Pino Altos Photos

My dad Ben (on left) Uncle Rueben and Uncle Abe

Road that takes you into Pinos Altos

My dad(far left) his uncles. Felix Apodaca Contreras, 

Manuel Morales, and Manuel Contreras

My dad use to tell me how his uncles would come down to visit

 his family in Pinos Altos

Home where my dad was raised

My dad's home

(Present Day) Ice Cream Parlor

Picture taken in Silver City, New Mexico

Dad was on vacation with his brothers while visiting

Pinos Altos. They stopped in to have a cold beer.

Uncle Rueben, Diane, and Uncle Abe

Taken in 1996 Dad visiting Pinos Altos 

Rueben, Sara, and my father Ben

Cousin Diane Apodaca, and my aunties, AnaLiese and Gloria

Memories of Fierro and Pinos Altos, New Mexico



Three young men from Fierro.

From left, Felix Contreras (my great-uncle), Felix Jaramillo, and Manuel Zuniga.

Taken in

Goldroad, AZ about 1940

Circa 1942

Courtesy of Dora Contreras

Dads uncles visiting him, I remember

my dad would tell me how his Contreras uncles and

cousins would come to visit him and my grandparents 

in Pinos Altos. My dad was always excited when they 

came to visit the family.

My dad Ben is on to the left, his ulncle Felix Contreras, 

his cousins Rosa's Contreras husband, Manuel Morales,

and cousin Raymond Contreras.