This is a story of an exceptional woman who, with all the knowledge that she acquired from her grandmother and with classes she attended at the New Mexico University, taught thousands of people in her community and county. Starting with years as a teacher for Head Start, then teaching nutrition to homemakers throughout her county while organizing a Four-H youth group. Finally, after forty-six years of public service, she retired.

The Native American Indians populated the entire landmass of what would later become the United States of America. When the Spanish arrived, they settled in present-day St. Augustine, Florida, and celebrated the first Thanksgiving on September 8, 1565. The next Spanish settlers out west crossed the Rio Grande near present-day San Elizario, Texas, on April 30, 1598. The expansion of the Spanish continued west with the settlement of present-day Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1600.This book...

A must-read! The stories in this book will transport you to a time after World War II, when children were seen but not heard, and when needed, psychology was applied to the right end—a time when there were no telephones, televisions, cell phones, or computers, and children had to rely upon themselves to create games and play outside, a time when almost everyone in town knew your parents and had their permission to correct you if needed. And don’t do anything wrong at school because your pa...