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" Being a good shepherd, you have made the desert to blossom as the rose, creating sustenance for your flocks alike in the fertile valleys and on the desert slopes. You have added vigor and palatability to the life-giving mais [corn], chile, frijoles [beans], and uvas [grapes]; and made the satisfaction of hunger on the part of your ovejas [sheep] an occasion of festivity and lasting good will." -letter from B. Youngblood |
| Fabian Garcia had determination. In a story he used to tell he mentioned the initiation of the farmers' institutes and how he and a colleague, determined to get their message across, gave an entire speech "full blast and down to the last syllable" to a one man audience in an auditorium. Approaching the man and inquiring about his farm the man replied, "Oh I ain't no farmer, I'm the janitor here." |
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Garcia hides diffidently with friends and family in front of the Amador Hotel. His relationship with Las Cruces' influential Amador Family ran deep. He married Julieta Amador in 1907 and even after she died in 1920 his ties to the family remained strong. |
| "Your ears must have burned this morning when we were all talking about you - Reuben, Carlos, Joe and Peggy just raved about you and how nice you were and I told them to wake up, you had always been that way to all of us.... Love to our best Uncle from, Dick." -excerpt of letter written by Richard Amador. |
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Garcia brunches with Mexican officials at the restaurant Las Flores, in Xochimilco, Mexico in a picture dated July 20, 1930. It was said that he was a charming dinner guest, often telling entertaining stories of the Mesilla Valley and its history. |