Unit 4, Lesson 4: How Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?Main MenuHow Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?The Beginnings of the Citrus IndustryNot Always WelcomePicking and Packing OrangesAmericanizationBuilding A CommunityActivityLearn MoreAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
Early Mexican Settlers
1media/2005.005.021.jpg2018-07-09T17:54:04-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f308591plain2018-07-09T17:54:04-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7fFamilies came from Mexico to Bryn Mawr starting in 1893. Many Mexican families came to America because of work. Often, they would be hired to help build the railroad from Texas to California. After years of moving as they built the railroad, many families decided to settle down in California. Once they made their homes here these families often worked in the citrus industry packing and picking oranges.
2. Think about your own family history. When and how did your family come to California?
This page has paths:
1media/2017.001.008.jpgmedia/2017.001.008.jpg2018-07-09T17:03:56-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7fHow Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?Audrey Maier8book_splash2018-07-11T06:09:12-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
This page references:
12018-07-09T17:25:19-07:00Mother and Children in Bryn Mawr1A mother and her children, from left to right Edmund, Maria, and Eugene Villareal posing in front of a field with orange trees in the background.media/2017.001.010.jpgplain2018-07-09T17:25:19-07:00Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital Archiveundated, 1920s?Mary Cooke and Evan YanezPhotograph
