Letter To The Editor: Growing Up Mexican-American In Los Alamos
Potomac, Md.
As a former resident of Los Alamos I read the Los Alamos Daily Post frequently. April 25, 2021, I read with keen interest the letter to the Editor titled “Growing Up As Asian American – The Model Minority Myth” by Olivia Koo.
Ms. Koo touched on a topic of great interest to me, and she presented it eloquently. Her statement “One could say that Los Alamos is a manifestation of the model minority myth” was spot on.
I am Mexican-American. My family moved to Los Alamos Aug. 15, 1943, when I was six years old. When I began the first grade at Central School, when K-12 were all located under one roof, I did not know how to speak English. My father had a better command of English than my mother and myself, which was still limited.
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Snyder: Bathtub Row In Three Eras Of History
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society
The road that is Bathtub Row today passed by masters’ quarters and classrooms during the Los Alamos Ranch School years. During the Manhattan Project, it was the road to the houses assigned to key staff members at Project Y, and now it leads to lovely homes, the History Museum, the offices of the Los Alamos Historical Society, and Fuller Lodge. The lane that became Bathtub Row has been significant in three eras of our history.
In the beginning the road was dirt and not much wider than a path. It wound its way through the Los Alamos Ranch School (LARS) property, and gradually a few rustic buildings appeared along the way. Those structures, built of logs and stone in the 1920s and 30s, are historic today.