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Interview with Elisa Beltran and Evelyn Gonzales

Abstract: The Beltran Family has lived in El Monte in 101 years at the same location, on a parcel of land at what are today Orchard and Cypress streets in the Medina Court neighborhood (formerly the Medina Court barrio). The family came in 1914,…

Tags: 210 Freeway, Agriculture, Arroyo High School, Cypress Street, East LA, El Monte, El Monte Theater, Fr Cofield, Freeway Houses, Great Depression, Industry, Legion Stadium, Medina Court, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Orchard Street, Segregation, Spanish language education, Urban Development, Walnuts