Submitted by Gooberpea on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 1:01pm.
Many Basque sheepherders worked and lived in the American Southwest around this time. There are still Basque names carved into the white bark of aspen trees on the San Francisco peaks in Northern Arizona and I've had some delicious rabbit in Basque restaurants in Reno, NV. They were referred to as "Spanish" to differentiate them from Mexican immigrants. These folks in the photo may indeed be descendents of Spanish colonials in New Mexico - or maybe Basque sheepherders.
Submitted by Charles Palmer on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 6:54pm.
Families in New Mexico that can trace their ancestry back to the days of the Spanish Empire are very particular about being identified as Spanish-American.
