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Mr. Rafael Carrasco, was aresident of Marfa, and Presidio county
for the greater part of his life. Mr. Rafael Carraso was son of
Alvina Pineda, and Rejino Carrasco. Mr. Rafael Carrasco was born in
Fort Davis, Texas 6n October 24, I860. Helped there for 7 yeartfFort
Davis, 4ie from Sort Davis E want to Ojinaga, Mexico. THere he stayed
for 3 yearS 4t the age of IO he came back to the United State$.Here
he worl1with his father, cutting grass and selling it to some farmer.
Ohey made adout two or three dollar per day.
Mr. Rafael Carrasco got married atlage of 35- ,eema to Josefita
Quiroz of Ojinaga, B f Miss Quiroz, was born in Ojinaga, Mexico
in the year of I868, At the time she got married, she was 39 year old
and was a teacher in Ojinaga. After tk(4 marrigps he came back to
Marfa, Texas and working the Rail Road he made a dollar per
day. In I895, his first daughter, Harman, was born.
In I903, Mr. Carrasco workYin Mareposas , Texas in a m4inety
-wieh He stayed there for 5 years In 1908 he made a farmtwith some
land in a section of Peesidio county, %his seccion Wh seccion 26and
28. -4 et lse^ ~ mady n1xt-r aiYe.
In 1910 Mr. Carrasco, wor kin Terlinguia , Texas, taking some care
pulled by horse and mules, to Alpine, Texas , He had 8 of thst carS( i - >)
in which he carried some of the tool and food to the mine in Terlinguia
We had 7 map working foL.him driving,7 ~a e drove one of them himself,
* paid t a dollar per day, and he food.
In the year of 1938 , Mr. Carrasco sold his land to Harry Youn
which was his daught hasbQpd . He came back to Marfa, where he
buil4 a store, in which his daughter, Cruz Carrasco, lived now.
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Five Pictures, paper, November 21, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39410/m1/2/: accessed April 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Marfa Public Library.