Walla Walla's First Laborers

ID: 4975 ~ Source: Courtesy of UW Special Collections (Neg. UW8310) ~ Creator: F. Fortin ~ Date: 1892

This file appears in: Alberto Ricardo: Walla Walla’s First Mexican Success Story: A Story of Forgotten Mexican Pioneers

Since 1858, Walla Walla natives worked alongside Mexican muleteers. Yet, Ricardo was an exemption through his success as the first Mexican newspaper owner.

This file appears in: Alberto Ricardo: Walla Walla’s First Mexican Success Story: A Story of Forgotten Mexican Pioneers

Alberto Ricardo: Walla Walla’s First Mexican Success Story: A Story of Forgotten Mexican Pioneers

By Jessica Silva

Among the very first Mexican immigrants to eastern Washington, Alberto Ricardo overcame intense prejudice to become a successful printer, newspaper owner, and town father in Dayton, Washington.