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Tag Archives: California
The VCR by Carlos Najera
We had two railroads running through our County. The Southern Pacific passed through our town coming from Los Angeles on its way to San Francisco and back. It had a whistle and a Bell and a cow catcher in front. … Continue reading
The First Families by Carlos Najera
It wasn’t the same as before, living so close to the Pacific Ocean. It never got hot here. Even warm summer days were never as hot as Ciudad Juarez or the Imperial Valley. Those warm summer days led to completely … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Oxnard, Uncategorized
Tagged California, New Mexico
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Pride and Prejudice by Carlos Najera
We moved into a town in the early 1900’s where the people, the adults and kids my age had a bad word for anyone who was not them. There was a bad word for every one in the melting … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, California History, hate, Oxnard
Tagged California, family, Oxnard
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The Living Waters by Carlos Najera
I don’t know what set off this memory, but I started remembering stories I heard about the Cucapah and the Yuma people. They were the people that lived here in the Imperial Valley and along the Colorado River before the Europeans … Continue reading
The Wages of Sin by Carlos Najera
We had been living in Oxnard for the past few years. For a time we moved back to Calexico. My mama didn’t tell us why. It was 1920, I was twelve years old. Most of the time the work was … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, California History, Family History, Mexicali
Tagged California, family
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Teamwork by Carlos Najera
Wagons were used to transport goods and supplies. Trains were around, just not here. Horses were often used to pull the wagons. Mules were better. A lot of the old timers would say they were smarter that horses. When traders … Continue reading
4X4 by Carlos Najera
The Rail Road had not yet reached the Imperial Valley when we first started living there. The people got around on horseback or wagons. Many people simply walked. There were the Butterfield Stagecoaches. They used to run through here years … Continue reading
