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Interview conducted by Pedro Oiarzabal on 23 July 2015.
]]>Ignacio Torrealday of Elko, Nevada discusses his early life in Spain before immigrating to the United States in 1963 at the urging of his sister. Topics of conversation included the various types of Basque spoken, struggles in looking for work and adopting to life to the U,S,, and raising children in his new homeland.
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Interview conducted by Pedro Oiarzabal on 23 July 2015.
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Interview conducted by Gretchen Skivington on 4 May 2016.
]]>Frank Aguirre of Elko, Nevada discusses living in large Basque family. Topics include the railroad work of his father, Guy Aguirre, the various chores and jobs growing up in ranching country during the later years of the Depression, relations with other families and ethnic groups, and businesses and organizations which he dealt with over the years.
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Interview conducted by Gretchen Skivington on 4 May 2016.
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Interview conducted by Cassandra Stahlke on 28 September 2015.
]]>Ana Maria Arbillaga immigrated to the United States in 1960 after the death of her mother. Her aunt was already in the U.S. After a year in Santa Rosa, California, Ana Maria moved to Elko, Nevada. She discusses the process of immigration and adaptation to American culture, as well as some comments on life in Spain under the regime of Francisco Franco.
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Interview conducted by Cassandra Stahlke on 28 September 2015.
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Interview conducted on 25 September 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.
]]>Tom Bilbao, son of Basque immigrants Vicente & Paula Bilbao was born at Jack Creek, NV in 1925. His wife Frances "Frankie" Vicondoa Bilbao and son Jay Bilbao talk about prospecting & mining in northern Elko County and their "Aita", father Tom who was one of the discoverers of different veins along the famous Carlin Trend. Frankie Bilbao talks about her parents Fermin & Madilyn Vicondoa Basque immigrants to Susanville, CA and her move in 1947 to Elko, NV and subsequent marriage to Tom Bilbao. She discusses what it meant to be Basque-American and to be raised in an "Old Country" household.
Jay Bilbao, Tom's son discusses how and where his Dad staked claims and mined independently, his interactions with the big mining companies, contracts and working for and with his Dad. Both interviewees speak of Old Country & New World values and what kind of man Tom Bilbao was and how his legacy lives on.
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Interview conducted on 25 September 2015 by Dr. Gretchen Skivington.
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