Re: Victor

["Victor Villarreal" <vela_este@...>]

Interesting observation, Alberto.

I agree that in the last couple of centuries migration has been 
predominantly northward.  And the trend still continues!

In my previous post, I was refering to that time when the Spaniards 
were still exploring the unknown territories of New Spain.  That 
usually meant that the first to find valuable lands, mines, etc. 
would have a claim to the same.  This was the greatest incentive for 
the explorers.  At that time they just took a lucky chance in 
deciding what direction to go and hope for the best.

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte <albertodua@y...> 
wrote:
> The progression and movement of the Mexican people  to
> the north and other parts:
> 
> Have you all noticed the progression and movement of
> the Mexican people, which includes all of us, in the
> last couple of hundred years?
> 
> My records show that my people were in Zacatecas for
> 350+ years until my grandfather moved from Zacatecas
> to Mapimi, Durango, about 1910. He probably moved
> because of the wars, famine, and the need to make a
> decent living for a large family of ten children.
> 
> From Mapimi, my widow grandmother in 1924 went to El
> Paso, Texas, taking all 5 children by herself. The
> other five all died.
> 
> My dad left El Paso for Los Angeles in 1942 because of
> the lack of opportunities for himself and his
> children. Teas was a hard place to make a living for
> anyone Mexican blood at that time.
> 
> I left Los Angeles in 1987 for Santa Maria,
> California, because we could not take the high crime
> rate and deterioration of our community.
> 
> My third oldest daughter left for New York city to
> break in to the fashion industry. My youngest daughter
> told me that she may be leaving for New York city,
> also, after she graduates from college.
> 
> Where does this end? probably it does not.
>