Above left-Our taxi driver Jose dropping us off in front of the Villa Garcia Palacio Municipal (City Hall). Right: Rosa and Alba, secretaries in the Office of Information. Alba is the one who told us that my grandfather Yndalesio Delgado had been Mayor of Villa Garcia. Rosa is the one who took us to meet Alicia, Indalesio's first cousin. Below left: our meeting with Alicia Delgado. Her father Rafael, Yndalesio's younger brother, was also mayor of Villa Garcia in 1932 and is remembered for building the Plaza De Toros.

Alicia told us we had other relatives living in Aguas Calientes. One was Estela Delgado-Avila, above right, daughter of Luz Delgado, my grandfather's sister. Estela's husband ia a retired bullfighter. The other was Gustavo Prado, who lived in San Pancho a suburb of Aguas Calientes. Gustavo, one of Yndalesio's six children, is my father's half brother.

My son, Mark, above left, asked about Yndalesio's father, Estela's grandfather. She said he was buried in the family tomb in El Panteon De La Cruz there in Aguas Calientes. So off we went to find the Delgado family tomb (above left). Next we went to San Pancho, a suburb of Aguas Calientes to look for Gustavo, my father's half brother. Gustavo was in Mexico City but we met his wife Maria Escalera. Maria lived in the US when she met Gustavo but returned to Mexico when she married him. Maria said she would call Gustavo to see if he could come back to meet me.

My boys had to return to the US, but I decided to stay a few more days so I could meet Gustavo. So I returned to Villa Garcia to see what else I could find out about the Delgado family. This time the girls at city hall took me to meet Mr. Hurtado, the town historian (right). Senor Hurtado is the one who told me all about the Delgado family and their role in the political history of Villa Garcia. See Delgado Family History. Senor Hurtado said he had documents and photographs that I should see but he needed time to find them. He asked me to come back in a couple hours. Meanwhile I walked around town asking ancianos if they new my grandfather. Many of them did. One told me about his ranch called El Jaralillo.

Above left-ruins of the Hacienda Jaralillo, my grandfather's ranch. Above right-view of la Parroquia y Presidencia Municipal. Left-the two arroyos Capulin and Tepozan merge as they go through the center of Villa Garcia.

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