South Colton Oral History Project Collection
Document Type
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Publication Date
10-9-2015
Summary
Tom Rivera interviews Estela Aguilera-Brown, a woman who was born, and has a long history, in Colton. To start, Aguilera-Brown discusses her father’s move from Mexico to the U.S. and his part in the family-run store and, later, a gas station. There is also the mention of how her father had the largest bank account in Colton. The account was so big that bankers came and congratulated her father. She then speaks of her time in school and her introduction to friends who were outside of her ethnic community. The topic of segregation continues as the interviewee explains the separation of Colton’s population. The woman then explains a recollection of the restaurant she ran and the closing after she moved to Australia. After speaking about her sister’s dedicated beach garden in Tijuana, she speaks about playing in her childhood as the best memory of South Colton. The interview ends with Aguilera-Brown explaining her volunteer work as an interpreter for the Flying Samaritans in Mexico.
Recommended Citation
CSUSB, "Estela Aguilera-Brown" (2015). South Colton Oral History Project Collection. 45.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/colton-history/45
