El Cerrito, New Mexico
Subtitle: eight generations in a Spanish village
By: Richard L. Nostrand.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Spanish Americans -- New Mexico -- El Cerrito -- History.; Spanish Americans -- New Mexico -- El Cerrito -- Biography.; Spanish Americans -- New Mexico -- El Cerrito -- Genealogy.; El Cerrito (N.M.) -- History.; El Cerrito (N.M.) -- Biography.; El Cerrito (N.M.) -- Genealogy.
Genres: Biography.; Genealogy.
Description: "El Cerrito, New Mexico captures the essence of a village that, despite cultural and economic disintegration, sparks the passion of a small number of inhabitants who want to keep it alive. Richard L. Nostrand opens a window into the past of the upper Pecos Valley, revealing the daily life of this small, isolated Hispanic village whose population waxes and wanes in the face of family feuds, settlement struggles, and the ever-encroaching modern world."

"Nostrand identifies the challenges facing eight generations of families. Utilizing primary sources from government, census, and church records, as well as from burials, homestead documents, and interviews with sixty Cerritenos, Nostrand details village life from its founding in 1824 to the opening years of the twenty-first century. The author weaves historical evidence with physical data from soil analyses, topology, and geology to explain how the land itself shaped life in El Cerrito."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-256) and index.