NOVEMBER 7
BOOK SIGNING & OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH
Location: The Florence Pioneer Museum and Research Center, Florence, Colorado
A HISTORICAL MEMOIR BY JOHN GONZALES
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
How a Colorado Railroad Subdivision Became HOLLYWOOD
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ABOUT THE BOOK
FROM BOOM TO BARRIO
At the turn of the 20th century, support trades rose in Florence, Fremont County, to serve the oil, coal and precious-minerals industries. Financiers came; expectations soared. Then came economic trouble, labor strikes, depleted resources and mismanagement. Latino families filled the void and built a barrio that somehow earned the nickname Hollywood, bringing it a spirit and dignity all its own.
“We knew we lived on “the wrong side of the tracks” but that mattered little. Our families were hard working, honest and had good values. This was the world that formed me.”— JOHN GONZALES
BOOM & BUST
Oil, coal, minerals, financiers, strikes and mismanagement reshaped a Colorado town.
A BARRIO NAMED HOLLYWOOD
How Latino families built a community with energy and toughness.
LIVED HISTORY
A first-hand account of the Hollywood heyday, 1950 to 1970.
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