Carlos Escontiras - 1950's
Carlos Escontiras - 1950's
Portrait of Carlos Escontrias, son of Silverio and Pilar Escontrias, who were the former owners of the Escontrias ranch, now known as the Hueco Tanks State Park. Silverio and Pilar Escontrias also donated land for one of the first schools in the Socorro Independent School District named Escontrias Elementary School. Carlos is pictured with the horse his Mom, Pilar gave him at the ranch. Image Description: In this color, sepia photograph, a man is holding the reins of a horse. The man pictured on the left hand side of the photograph is wearing a cowboy hat, white collared button up shirt and black paints. The horse is brown. Behind this duo there is shrub landscaping.
