Newsletter March 2015 V22 Number 1

J 22 – Issue #1
March 2015 – Volume
A Word From Our President, Penny Garcia
Calendar of Events
Dear FACC Members,
My name is Maria Lupe Estrada de Garcia, also known as “Penny”. I am excited
to announce that I am your new President. I was born and raised in Pueblo and
graduated from Central High School and Pueblo Jr. College. I have three children,
two girls and one son.
I have been very active in the Pueblo community doing various things like
working with the Colorado State Fair and belonging to social groups. I was a
member of Cameo Club for 40 years. My duties in the club were President,
Secretary, and Treasurer. I was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary for 5 years. After
that I became active with FACC starting as a member then secretary, membership
chair and now your President for FACC.
I retired from Candy’s Tortilla Factory and worked at Estrada Foods as a
receptionist. My father was Candelario Estrada from Chihuahua, Mexico. My
mother’s name was Emily Chavez born in Torreon, NM.
I am now President of the Fray Angelico Chavez Chapter in which I am deeply
grateful to serve. I see a lot of good things coming to our chapter like more
speakers, genealogy research, and field trips.
I have a great executive board, including members at large and with these good
people, we will have a great chapter.
Regarding our monthly meetings, in January the honorable Joe Ulibarri officiated
our inauguration: Penny Garcia-President, Silvestre Arteaga-Vice President, Bob
Craig-Treasurer, and Carmen Arteaga-Secretary. Members at large are Steve Cruz,
Bob Trujillo, Joe Martinez, and Bob Vigil. This is FACC’s new board. I could not
ask for a better one.
Also, in February we had the very knowledgeable David Sandoval, Ph. D. who
gave a presentation on the “American Invasion of New Mexico”.
In the month of March members of FACC volunteered to talk about our
“Abuelos” or family stories/research. Kathy Pacheco gave her presentation on the
Gallegos Family. Ely Trujillo spoke of his growing up in NM and here in Colorado.
Feb. 14 Speaker, Dr. David Sandoval
Mar. 14 Family Stories/research
by FACC members
April 11 Speaker, Richard Luna-The
Story of Uvaldo Baca
June 5-7 GSHA Conference in Santa
Fe, NM at Drury Plaza
June 13 Speaker, Sam Medina-author
of “Sangre”
Respectfully Yours,
Penny Garcia
2015 Schedule of General
Membership Meetings:
2nd Sat each month
Southeastern Colorado Heritage
Center and Museum
201 West B Street
Pueblo, CO
Officers and Board of Directors
Penny Garcia – President
Sil Arteaga – Vice President
Carmen Arteaga – Secretary
Bob Craig – Treasurer
Members at Large
Steve Cruz
Joe Martinez
Bill Trujillo
Bob Vigil
FACC/GSHA Rep
MaryEllen Burciago
Board of Director Meetings
FACC Meeting times will remain:
Library/Research/Fellowship: 8:30-10:00 am
Beginning Genealogy Class: 8:30-9:30 am
Meeting: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Speaker: 11:00 am – 12:00 noon
Submit Newsletter
Articles/information to
Carmen Arteaga, Editor, at
carmen.arteaga@
hotmail.com
For questions call:
719-671-4921
Ap. 7 – 5:00 PM Heritage Center
May 5 – 5:00 PM Heritage Center
June 2 – 5:00 PM Heritage Center
Website: www.facc-gsha.com
and www.gsha.net
Check us out on Facebook –
www.facebook.com
Register NOW !!!
[Make your reservations NOW at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe,
refer
to Group Number 2230198 for the GSHA special discount rate when
you
call 1‐800‐325‐0720 OR go to www.druryhotels.com, enter the
dates &
hit the search link, fill out room information section, then on rate
scroll
to “promotional rate” and then the Group Number/promo rate code:
2230198.]
Make your reservations NOW at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe. When you call 1-800-325-0720 make
sure you refer to Group Number 2230198 for the special GSHA discount rate. You may also go to
www.druryhotels.com then enter group number shown above. The Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe is next
to the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on the plaza. Our discounted rate is $109 per night and
includes a full breakfast each morning, as well as a snack in the afternoon and drinks and hors d’oeuvres
in the evening. There is a $14 per day overnight parking rate.
Mail in registration forms are to be sent c/o Frank Dominguez at 539 Wapola Court, Loveland, CO
80537. These forms can be printed off of website. If you have questions, please contact him at
970.290.2934 or [email protected] Mail in registration deadline is May 22, 2015. If you wish to
register after May 22, please call or email him.
Speakers confirmed so far: Dr. Deena Gonzales (scholar and author), Doreen Carvajal (author and New
York Times Correspondent), Rob Martinez (assistant New Mexico Historian), Vera Estrada, Deborah
Martinez, Dr. Julianne Burton Carvajal, Linda Tigges, Angel Cervantes, Miguel Torres, and Karen
Cordova. Continue to check www.gsha.net for updates.
Our deepest sympathy is extended to Feliberto and Bertha Medina on the death of their son, Feliberto Jr. in August of 2014.
Ruth and Leonard Martinez suffered the loss of Ruth’s
brother,
Member
at LaWilliam Sammon, who died in January of 2015.
Janice Martinez, FACC member, lost her husband, Christopher Martinez. He died January 29th of 2015.
We know no words can ease the pain and loss that you are feeling right now. Please know that you are in our thoughts and
prayers.
The American Invasion of New Mexico
And Mexican Merchants by David Sandoval
Dr. Sandoval, Professor Emeritus of History, presented his research at
our FACC meeting in February. He stated that the President Polk
administration proclaimed that “American blood has been spilled on
American soil.” They then declared war against Mexico in May of
l846. Representative Lincoln and other anti-war reps questioned this
SPOT where American blood was spilled. It was believed that Zachary
Taylor had actually crossed over into Mexican Territory and was not on
U.S. soil.
Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor and Stephen Kearny led forces into
Mexico. Kearny was ordered to continue trade between the two
warring nations and to co-opt Mexicans into the American military
occupation. Various Mexican merchants such as Luis Zuloaga, Juan B.
Escudero, Pedro Olivares, Estanislao Porras and Estevan Ochoa made
contributions to support Mexico’s effort and put out a call to arms to
challenge the U.S.
Dr. Sandoval, throughout his research, pointed out that there was
much Mexican resistance contrary to the U.S. belief that it was a
bloodless takeover.
FACC Board of Directors 2015
Penny Garcia
President
Sil Arteaga
Vice President
Carmen Arteaga
Secretary
Bill Trujillo
Member at Large
Bob Vigil
Member at Large
MaryEllen Burciago
GSHA Rep
Bob Craig
Treasurer
Steve Cruz
Member at Large
Joe Martinez
Member at Large
GSHA Duran Youth Initiative Program
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please contact me at [email protected]
2. JOURNALS:
a. Nuestras Raices, Vol. 26, Issue 1, Spring; Issue 2,
Summer; Issue 3, Fall 2014. Check-out #A26.
b. Herencia, Vol. 23, Issue 1, January 2015. Check-out
#B22.
c. Colorado Hispanic Genealogist, Vol. 11, No.1, March
2015. Check-out #B17.
First Quarter 2015 Treasury Balances
by Bob Craig
Account balances as of March 31, 2015
3. "Thank You" to our members for their books/research tools
and monetary donations to the Resource Library : Sylvia
Sandoval, Carolyn Cordova, Stella Vigil, John Valdez and
Cathy Archuleta. If anyone was missed, please notify any
Library Committee member: Carolyn Cordova at (719)
214-4388, Cecelia Newman at (719) 564-3778, Sylvia
Sandoval at (719) 242-8002 or Lucy Gettler at (719) 5644575.
FIELDTRIP TO TRINIDAD, COLORADO – Sept. 11, 2013
General fund
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Certificate of Deposit
Total
$4854.70
$146.81
$5726.98
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