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This project, funded by the National Park Service, documents the history of the Golden Spike National Historic Site. The interviews were conducted in 1974 by Gregory Thompson and Phil Notarianni in conjunction with the American West Center.

Two young children, Pauline and her brother Patrick Morales, sit on a log in the backyard of their house at 1057 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Pauline wears a dress and Patrick wears a shirt and coveralls. A wood and wire fence is nearby.

Eppie Griego, Louise Griego and Orlando Griego pose near a mantle in a living room in Denver, Colorado. Eppie wears a beret, Louise wears a blouse with a ruffled collar and cuffs and Orland wears a leather jacket.

An unidentified Vietnam veteran and Rear Admiral Henry F. Herrera pose at a G.I. Forum event probably in Lincoln Park, Denver, Colorado. The veteran wears a tuxedo and a beret. The Rear Admiral is in full dress uniform. Civic Center Park is in the distance.

Studio portrait of the Isidoro Apodaca family of Denver, Colorado. Members are identified as: back row left to right: Anita Apodaca, Teadora Apodaca, Front row left to right: Pauline Apodaca and Isidoro Apodaca. Isidoro wears a suit and tie and eyeglasses. The women wear sweaters.

Unidentified Mexican American children, a boy and a girl, sit in a wagon in a backyard probably in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a dress and saddle shoes. The boy wears a shirt and shorts. A brick row house is in the distance.

Studio portrait of possibly a son and grandsons of Rafael Chacón. The father wears a hat, suit and tie and has a full mustache. The boys wear double breasted coats and hats. The youngest wears a silk tie and the other wears a bow tie.

A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his hand in his vest. he has a full mustache. Center on the first step is Colorado State Senator and Mexican Consul Casimiro Barela. The elderly Senator Barela wears a suit vest and tie and holds a hat. He has gray hair and a mustache.

Studio portrait of four unidentified men probably from Las Animas County, Colorado. Three of the men are Mexican American and one is Anglo. The elderly Anglo and the younger Hispanic wear robes or cassocks. The other men wear suits and ties and have full mustaches.

Studio portrait of the Mexican American Felix Lopez family. Shows Mr. Lopez and his six teenage and adult children.

Studio portrait of an unidentified Mexican American family. The husband wears a jacket and vest and has short hair. His wife wears a long plaid dress with a fitted bodice, a ribbon belt and her hair is curled and pulled up. Their children sit in front. An infant in a white dress sits on a chair. A girl in a white dress decorated with lace and ruffles is beside the baby. Her hair is pulled back and she has curly bangs.

Portrait of an unidentified Mexican American family. They pose in front of a blanket that hangs on the wall. A man in a suit and tie and with a full mustache, poses next to a young woman, probably his wife. She wears a ruffled blouse and dark skirt and has her hair pulled back in a bun. They stand beside an elderly couple. The woman wears a dark skirt and blouse with a pin. She has her hair pulled back and parted in the middle. Her husband wears a suit, tie, and a felt hat. He has a full mustache. A young girl stands between the elderly couple. She wears a dress with a Bertha collar.

Aurelia and Salomé Manzanares stand behind Natividad and Fidel Roybal near an adobe house probably in Colorado. Aurelia wears a coat with lapels and eyeglasses. Her husband Salomé wears a denim jacket and pants. Natividad wears a long dress, a scarf around her neck and eyeglasses. Her husband, Fidel wears a hat, jacket and jeans.

Studio group portrait of (identified left to right), Senona, Herman, Corina and Emma Paiz of Colorado. They pose in front of a painted backdrop of a field and trees. They stand on a wooden plank near an Aspen tree trunk. Senona, an infant, wears a loose, print dress with a lace collar, her brother Herman wears a suit with a short jacket, a striped shirt with a bertha collar, and knee pants with stockings and buttoned boots. His long hair hangs in curls. His sister Corina wears a simple dress with lace trim, her hair is braided. The oldest girl, Emma, wears a white dress decorated with a bow. Her hair is braided and decorated with bows.

Portrait of María de la Luz Trujillo-Sandoval wife of Charles Archibald Metcalf, a trader, and pioneer in Pueblo, Colorado. She wears a dark dress with a pin and has her hair pulled back and parted in the middle.

A young Mexican-American girl sits on probably a float in a parade at an Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a robe and a crown of white roses. Bunting and artificial flowers are on the edge of the float. A painted cut-out figure of an angel is behind her.

Members of an unidentified baseball team pose for a portrait in front of an automobile in Denver, Colorado. Shows unidentified Mexican American, African American and Anglo teenage boys. They wear uniforms with short sleeved shirts and caps. Milt Vasquez, third from right, front row, holds a baseball bat.

Mexican American farm workers stand near a pickup truck in a field in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. A man stands in the back of the pickup truck filled with burlap bags of potatoes. A man with a pipe and a teenage boy look on.

AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America supporters picket a Safeway Store in support of the grape boycott in Denver, Colorado. Anglo and Hispanic women, men and a little girl carry signs that read: "United Farm Workers," "Union Picket Line AFL-CIO U.F.W.O.A." and "Boycott Safeway."

Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.

Studio portrait of José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova of Rivera of Los Córdovas (Las Animas County), Colorado. Marina wears a dark dress with a basque decorated with bugle beads and lace, a bustle and a pleated skirt. Her dark hair is pulled back into a bun. José sits beside her in a suit with trimmed with piping, vest and tie. He has dark wavy hair and a mustache and goatee.

Pauline Gallegos Chavez (middle) stands next to her sister Josephine Chavez and an unidentified girl in their kitchen in Denver, Colorado. Josephine sits at a dinette table, she wears eyeglasses. Pauline, who was present at the Ludlow Massacre, was born October 26, 1887 in Walsenburg, Colorado. She died May 3, 1986, at 99 and a half years old.

Senators, who include Senator Casimiro Barela (right rear), pose in the Colorado State Assembly Senate Chamber in Denver, Colorado. Show men at their desks, boy pages and probably the President of the Senate who sits at an elevated desk.

People pose on the porch of Senator Casimiro Barela's house in probably Barela (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a cross gabled adobe house with a covered porch, wood and wire fence and out buildings.

Studio portrait of Juan C. Martinez, husband of Juanita Crisostoma Barela, daughter of Colorado State Senator, Casimiro Barela. Juan Martinez was a resident of Union County, Territory, New Mexico and later Colorado.

James Maestas and his wife Ann pose with Denver Mayor Federico Peña at and event in Denver, Colorado. James Maestas holds a certificate that reads: "Clean Denver Award."

James Maestas and Denver Mayor William McNichols shake hands in the Mayor's office in Denver, Colorado. Mayor McNichols holds a piece of paper.

Group portrait of members of the Mile High Chapter of the American GI Forum, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Birdie Hernandez, Rich Padilla, Jim Maestas, Al Herrera, Ruben Valdez. Ben Gayton and Al Herrera squat in front.

Studio portrait of Bobby Herrera, a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The 3-years-old, sits in a wooden high chair, he wears shorts, a short sleeved shirt, laced boots, and striped socks. He has curly hair.

Studio portrait of James A. Maestas, a member of the United States Marine Corps and a resident of Colorado. He wears military dress uniform and billed cap.

Photo booth portrait of Johnny Baca a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The twelve year old boy wears a t-shirt and a v-neck sweater.

Members of probably the Padilla family pose for a portrait with an unidentified older priest, in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Two of the women are nuns, and they wear habits. An older woman in a print dress and an older man in a white shirt and tie stand on either side of the priest and nuns.

Former members of teams from the Sugar Beet League (Rocky Mountain League of National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress) attend a Colorado Rockies' game dedicated in their honor at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows older men and women, the stand and sit in a restaurant at the stadium. Lee Suniga wears a striped shirt and sunglasses.

Studio portrait of brothers Andy and José Trujillo, sons of Acacio Trujillo, of Fort Collins, Colorado. Andy stands and wears a flat brimmed, hat, a sweater and striped pants. A pin is attached to his sweater and he has a mustache. José sits beside Andy, He wears a shirt, pants and a hat.

Juan Olivas poses near the La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio # 2 hall in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a cap, suit and tie, and dark eyeglasses. The hall is a simple adobe building with a low pitch roof.

A man identified as Cipriano Montoya sits in a chair outside an adobe building in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. His wife Crisanta Montoya stand beside him with one hand on her hip. She wears a pleated blouse, a scarf and a skirt trimmed with a wide satin band. Cipriano wears a dark suit and a hat. He has a mustache.

Charles Martinez poses outside of his apartment in the Alta Vista neighborhood in Fort Collins, Colorado. The middle aged man wears a short sleeved shirt and cotton pants.

Studio portrait of the Córdova sisters, daughters of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife María Quirina Sánches Córdova, from Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. The young women are identified: Front row l to r: Antonia and Benigna Córdova. Back row l to r: María Salomé and Magdalena Córdova. The women wear Basques, three wear contrasting skirts, one with a bustle and Benigna wears a matching plaid dress with a basque, jacket and bustle.

Hispanic American students and their male teacher, who holds books and a ruler, pose in front of their school in Rivera (San Francisco Plaza, Glenham), Las Animas County Colorado. The brick school house has a wooden belfry. A plaque over the door reads: "Public School 1890." Two of the students on the front row are identified: Adelina A. Rivera (4th from left) and Juan R. Córdova (2nd from right in buttoned jacket with white collar). Shows boys, girls and teenagers. The boys wear jackets and the girls wear dresses.

An unidentified Mexican American mariachi musician and a teenage boy pose in a house probably in Denver, Colorado. The musician wears an oversized Mexican straw sombrero, and a shirt and pants decorated with buttons, metal braid and piping and holds a guitar. The teenage boy stands beside him in a large felt sombrero and a mariachi style jacket decorated with metal braid and piping.

View of St. Cajetan's Elementary School near 9th (Ninth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story, Art-Deco influenced brick building has a shaped parapet, decorative brick work and tall, narrow windows. A nun and Mexican American school girls pose near the entrance to the building. The building was demolished in the 1970's.

Mexican American parishioners gather after Mass near the steps of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The "Perkins Epeneter Pickle Co." is on the opposite side of the street.

Mexican American Pete Solano, father of Juanita Ramos née Solano, poses near an automobile in his back yard at 1109 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.

The Auraria Casa Mayan dancers entertain at a 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) Mexican Independence Day celebration in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dancers include Magdalena Gallegos and Alice Montoya. The young women wear matching dresses with full skirts and sleeves, scoop necks and dark shawls wrapped around their waists. A crowd of Mexican American men, women and children are crowded around the stage.

José "George" Lopez, has his arm around his mother Juanita Lopez, and Bonifacio "Lee" Morales, stands with his mother Marcelina Morales in an unidentified location. Juanita Lopes wears a print dress and glasses. Marcelina Morales wears a dark dress decorated with beadwork. They are residents of the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado.

Helen Ankele, a teenage student, sits in front of an electric bingo board at St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. She is in front of an electric console and microphone. She wears a blouse and earrings.

Studio portrait of Frank Hanny and Josephine Montoya Hanny, they were married at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado.

Studio portrait of Simon Montez and his wife Emma Valdez Montez, residents of Colorado. Simon wears a coat and tie, his hair is parted on the side and he has a waxed mustache. His wife, Emma wears a patterned dress and her hair is worn up in a bun.

View of a hand-woven Rio Grande style blanket made at a WPA sponsored weaving project in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a multi colored striped blanket and two chain rug beaters with wooden handles.

Studio portrait of Ray Rodriguez of Denver, Colorado. He poses in uniform and wears a crush cap with probably an Army Air Force badge on the front. He sits on a prop log in front of a painted backdrop.