Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10

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The following is an interview with Louis Amador, conducted by Vince Mayer, Greg Thompson and Floyd O'Neil, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 3, 1970. FO: Mr. Amador when were you born? LA: I was born in the state of Durango, Mexico. The year 1908, August 1908 the 21st of August. FO: I see. Who was your father and your mother? LA: My mother was Sacramento Amador and Corventina Martinez, on the side of father, I can recall my grandfathers better, I can do on my mother's side because I was raised by him. When my ~d died I was one year of age, and my Grandfather took us as sons, it's the old custom in Mexico ___________ The father takes the--no matter how much children they have, the father o~ the mother, or the father of the father, no matter which they take care of the family until they're of age so they can, you know, make their own living. FO: I see. What did your father do in Mexico? LA: He was a grand old man, believe it or not. He was like your own master here, well, under that category because he was not only a foreman on a railroad, he threw his own lines, in other words, build lines for an English company that was stationed in that town that I lived, that I born and he was head man of that. FO: I see. Do you, uh, what was the name of that little town?