"Until now, much of what has been written about Mexican American educational history has focused on California and Texas, while Colorado's story has remained largely untold. Ruben Donato recounts the social and educational history of Mexicans and Hispanos (descendents of Spanish troops who came to the region in the late 1500s) in Colorado from 1920 to 1960. He examines both groups' experiences in sugar beet towns, the experiences of Hispanos in Anglo...

A social and cultural history of the men, women and children who as sugar beet tenders, gained permanent residency in northern Colorado in the Great Western Sugar Company sponsored colonies.