- A
traquero is a
railroad track worker, or "section hand",
especially a
Mexican or
Mexican American railroad track worker ("gandy dancer" in
American English...
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runner Railway lubricator Section gangs Signal maintainer Track inspector Traquero Platelayer Navvy (navigator)
Track foreman Structure Maintainer Lighting...
- was "white", the rest were
Mexicans especially in the
eastern ends when
traqueros arrived to
maintain the area's railroads, and
Native Americans of local...
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lands east of the
current town site, and in the 1890s, a few
hundred traqueros settled along the tracks. In 1901, the
citizens of
Woodspur voted on a...
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railroads to
begin importing Mexican railroad workers in
greater numbers ("
traqueros"). In the 1890s–1920s era,
nativists and
labor unions campaigned for immigration...
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railroads to
begin importing Mexican railroad workers in
greater numbers ("
traqueros"). In 1943 when
China was an ally
against ****an, the
restrictions were...
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Southern Pacific Railroad, at its
major rail yard in West
Oakland (see
traquero).
While some of the rail
workers lived near the yard, most of the Mexican...
- ISBN 978-0-292-77566-4. JSTOR 10.7560/775664. Garcilazo,
Jeffrey Marcos (2012).
Traqueros:
Mexican Railroad Workers in the
United States, 1870 to 1930. University...
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pouring over the
border were widespread; however, the need for
Mexican traquero labor, farmworkers, and
miners meant that
enforcement against Mexican laborers...
- Mexico,
Mexican and Mexican-American
track workers were
colloquially traqueros. In the
United States,
early section crews were
often made up of recent...
