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I felt pretty bad [when my chain broke] because actually my father told me not to go up “A” Mt. on a bicycle. He said you can go to the “A” Mt., but not on a bicycle. You can walk there. Well, I tell ya, I disobeyed him that day, and I fell and I was all bruised up. My body was sore and it was summertime and I had to carry the bike home. And he said, “I told you—now that you have disobeyed me you are going to do those dishes.”

—Robert Jacquez

I’m from the the South[side]—South Menlo Park, Barrio Sin Nombre (Barrio Without a Name) at the foot of “A” Mountain. That’s where I was born. The house is still there where I was born. I’m the youngest of 10 children. All died, I’m the only one left.

[I have] lots of memories from “A” Mountain because... there used to be a gravel pit—Tucson Rock and Sand was there. They brought the rocks to the University of Arizona. Their walls are made out of basalt rock, black rock. That was my playground. There were a lot of playgrounds.

—Salvador Andrade