Resource: NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Oral Histories

About this episode

The episode explores an oral history detailing life on a ranch in 1920s New Mexico and experiences during WWII.

An oral history found in a random Google search turned out to be a gold mine of information. I go through the highlights, including life growing up on a ranch in 1920s Union County, leaving home to go to WWII, and coming out to NM from New York on an orphan train. Places mentioned: Des Moines, Clayton, Grenville, Roy, La Union, Santa Fe, Folsom, Trinchera (CO), Mexhoma (OK) Names mentioned: Lujan, Martinez, Barela Check out the collection of oral histories here . To see related photos, I also post episodes on the Luminaria YouTube channel. Email Kat at luminariapod@gmail.com.

People in this episode

Host: Kat

Topics covered

• oral history
• New Mexico
• ranch life
• World War II
• heritage
• family history

Keywords

• oral histories
• New Mexico
• ranch
• WWII
• Union County
• heritage
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Union County, Des Moines, Clayton, Grenville, Roy, La Union, Santa Fe, Folsom, Trinchera, Mexhoma

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