VICTOR OCHOA
LA HERENCIA HISPANA By sierra martinez
VICTOR OCHOA REPRESENTS
MEXICO.
VICTOR LEATON OCHOA
Basic Facts:
* Born 1850 in Ojinaja, Mexico. He is believed to have died in Sinaloa, Mexico in 1945.
* His father was Juan Ochoa (he came from Spanish and Scotch ancestry) and his brother was Estevan Ochoa. He married Amanda Cole (granddaughter of American painter Thomas Cole).
* Victor Ochoa also lived in New York for much of his adult life
(All were invented in the U.S.).
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3. (BASICALLY) WHY DID VICTOR OCHOA GO TO JAIL/ COURT
(THE SECOND TIME)?
2. OCHOA WAS KNOWN
FOR BEING AN
INVENTOR, WHAT ELSE IS KNOWN FOR?
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QUESTIONS/ ANSWERS/ SOURCES
ANSWERS
1. MEXICO
2. A REVOLUTIONIST
3. HE SHOT TWO MEN
SOURCES:
smithsonianeducation.org
List of Inventions
* Ochoa plane (a glider)
* Adjustable/ Clincher Wrench
*An electric brake
*The pencil clip (for holding pens outside the pocket to avoid the ink bleeding through the shirt).
A Story to Remember
Ochoa owned a gold mining company. One year Ochoa was offered to go into to business with two men who claimed to be able to enlarge his gold mining production. While Ochoa was sick the men stole his gold and his horses. A few years later in 1936, Ochoa was walking along the street with the chief of police, saw the two men. They drew their guns and Ochoa, who is unarmed, grabbed the chief's gun and shot them both. After the incident a judge found that there was reason to fire but apparently the men were of influential families and Ochoa was advised to go back to Mexico.
Ochoa was an inventor and and revolutionary. One of his most popular inventions was the Ochoa plane. He is also popular for once having a $50,000 price on his head for starting a revolt that stirred up the entire republic. He went to Fort Stockington to avoid bounty hunters, but finally gave himself to Fox head of the Texas Rangers.
1. WHAT COUNTRY
DOES OCHOA
REPRESENT?
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