AHA Project Videos
Preserving the History of Álamos and Sonora online
Álamos History Association on YouTube
Making videos of History Association presentations, projects, and interviews was not practical until the past few years. With improvements in smart phone technology, everyone can now make a video—whereas in the past only “professionals” had the equipment. We make a video of each formal presentation, field trip, and History Association interview, and we're searching through old DVDs to find anything previously recorded.
On this page of our website we have two videos categories. The first section consists of “Walk and Talk” videos, which we started making last year. We have walked around the Plaza Alameda detailing the history of the many shops and businesses which were once there, walked through the Mercado and interviewed vendors of this nearly 140-year-old market, and walked up and down the kissing alley (callejón del beso) giving the history giving the history of this once-important street. On this video we relate the story of the “beggar who smelled like violets,” which John Hilton immortalized in his 1940s publication “Sonora Sketchbook.” Other videos cover the panteón, the main church, the La Capilla chapel, and the weekly tianguis.
Our main category consists of video recordings of our most recent presentations. Not every meeting is recorded, as once a month we show classic and contemporary Mexican movies and have field trips as well. Our goal, though, is to record as much as possible so that the history of Álamos and Sonora can be readily available online. In the "Interviews with the Friends of Álamos" section of this website we have links to many videos of "alamenses" talking about their experiences living in this community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvhySLuFsy8&t=2s
Teaching at Bartolomé Elementary School in Álamos
Trini Rangel, instructor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=360C7QT_ytA
