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Mexican Colony Emerges Near Shafter Amid Growth and hardship
The 1917 1920 migration brought hundreds to Shafter area fields along Highway 46 with El Monte workers Juan Rodriguez and family leading a line of settlers. By 1927 they formed the Mexican Colony on Burbank Street later expanding to about 70 families, building homes, churches, and community institutions while workers faced irregular wages and primitive living conditions.
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San Joaquin
Juan Rodriguez
el Monte
Marguerita
Hoover Ranch
Famoso
David Soto
Shafter
King Lumber Company
Kern Street
John Rodriguez
Juan
Peterson
Watson
John
Jacob Kliewer
Burbank Street
Juan Ricardo Rodriguez
Demetrio Mariscal
Benigno Florez
Saturnina Rodriguez
Hilario Lopez
Juan Amaro
Guadalupe Cardoza
Tomas Lopez
Abraham Gomez
Miguel Saiz
Rio Bravo
Ascencion Lopez
Maria
Ascencion
Matilda Pineda
Richland
Matilda
Martinez Street
Amelia Pacheco
Father McMullen
Wasco
Apostolic Church
Bernardino Prendez
Herredia
Pat Weinberger
Demetria Pacheco
Garcia
Melendez
Lopez
Rodriguez
Cedra