Asturian-American Migration Forum

Bob, just ran across your posting on the pool room, etc., in Spelter. Joe (Mike) Alvarez (alias Mike Pinales) was my grandfather. His children were Joe Jr., Donald, Arthur, Ruth Jean and my mother Katherine. My mother married Andrew "Pike" Menendez, and they lived near the Ziesing school. ...

Pinnick Kinnick Hill (PK HILL) is a must read book. I purchased the book from the West Virginia University press. Read it in one sitting with my mind wondering about the lives of my grandparents in Spelter in early 1900's. Grandparents were Joe and Carmen (Gonzalez) Menendez and Joe and Viola (Hickm...