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Moreno Valley

By: Kenneth M. Holtzclaw,Moreno Valley Historical Society

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Moreno Valley

By: Kenneth M. Holtzclaw,Moreno Valley Historical Society

The original inhabitants of Moreno Valley were Native Americans, the Cahuilla and Shoshone. Rock drawings and granite metate bowls used to grind acorns can still be found in this area. This was the setting found by the early Spanish explorers. The first small town to appear in the valley was Alessandro, built in 1888 along old Highway 395, a mile or so south of Alessandro Boulevard and extending a short distance east to what later became Alessandro Flying Field. As agriculture in the area increased water demands, severe drought caused a decrease in the water supply, and a few years later, the entire valley was nearly deserted except for a few dry farms producing wheat, oats, and barley. Two facilities, March Air Force Base and Camp Haan, spurred growth during World War II, and water was imported to the area, resulting in the approximately 175,000-person metropolis of Moreno Valley witnessed today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073855569X

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9780738555690

Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley

A History of Northern New Mexico's Moreno Valley, 3rd Edition

By: Moreno Valley Writers Guild

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Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley

A History of Northern New Mexico's Moreno Valley, 3rd Edition

By: Moreno Valley Writers Guild

Before it became part of the vast Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant (later the Maxwell Land Grant) of more than 1.7 million acres in the New Mexico territory, the Moreno Valley was the summer hunting grounds of Apache and Ute native tribes. Later this was the scene of a gold rush, the center of the Colfax County War, a passageway to the Santa Fe Trail, and on the regular route of American frontiersman Kit Carson. Visionaries, explorers, ranchers, scallywags, and murderers called the location home. At one time the population of this obscure place was larger than that of Santa Fe, and the now-ghost town of Elizabethtown was proposed to become the state capitol. Little had been written about the history of northern New Mexico’s Moreno Valley until the 1990s, when a group of business people called upon local writers to research and document the fascinating history of the area and the towns that still exist here today. Speaking with members of the pioneer families who came West with nothing much more than grit and determination, the resulting oral history grew to encompass the work of historians and, with the blessing of the History Department at University of New Mexico, the resulting book brought to life the legends of the Moreno Valley’s tumultuous past. Now in its 3rd Revised and Expanded edition Lure, Lore, and Legends is a must-read for anyone who has ever visited or dreams of visiting northern New Mexico. Praise for Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley: “It was an honor to play even a minor role in introducing these hardy souls to the arduous but fulfilling work of incorporating oral testimony into historical research. They applied their writer’s sensibility and its attendant demand for perfection to a task few have attempted before. Their product speaks for itself … a gift given back to a region which has brought them so much joy and pleasure … an acknowledgement of a debt owed those who came before and who might have been relegated to oblivion by the oversight of professional historians had they not taken pen and microphone in hand?” –Carlos Vasquez, The University of New Mexico [from the Foreword] Reviews from the 1st edition: “Fun read, especially if you are new to the area.” – Bob Hurt, 5 stars, online review “This book was of especial interest since we now have a cabin in this region. A must for locals.” – Suzanne M. Schneider, 5 stars “Full of stories about the history of Northern New Mexico, well written by a selection of published and new authors.” – rsafford, 5 stars “The Moreno Writer's Guild have put together a wonderful book about the history of Moreno Valley (For Vietnam Veterans that includes Angel Fire Vietnam Memorial.) Great book to read while visiting that part of New Mexico. I visit Angel Fire often and found the book to be entertaining and enlightening about why the area is like it is today - like the unfinished tunnel on the north side of Eagle Nest lake, and of course, the building of the Vietnam Memorial. This area is so rich with treasured old stories and tales that the authors share with us. I would recommend a copy of this book to any visitors to the area or for those who just like reading local history books. it is most enjoyable to read.” – Rev. Bill McDonald Jr., 4 stars, online

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Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group

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1649140754

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9781649140753

Nevada Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

By: Richard Moreno

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Nevada Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

By: Richard Moreno

From the mystery of a U.S. Senator's death (was he kept on ice until after the election?) to a haunting of the Governor's mansion, this selection of fourteen stories from Nevada's past explores some of the Silver State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493039830

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9781493039838

Mysteries and Legends of Nevada

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Richard Moreno

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Mysteries and Legends of Nevada

True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

By: Richard Moreno

From the mystery of a U.S. Senator’s death (was he kept on ice until after the election?) to a haunting of the Governor’s mansion, this selection of fourteen stories from Nevada’s past explores some of the Silver State’s most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461747279

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9781461747277

A Short History of Carson City

By: Richard Moreno

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A Short History of Carson City

By: Richard Moreno

Nevada’s capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. A Short History of Carson City traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political center of Nevada. Here are the hard-working citizens and colorful characters, the political and business decisions, and the evolving economy that helped shape it. This is the first comprehensive historical account of a thoroughly modern state capital with its roots deep in Nevada’s turbulent past.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874178541

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9780874178548

Black Americans and Organized Labor

A New History

By: Paul D. Moreno

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Black Americans and Organized Labor

A New History

By: Paul D. Moreno

In Black Americans and Organized Labor, Paul D. Moreno offers a bold reinterpretation of the role of race and racial discrimination in the American labor movement. Moreno applies insights of the law-and-economics movement to formulate a powerfully compelling labor-race theorem of elegant simplicity: White unionists found that race was a convenient basis on which to do what unions do -- control the labor supply. Not racism pure and simple but "the economics of discrimination" explains historic black absence and under-representation in unions. Moreno's sweeping reexamination stretches from the antebellum period to the present, integrating principal figures such as Frederick Douglass and Samuel Gompers, Isaac Myers and Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. Du Bois and A. Philip Randolph. He traces changing attitudes and practices during the simultaneous black migration to the North and consolidation of organized labor's power, through the confusing and conflicted post-World War II period, during the course of the civil rights movement, and into the era of affirmative action. Maneuvering across a wide span of time and a broad array of issues, Moreno brings remarkable clarity to the question of the importance of race in unions. He impressively weaves together labor, policy, and African American history into a cogent, persuasive revisionist study that cannot be ignored.

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LSU Press

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0807148822

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9780807148822

Nevada Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

By: Richard Moreno

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Nevada Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

By: Richard Moreno

The definitive collection of Nevada's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Nevada residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461747376

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9781461747376

Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach

By: Alex Moreno Areyan

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Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach

By: Alex Moreno Areyan

The century-old presence of Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach is an important, colorful part of the history of Los Angeles County's South Bay region. This evocative pictorial history documents the ways in which this group left significant marks on the economic, agricultural, academic, religious, professional, and governmental fabric of both communities. World War II heroes, star athletes, lawyers, professors, teachers, city councilmen, a judge, an astrophysicist, and many other professionals have come from this heritage. The first known Mexican American in Redondo Beach was Mauro Gonzales, who arrived in 1900 to unload ships at the city's old wooden pier. He was followed in 1910 by Domingo Moreno, who fostered 12 children, and Mauricio Colin, who had 13, after they escaped the Mexican Revolution. They initiated a large and vibrant Mexican American community, one that has virtually been ignored by conventional histories.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738546992

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9780738546995

The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal

The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism

By: Paul D. Moreno

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The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal

The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism

By: Paul D. Moreno

This book tells the story of constitutional government in America during the period of the 'social question'. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, and before the 'second Reconstruction' and cultural revolution of the 1960s, Americans dealt with the challenges of the urban and industrial revolutions. In the crises of the American Revolution and the Civil War, the American founders - and then Lincoln and the Republicans - returned to a long tradition of Anglo-American constitutional principles. During the Industrial Revolution, American political thinkers and actors gradually abandoned those principles for a set of modern ideas, initially called progressivism. The social crisis, culminating in the Great Depression, did not produce a Lincoln to return to the founders' principles, but rather a series of leaders who repudiated them. Since the New Deal, Americans have lived in a constitutional twilight, not having completely abandoned the natural-rights constitutionalism of the founders, nor embraced the entitlement-based welfare state of modern liberalism.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107067715

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9781107067714

The Nevada Trivia Book

By: Richard Moreno

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The Nevada Trivia Book

By: Richard Moreno

Expanded and updated, this edition presents even more of the colorful and fascinating story of Nevada in a Q & A collection of facts, figures, and faces compiled by the publisher of Nevada magazine. From ghost towns to casinos, statesmen to scoundrels, numerous photos bring the Nevada of yesterday and today alive.

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1889786217

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9781889786216

Handbook to Life in the Aztec World

By: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno

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Handbook to Life in the Aztec World

By: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno

Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195330838

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9780195330830

Storying Son Jarocho Fandango

A Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy in Ethnic Studies

By: Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval,Lirio Patton,Julissa Ruiz Ramirez,Gregorio G. Rocha-Tabera,Jennifer Campos Lopez

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Storying Son Jarocho Fandango

A Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy in Ethnic Studies

By: Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval,Lirio Patton,Julissa Ruiz Ramirez,Gregorio G. Rocha-Tabera,Jennifer Campos Lopez

What happens when Chicanx students’ educational experiences are shaped by the activation of ancestral worlds? Born of songs like La Bamba, oral traditions, call and response practices, body as an instrument, and embodying ecologies, the authors posit son jarocho fandango (SJF) methodologies as a tool of convivencia/conviviality, communal healing, positive identity formation, and agency. Against the backdrop of white settler colonialism, members of the intergenerational Son Xinachtli Collective formed across two U.S.–Mexican border states and two ethnic studies university courses. The Collective follows the tradition of the SJF decolonial movement, positioning SJF as an ancestral elder of the African diasporic, Mexican Indigenous, Spanish, and Arabic traditions—whose threat of extinction sparked a cultural revitalization. The survival of SJF and its ancestral worlds supersedes the ruptures of colonialism. From ethnic studies classroom practices to organizing SJF in the community, this work highlights the possibilities of nurturing co-liberation. Book Features: Offers an historical and contemporary example of culturally sustaining practices embraced by Chicanx and Indigenous communities. á Focuses on son jarocho fandango as a pedagogy and methodology in schools, not just an art form. Shows how culturally sustaining pedagogy works in a postsecondary setting to center ethnic and cultural practices within the curriculum. Describes an action research project that can be used with high school students to meet ethnic studies and graduation requirements. Interweaves student learning, ethnic studies pedagogies, teacher education, curriculum development, and civic engagement. Includes visuals that provide the aesthetic of experiencing son jarocho fandango movement.

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Teachers College Press

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0807782297

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9780807782293

Book's by Moreno Valley Historical Society

Moreno Valley

Moreno Valley

Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley

Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley

Nevada Myths and Legends

Nevada Myths and Legends

Mysteries and Legends of Nevada

Mysteries and Legends of Nevada

A Short History of Carson City

A Short History of Carson City

Black Americans and Organized Labor

Black Americans and Organized Labor

Nevada Curiosities

Nevada Curiosities

Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach

Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach

The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal

The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal

The Nevada Trivia Book

The Nevada Trivia Book

Handbook to Life in the Aztec World

Handbook to Life in the Aztec World

Storying Son Jarocho Fandango

Storying Son Jarocho Fandango

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