me take this medium to present the first part of a very peculiar note on the village of Nacozari Garcia released into the Sonoran newspaper "The Fair" in November 2007 by Oscar Romo Salazar in Counter his column. Hope you like it.
Nacozari was for many years one of my favorite places. Whether that was where my wife Mary Emma was born and raised, Nacozari is-or rather, was "a wonderful people, unusual in their characteristics and, needless to say, for its people.
say it was a wonderful people because today is anything else but that. However, for those who knew him and enjoyed in the past, its beauty is unforgettable and incomparable. Nestled between steep hills, being as it is essentially a mining town with its winding streets and the river which runs only during the rainy season, Nacozari has a unique flavor, even today, despite the changes that have erased some of its charm of yesteryear.
A small part of the village retains its original appearance. The main square around which are the stone buildings that once occupied the Moctezuma Copper Company (MCC) the library and other locations, is more or less the same, and I guess that is still in its far east source that the children huddled around the water looking down into the pool. I understand that this sculpture was brought from Brussels by Mr. Douglas, director of the MCC.
consequence of the many and profound ecological changes that have been the people and the environment is now much less rain than before, at the time when I first went to visit ... and I fell in love with this unique people .
That happened on November 7, 1953, 54 years ago when aboard a Transportes Vazquez Urrea diligence that made journeys saw, by dirt roads in constant disrepair, carrying the mail and two or three passengers, I threw myself into the adventure of going to see that 10 years later became my wife and mother of my three children.
If I remember we did seven hours of road, with a forecast cold soaked to the bone, especially me, that was not used to temperatures like the mountains. In Nacozari not snow as much as in Cananea, but frost and cold is very intense. Or at least they were.
The springs and summers are, or were delicious. At least in those times of which I speak it rained a lot, almost every afternoon, and the weather was very nice. The Represo always had water and the river ran with great frequency. That no longer happens today.
remember with particular emotion places like "La Cuesta del Castillo", "House of Strength" and "The Cooler" for electric generators. The hill of "The Rasquera" and "La Sirena" the former "Big House" of the company in an era where distinguished visitors were staying. And most beautiful sites as "purine", "Pumpkin" and "Cuchuta."
Nacozari was ground music and musicians. Two in particular have transcended the borders of the state and country: Don Silvestre Rodríguez and Manuel S. Acuña, songwriters and countless unforgettable tunes as "Alma Angelina," "My eyes I complain," Your eyes "," The coastal "," The pilareña "and so on.
Thanks to Don Crisanto Molina Figueroa, my wife's late uncle and nacozarense to the bone, I know many stories of remarkable people and their characters. I keep some documents he gave me considering that my hands would be a safe place. Among them the story of "The Cuesta del Castillo ", a beautiful stone house that still exists and should be protected for posterity, and people who have been their owners over time. Crisanto
Figueroa, who lived much of his life in Los Angeles, California, was very active member of charitable and altruistic Nacozarenses Circle of Friends "that ran for many years in that city and was engaged in activities benefit the people.
For example, the benches in the main square was donated by them, as well as large amount of equipment for the old hospital and library.
He gave me a 33-rpm LPs that pressed Circle in Los Angeles with music by Silvestre Rodriguez, one of them, and one of Manuel S. Acuña. With the proceeds of their sales were acquired hospital beds, wheelchairs and other equipment were donated to Nacozari. In his hands got a copy of the newspaper edition No. 46 The Nacozarense dated Saturday May 16, 1936, the price was five cents. The director of this newspaper at that time was Ephraim Leon and the editor was J. Trinidad R. Chavez, and the edition consists of eight pages.
In this edition is announced arrival of a great trip made by members of Chambers of Commerce in Douglas, Bisbee and Agua Prieta, and other characters from different parts of the state. Announces a Chambers of Commerce Convention in this city of Hermosillo, the 15th, 16th and 17th of May 1936. Robert Elzy is reported that Torres will be the new agent Sonora Brewery in the districts of Moctezuma and Arizpe. Announcing the baseball game between the ninth Athens, Douglas, Arizona and Tigers Nacozari in the "taste" of the people. In "line up" of the Tigers team were Luis and Jorge Freaner (+), uncle of my wife. It also comes the review of the wedding of my deceased in-law, Don Freaner Francisco Ruiz and Maria Luisa Figueroa Molina. It is reported the circulation of a new coin of cupro nickel and dimes, and the entry into force of Law Wet Sonora, which allows the sale of all kinds of spirits, burdened with heavy taxes to reduce consumption. Advertising
diverse: Buyer of Minerals and Pastas, SA TB manager Englehart, Hotel Nacozari "the best in the State of Sonora," manager Miguel Hurtado. RS Clinch, purchase and sale of minerals. Railroad Ad Nacozari with access to Agua Prieta on Wednesday and returned Thursday. A. The Modern Shop Uribe Romo. Shop Fashion Upton Freaner Francisco Moreno. Hardware Alberto Vazquez Central Gudiño. Susano Montaño, dealer and agent. Miguel M. Maldonado, sales agent Tapia Brothers, Notions of Peace, Botica Moderna, Olivares Espinosa and Company of Hermosillo.
Now tell me if you remember is not to live again ... I'm tired!
Salazar Oscar Romo, a columnist for THE FAIR since 1990.
Mail: oscarromo@prodigy.net.mx.
Nacozari was for many years one of my favorite places. Whether that was where my wife Mary Emma was born and raised, Nacozari is-or rather, was "a wonderful people, unusual in their characteristics and, needless to say, for its people.
say it was a wonderful people because today is anything else but that. However, for those who knew him and enjoyed in the past, its beauty is unforgettable and incomparable. Nestled between steep hills, being as it is essentially a mining town with its winding streets and the river which runs only during the rainy season, Nacozari has a unique flavor, even today, despite the changes that have erased some of its charm of yesteryear.
A small part of the village retains its original appearance. The main square around which are the stone buildings that once occupied the Moctezuma Copper Company (MCC) the library and other locations, is more or less the same, and I guess that is still in its far east source that the children huddled around the water looking down into the pool. I understand that this sculpture was brought from Brussels by Mr. Douglas, director of the MCC.
consequence of the many and profound ecological changes that have been the people and the environment is now much less rain than before, at the time when I first went to visit ... and I fell in love with this unique people .
That happened on November 7, 1953, 54 years ago when aboard a Transportes Vazquez Urrea diligence that made journeys saw, by dirt roads in constant disrepair, carrying the mail and two or three passengers, I threw myself into the adventure of going to see that 10 years later became my wife and mother of my three children.
If I remember we did seven hours of road, with a forecast cold soaked to the bone, especially me, that was not used to temperatures like the mountains. In Nacozari not snow as much as in Cananea, but frost and cold is very intense. Or at least they were.
The springs and summers are, or were delicious. At least in those times of which I speak it rained a lot, almost every afternoon, and the weather was very nice. The Represo always had water and the river ran with great frequency. That no longer happens today.
remember with particular emotion places like "La Cuesta del Castillo", "House of Strength" and "The Cooler" for electric generators. The hill of "The Rasquera" and "La Sirena" the former "Big House" of the company in an era where distinguished visitors were staying. And most beautiful sites as "purine", "Pumpkin" and "Cuchuta."
Nacozari was ground music and musicians. Two in particular have transcended the borders of the state and country: Don Silvestre Rodríguez and Manuel S. Acuña, songwriters and countless unforgettable tunes as "Alma Angelina," "My eyes I complain," Your eyes "," The coastal "," The pilareña "and so on.
Thanks to Don Crisanto Molina Figueroa, my wife's late uncle and nacozarense to the bone, I know many stories of remarkable people and their characters. I keep some documents he gave me considering that my hands would be a safe place. Among them the story of "The Cuesta del Castillo ", a beautiful stone house that still exists and should be protected for posterity, and people who have been their owners over time. Crisanto
Figueroa, who lived much of his life in Los Angeles, California, was very active member of charitable and altruistic Nacozarenses Circle of Friends "that ran for many years in that city and was engaged in activities benefit the people.
For example, the benches in the main square was donated by them, as well as large amount of equipment for the old hospital and library.
He gave me a 33-rpm LPs that pressed Circle in Los Angeles with music by Silvestre Rodriguez, one of them, and one of Manuel S. Acuña. With the proceeds of their sales were acquired hospital beds, wheelchairs and other equipment were donated to Nacozari. In his hands got a copy of the newspaper edition No. 46 The Nacozarense dated Saturday May 16, 1936, the price was five cents. The director of this newspaper at that time was Ephraim Leon and the editor was J. Trinidad R. Chavez, and the edition consists of eight pages.
In this edition is announced arrival of a great trip made by members of Chambers of Commerce in Douglas, Bisbee and Agua Prieta, and other characters from different parts of the state. Announces a Chambers of Commerce Convention in this city of Hermosillo, the 15th, 16th and 17th of May 1936. Robert Elzy is reported that Torres will be the new agent Sonora Brewery in the districts of Moctezuma and Arizpe. Announcing the baseball game between the ninth Athens, Douglas, Arizona and Tigers Nacozari in the "taste" of the people. In "line up" of the Tigers team were Luis and Jorge Freaner (+), uncle of my wife. It also comes the review of the wedding of my deceased in-law, Don Freaner Francisco Ruiz and Maria Luisa Figueroa Molina. It is reported the circulation of a new coin of cupro nickel and dimes, and the entry into force of Law Wet Sonora, which allows the sale of all kinds of spirits, burdened with heavy taxes to reduce consumption. Advertising
diverse: Buyer of Minerals and Pastas, SA TB manager Englehart, Hotel Nacozari "the best in the State of Sonora," manager Miguel Hurtado. RS Clinch, purchase and sale of minerals. Railroad Ad Nacozari with access to Agua Prieta on Wednesday and returned Thursday. A. The Modern Shop Uribe Romo. Shop Fashion Upton Freaner Francisco Moreno. Hardware Alberto Vazquez Central Gudiño. Susano Montaño, dealer and agent. Miguel M. Maldonado, sales agent Tapia Brothers, Notions of Peace, Botica Moderna, Olivares Espinosa and Company of Hermosillo.
Now tell me if you remember is not to live again ... I'm tired!
Salazar Oscar Romo, a columnist for THE FAIR since 1990.
Mail: oscarromo@prodigy.net.mx.
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