View source for Ybanez, Israel Guerro 2000-04-11

Israel Ybanez is Mayor and founder of Los Ybanez, Texas. Ybanez reminisces about his life, family, the experience of war, discrimination and Los Ybanez, Texas.


==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Israel Guerro Ybanez

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'''Date:''' April 11, 2000

'''Location:''' Los Ybanez, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Daniel Sanchez

'''Length:''' 01:02:56


==Abstract==

Introduction; Background; Left school after 6th grade; Army at 16 years old; Honorable discharge; Korean War; English; Occupations; Local Voters; Voting registration; Low vote turn-out; Moving forward; Bidding on the land; Winning the bid; Meeting; GI form (denied); No loans; Ideas of a city; Building a city; Meeting; Started creating Los Ybanez; Technology takes over; Questioning laborers; Creating the city; Election; Labor camp built the city; Surveyor; Not moving; Ceremony; Wet city; Election for license; Opposition; Finding a lawyer; Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s lawyer; Legally wet; Wife’s mother dies; Applied for grant (for water); Radio station; Bible programming.



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'''Transcript:''' No transcript available 



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