Gamboa Canal Zone Veterans
In the early 1950's, very bright and talented Santa Cruz /Gamboa Canal Zone youth, facing scarce employment as well as travel opportunities, found themselves in need of a vehicle for advancement . .... Then came the United States' Korean conflict…
Words taken from “The Gift Of Story” by Clarrisa Pinkola
In our present time, there is a necessity for rugged independence among individuals. But this is often supported in good measure by deliberate interdependence with a community of other souls. ............. the stronger gravitational field that holds a group together…
My Memories of Mr. Morgan, Principal “Par Excellence” of Gamboa/Santa Cruz Elementary School
In my mind's eye I can see him as he stands under the school waiting to give us directions to enter the building. Mr. Morgan is dressed in black trousers and a white shirt with both hands behind his back…
Refelction #4 – Federico Ellington Smith’s Reflections on The Dredging Division
The Panama Canal is known mostly as the world's premier man made inter oceanic transit waterway, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Lesser known, and recognized are the men who built (1904 - 1914) and maintain this one of the…
Reflection #3 – Dr. Ricardo Millett’s Reflections of the Dredging Division
Recent photos of its guarded entrance shows a sign which reads, "Welcome To The Dredging Division". In the foreground, the viewer's eyes are drawn to the railroad crossing, the gate and the guardhouse that controlled entry to this industrial complex…
Reflection #2 – Reva Richards Marcellin’s Reflections Of The Dredging Division
As I turn the clock back in time.... The year is 1947, when my dad, who was working at the Dredging Division on one of the tugboats, suffered a serious accident that severed his right leg, resulting in him being…
Reflection #1 – Carlos Alleyne’s Reflections on The Dredging Division
I must have been somewhere between six and eight years of age when my dad took us walking to the Gamboa train station. I believe there were only four of us siblings at the time ( We are a family…