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Oral History Interview with Juan Chavez, June 13, 2016
Juan Chávez was born in Colorado of ethnic Mexicans. As a young child, his father died and his family moved from a Colorado mining town to Muleshoe, Texas. In Muleshoe, Chávez remembers facing discrimination and African American children having to go to an African American school. He, as most other ethnic Mexican children in Muleshoe at the time, left school after seventh grade and began working. As a young man, he joined Chicanos Unidos Campesinos, a Muleshoe organization. He also helped lead the Raza Unida Party in the Southern Plains of Texas. He was also a part of the Brown Berets, the UFW, and the Texas Farmworkers Union. He attended demonstrations and marches in various cities like San Antonio, El Paso, Austin, and Washington D.C. with this various parties/groups/organizations. Chavez became the first Mexican American Muleshoe city council member and later the first Mexican American Bailey County Commissioner.
Date:
June 13, 2016
Creator:
Chavez, Juan; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011
List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date:
June 2011
Creator:
Primary Care Case Management
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 57, Number 7, July 2011
Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date:
June 2011
Creator:
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 60, Number 6, June 2014
Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date:
June 2014
Creator:
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 59, Number 6, June 2013
Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date:
June 2013
Creator:
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History