Mexico » Occupations

Avalos...Te Recuerdo | smelter life in

In 1905, the Guggenheim family persuaded Porfirio Diaz to allow them to build the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) town of Avalos, east of Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico, along the Mexican Central Railroad. The Guggenheim

Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930

A book for sale by Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo.