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A New Mexico Acequia Life Across Four Hundred Years
A narrator recalls irrigation life in New Mexico, tending the Lovato and Pacheco ditches, repairing compuertas, and sharing water with neighbors. He remembers friendships, conflicts, and the deep ties to land, culture, and four centuries of acequia tradition amid changing times. He details trials from muskrat damage to cow cleanup, and the ritual of collecting ditch fees as aging communities fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Tom Trujillo
Bernardo Trujillo
Eloy Pacheco
Phil Miera
Lovato
Pueblo
Molino
Pacheco
Alfonso Tejada
Adolfo Lavadie
Jerry Pacheco
Sebastian
Kingdom Hall Church
Lovatos
Acequia
Effie Sebastian
Effie
Archie Anglada’s
Nene
Bobo