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Tag Archives: Mexican Nationals
Lovell’s Latin American Colony
In 1916, the sugar beet industry brought the first serious wave of Mexican-speaking migrants to Lovell: betabeleros, the beet workers, to hoe the fields and help with the harvest. Yet most were not Mexican nationals, but rather Spanish-speaking people from … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Western History, Wyoming
Tagged Community Organizations, Discrimination in the 20th Century, Great Western Company, Labor Migration, Latin American Immigration, Local history, Lovell, Mexican Colony, Mexican Nationals, Mexican-American history, Racial Discrimination, Sugar Beet Workers
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