Múgica · ranchos, cattle, and arpa grande
La Huacana
A land of ranchos and cattle, of golden afternoons and arpa grande music. Here lie the roots of the López family and the childhood of grandfather Salvador.
7 memories Explore La Huacana →
López-Duarte Family Archive
The Village of Memories López-Duarte · Tierra Caliente
A journey through the Tierra Caliente of the 1940s and 1950s.
Open the trunk: which branch are you from?
The family has three branches. Choose yours and Lupita will show you your places in the village. Nothing is stored online: your choice lives only on your device.
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Lupita · The girl of the trunk
Which branch of the family are you from? Choose below and I'll show you your places. And if you don't know yet, we can explore together too.
Perfect! Let's explore the whole village: the ranchos, the plaza, the orchards — even the road north. I'll let you know when we find something about the family.
Ah, the López family! Your people are from La Huacana: ranchos, cattle, and arpa grande afternoons. Grandfather Salvador was born here; look, I marked your places with a golden glow.
The Duarte family! Your people are from Ario de Rosales: orchards, market days, and church bells. Grandmother Herlinda grew up here; look, I marked your places with a green glow.
The branch that joined the two towns! Your trail begins at Salvador and Herlinda's wedding and passes through both houses. I marked everything that is yours.
Hello! I'm Lupita, and I grew up in these towns in the 1950s. I'll walk you through the streets, the ranchos, and the roads. Every place you visit leaves a stamp in your trunk.
Lupita is an imagined guide, not a real person in the family.
Your branch: No branch chosen
Three places, one family
La Huacana, Ario de Rosales, and the road north. Explore each scene: every dot is a door.
The warm valley · orchards, market, and church bells
Ario de Rosales
A valley of orchards and markets, cradle of the Duarte family and grandmother Herlinda. In 1818, Ario saw the Constitución de Ario proclaimed.
8 memories Explore Ario de Rosales →
The route of those who left — and those who returned
The Road North
Between 1942 and 1964, millions of Mexicans took the road north. Many Tierra Caliente families lived the departure — and the return — of their own.
6 memories Explore The Road North →
Stamps of the trunk
0 / 21 stamps
Every place you visit leaves a stamp. Collect all 21 and the trunk is complete.
The rooms of the village
The archive you know, now with doors in the village. Enter wherever you like.
- The House The family tree lives in the López house. Enter →
- The Kitchen The family cookbook, next to the comal. Enter →
- The Plaza Stories and oral histories, as they are told on the plaza. Enter →
- The Kiosk The town calendar: the family's timeline. Enter →
- The Album The photographs rescued from the trunk. Enter →
- The Road The map: Ario, La Huacana, and the road north. Enter →
- The Post Send your photo, story, or recipe to the archive. Enter →
- The Office Who we are and why we keep all this. Enter →
Latest additions
Ario de Rosales 1940s EXAMPLE — REPLACE
The Fair of Ario [EXAMPLE]
An example story: the plaza full of music, churros, and cousins you only saw at the fair. Replace it with a real family story.
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La Huacana 1950s EXAMPLE — REPLACE
An arpa grande afternoon [EXAMPLE]
An example story: the wooden platform, the great harp of the Tierra Caliente, and the patio filling up as the sun went down. Replace it with a real family story.
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La Huacana 1950s oral history EXAMPLE — REPLACE
The journey North [EXAMPLE — oral history]
An example oral history with audio: the goodbye on the dirt road, the letter that took months, and the return with suitcases full of gifts. Replace it with a real family recording.
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