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The Careaga family settled in Chandler in 1922 when Bartolo Careaga was employed by Dr. Chandler. Bartolo and his wife Rosa Navarro were both born in Sonora, Mexico, the state which borders Arizona. Bartolo was a blacksmith by trade. He worked the copper mines, shoeing the mules, which were used at the mines to extract ore prior to the use of mechanized vehicles. As a young couple with two children, Bartolo and Rosa moved to Arizona from Sonora, living in various locations in Arizona before settling in Chandler.
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Biographical Research and Biography Submitted by Paul Brown
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