In the Shadow of the Smokestack
an oral history of Mexican Americans in Morenci, Arizona

Morenci is an Arizona copper mining town located about 200 miles southeast of Phoenix. The maps below show its location. Scroll down to view the map for this website.

From this page you can click to any page in the site. To continue your tour of the site, click on "Interviews."

 

 

 

 

Introduction

This page has information about the project.

Interviewees

This page will lead you to the list of interviewees and their individual pages.

Morenci

On these pages you will find photographs of Morenci. The individual interviews have links to these also.

 

Metcalf
On these pages you will find photographs of Metcalf. The individual interviews have links to these also.

 

 

Clifton

On these pages you will find photographs of Clifton. The individual interviews have links to these also.

 

Acknowledgements

A "thank you" page for all the people who helped in the development of this website.

 

Dedication

This site is dedicated to my uncle, Marcelino Díaz, "El Buen Amigo."

Nicknames

Contains a list of nicknames of people in Morenci along with their real names.

 

Catholic Church

A history of the church with photographs at different time periods is available here.

 

 

Project Director

Here you will find a biography of Elena Díaz Björkquist and links to her webpages.

 

 

 

Schools

Photographs of the various schools in Morenci are contained in this link.

 

Morenci Links

Suffer Smoke Collection of stories about Morenci

Railroads Photos of railroads in the area.

Open Pit Mine Information and photo of the Morenci open pit mine.

Metcalf Information about Metcalf.

 

My Morenci Elena's personal webpage about Morenci.

 

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