Interview with Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 01

Creator

Antonio Villegas Jr.
Robert Everett Norton

Files

Description

Antonio Victor Villegas was born in Pharr in 1920. He talks about his grandparents. He reminisces about: farming and vegetables grown, diet, making cheese, education, vegetation present before the clearing for agriculture lands, how jacales were made, people and homes being taken away with river flooding, Rio Grande river flooding, Carrizitos, crossing the Rio Grande on boats, smuggling, and incest.

Length

01:00:47

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories Collection; Antonio Villegas Jr - Part 01, n.d. ELIBR-0027. University Library, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rgvoralhistories/473