![]() ![]() ![]() (Gamboa “A History” 49) Braceros continued to arrive and depart in waves until circa 1945, working on many farms as well as the railroad. government to help Yakima farmers, arrived by train. In the fall of 1942 the first braceros (Spanish word meaning manual laborer), a group of Mexican workers contracted for fixed amounts of time by the U.S. At the time, the irrigated farmlands in these areas offered ample employment and opportunities for Latinos to begin to farm. When World War II broke out, an enclave of migratory Latinos, mostly from Wyoming and Colorado, had already arrived and begun to settle permanently in Wapato and Toppenish, gateways to the Lower Valley. Tortilla Flats is one of the oldest Latino neighborhoods in the Yakima Valley and represents one of the anchor points for the establishment of Latino identity in the region. ![]()
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