La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste

 

La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste

The History of the Basques in the West

La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste is a valuable resource for those researching Basques in the American West at the turn of the 20th century. The book’s pages are filled with the histories and biographies of Basque communities and families in Boise, Idaho; Mountain Home, Idaho; Shoshone, Idaho; Jordan Valley, Oregon; Elko, Nevada; Winnemucca, Nevada; and McDermitt, Nevada.

La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste was published in 1917 by the newspaper group, Las Novedadas, Inc. of New York, and in 1918, by Mountain States Publishing Company of Boise, Idaho. The book’s author, Samuel “Sol” Silen, lived in Boise, Idaho, for a part of his life working as a stockman in the sheep industry, a manager of a Nampa (Idaho) oil company, and as a real estate auctioneer.

The primary language of the original text for La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste is Spanish, which has been translated into English by Aintzane Gonzalez, intern to the Basque Museum & Cultural Center through the Basque Global Training Program (2018). Below are links to the Spanish version of this book followed by the English translation.

La Historia de los Vascongados en el Oeste – Spanish

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The History of the Basques in the West – English

To see the full screen version of the book, click the expansion icon . To search within the text, click the expansion icon and then click the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner of the book.