This month we look back on the long history of Latinos in this country and, particularly, their 500 year history in Colorado.
Mexican settlement, near Walsenburg
1888
Portrait of a family
[between 1890 and 1900?]
Casimiro Barela Colorado's Hispanic "perpetual senator" from Colorado.
ca. 1910
Lucero family at door of the ranch house - White Mountain
Portrait of Leandro Chavez
circa 1914.
Workers near coke ovens
[between 1880 and 1910?]
Mexican vaquero twirling lasso
[1901?]
Women spinning wool
[1933-1944?]
Workers day World War II
1945 May 1
Three girls and three boys posing for a group photograph
1950-1970
Loading at Ft. Lupton
1959
Child picker
[1950-1960?]
Young Hispanic woman
[1960-1970?]
West High School Student Demonstration
1969 March 20
Bernard Valdez - Denver Official
1965 February 7
Members of Centro Mexico of Denver prepare to celebrate anniversary of Independence of Mexico from Spain
1967, September 14
Corky Gonzales
1960-1970
Protest for legislature to improve conditions
[1969]
Caroline Garcia teaches Dorothy Ramirez
1970 August 19
Sandos family in front of the M.L. "Sam" Sandos West Side Health Center
Carlos Castaneda (cq), of Grupo Tlaloc, leads dancers and students, on a march through Auraria Campus after performing at the 2nd Annual Latino leadership Summit at the Tivoli Student Union in Denver, Colo., on Friday, March 31, 2006. The summit featu...
DM0451 Lena Archuleta and Dora Valdez pose for a photograph in Denver Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008. wo widows, now in their 80s, called "guiding lights" among Hispanic women. Lena was Denver's first Hispanic female principal -- and has a school named after h...
(11/03/04, Denver, CO) Ken Salazar held a press conference in the parking lot of his campaign office at 11th and Bannock Wednesday morning. He was inundated by media, especially latino oriented press. Here he is interviewed by Ana Mejia of KMAS Telemu...
11/4/04 - P. 6A;
(Denver, Colorado, 2/13/2006) Saturday Spotlight: Danny and Maruca Salazar (cq) are among winners of the Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts this year, an honor being noted at a reception February 21. They are both artists, and also long-time a...
2/21/06 - P. 9D;
28 year-old Maria Diaz de Jesus (cq) (at right) takes the oath to become a United States Citizen, after living in the U.S. for almost 20 years. 3 months ago, she decided to begin the nationalization process, and on August 21, 2007, she became a United ...