SPOTLIGHT: Latinos in McLean Co. highlighted

Published November 7, 2012 10:00am ET



BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Pedro Chavez was 18 when he left his home in Mexico in 1910 and walked 1,000 miles to El Paso, Texas, in search of a better life.

His country was going through a revolution while the United States offered the promise of jobs building a railroad line.

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