19, 2014 by jedwardnajera

I was 22 years old then. There wasn’t much of a future there in Oxnard. I could work on the farms, and I did, but I was a high school graduate when most of the people in town did not finish … Continue reading →

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