Angel Baldenegro and Lucia Romero Bisbee, Arizona

Monday, January 13, 2014

Tombstone Helldorado Days

This is Richard Baldenegro, son of Angel R. Baldenegro. Uncle Angel in 1947 began portraying the outlaw, Filomino Orante. In 1957 Angel retired from the cast. Richard stepped in and took over the role. Richard had kept the Orante role in the Baldenegro family.

Richard Baldenegro

(on right)

Angel R. Baldenegro

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Oral Interview/by Angel R. Baldenegro

This is a oral interview that was recorded and given to Angel R. Baldenegro. It's a recollections of Bisbee.

I obtained this document from: The Arizona Historical Society, Tucson Arizona.

In Memory of My Mother, Dolores Baldenegro

February 8, 1921-November 18, 2010

Dolores was born on February 2, 1921 in Bisbee, Arizona; a small mining town. She was the child of Angel and Lucia Baldenegro. She resided in Bisbee until 1940. She married Alex V. Garcia, from Bisbee, together they had 6 children. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles, CA. Her husband died from an industrial related accident in 1948. Widowed at 27 years old.

Two years later she met my father Benjamin L. Apodaca, and they had 8 children together. She had 25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. They were married 35 years later. They were together for 50 years. Mother would often talk about her memories growing up in Bisbee. She recalls the depression time, how food was very scarce, but they never went hungry. She would tell stories of the La Llorona, a Hispanic legend. My Mother loved being with her family, gardening, her dogs and cats, listening to her Ranchero Mexican music. We would enjoy the hot summer days out in the backyard with her. Mother would make us fresh squeeze lemonade, and serve us watermelon. She was a very good cook, never did we go without a meal.

She lived life simple and she wasn't the type of woman that had a lot of material things. All that matter to her was her family. She enjoyed her children and grandchildren visiting her. She lived in Southern California. She died in her home in Downey, California, at the age of 89. Was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Covina, California.