Benjamin Aginiga

photo of Benjamin Aginiga

Aginiga Part 1: He talks about, his family's immigration to Flagstaff from Mexico; father-in-law was a blacksmith; early slaughter house; early buildings and layout of Flagstaff; neighborhoods and children's activities.

Aginiga Part 2: Neighborhoods and children's activities; schools; The Depression; the college dairy farm; prohibition and bootleggers; women's jobs; silent movie theater; Mexican national holidays, parties, dances and dancing.

Aginiga Part 3: Early medical clinic, nurse; homecoming bonfires; raising the money for new Catholic church during the Depression; Ponciano Montoya creating concrete sculptures; traditional baptism celebrations, food, and dancing; compadres.

Aginiga Part 4: Home gardens and production; Babbitt's grocery store, coupon books, delivery; bootlegging; logging; early doctors in Flagstaff, medical care, house calls, curanderas.