Alberto Guzman, Riverton, Utah: an interview by Jason Hardy, February 10th, 2006: Saving the legacy tape no. SL-754 & 755

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ALBERTO GUZMAN JAS: So you had cattle? February 10 2006 ALB: Yeah. I got one cowboy out of that, right there: he's a roper and a rider you know. JAS: Right on. ALB: Yeah, out of seven brothers. And there's only four of us alive. JAS: That's pretty good, though. ALB: Yeah, and three girls; the three girls died. But my mother, she had seventeen kids! JAS: Wow! ALB: And that was- she had seven girls before I was born. Plus I know, you know, that's what she said and that's what my oldest brother told me. When my oldest brother was born, there was another family that come up - that's where I come in on that bunch, you know. Seven boys. JAS: Tell me more about your parents. ALB: How old were they? JAS: Yeah. Who were your mom and dad? ALB: Yeah. JAS: They were Texans? ALB: They were from Texas, yeah. My mother was part French; she was raised in an orphan place, you know. And my father got here from Spain somewhere or another; he got here and that's how they got together. But they were Spanish, you know, my father; my mother was part French. JAS: How did they meet, do you know? 3