https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/261af9895f19472f57a169bd7361c6db.pdf 88a4169e8f92a9dfbcec8df8a3b0dd68 PDF Text Text JOE (Audera) DURAN Jose Rosario Duran was born July 24, 1907, at Perdenales, Chihuahua, Mexico. The town of Perdenales sits in the Sierra Madre Range in the west part of Chihuahua. Jose has little memory of his life there. His father, Flores Alfonso Audera, died when Joe was an infant. This was followed by the death of his mother, Frances, in 1915 when Joe was 8. It is a matter of speculation what would have become of Joe if he had spent the remainder of his life in Mexico. However, when his aunt and uncle, the Du rans, who lived in Encinada, New Mexico, heard about their sisters death, they decided to go see about the family. What they found was little Jose, 8 years old, in need of a new father and mother. They brought him home with them and changed his name Audera to Duran. ) _) ) ) ) ) ) .) _) "My uncle, Rosario Duran, was a black smith. As soon as I was old enough, he began to teach me some of the trade. My aunt Dolores Duran died when I was 11 . Soon after this my uncle sold out and moved to Edith, Colorado. I never went to school even one day. There was always too much work to do. At the age 14 I began herding sheep for Felix Garcia, then later on for Charley Red. "Once in a while we had trouble with bears attacking the sheep and would have to go on a bear hunt." Jose and his wife had 6 children. "They are Miguel and Arturo who live in Ogden, Utah; Juanita and Rumaldo who live in Albuquerque; Mary Montoya who lives in Blanco and Rosa who lives in Chama, New Mexico. Between jobs with the sheep herding, Joe worked in Harry Smith's sawmill in Lumberton. In 1944, even though Joe was 37 years old, he decided-to join the army. The war was still going strong. Joe was sent to the Pacific and spent time in Hawaii, and .the Philippines and Japan. After 7 years he came home to Edith, which he used as home base for the next 11 years. In 1962 Joe sold his' farm at Edith, moved to Pagosa and worked for San Juan Lumber until he retired. In the spring of this year he rented one of the apartments in the Senior Center in Ignacio where he has proved to be one of the best gardeners in La Plata County. Two years ago Joe got to return to see his relatives in Perdenales, Mexico. Joe looked at the dry mountains surrounding the town and wondered how different his life would have been if his aunt and uncle had not arrived in 1915. _) October, 1978 -- SHELBY SMITH ._) _) _) ._) _) ._) J J J J J J ~ 47 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shelby Smith Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973-1980 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of biographies, predominantly of residents from the Ignacio Senior Center, based on interviews conducted by Shelby Smith from approximately 1973 to 1980. The abridged interviews were originally published as individual entries in The Thoughtful Years newsletter, published by the Ignacio Senior Center, beginning in 1973. They were later published as a whole in Smith's book: Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley, from which the original scans in this collection have been derived. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joe (Audera) Duran Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1978-10 Subject The topic of the resource Duran, Joe (Audera); Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Joe (Audera) Duran based on an interview conducted by Shelby Smith. Originally included in the October, 1978 issue of "The Thoughtful Years" newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center. Later included in the book "Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley" by Shelby Smith. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Duran, Joe (Audera) Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby