His school closed, and he accepted a position as a rural teacher in Masiaca, Sonora.
At a young age he joined in the antireelectionist movement in opposition to President Porfirio Díaz.
The situation remained tense, with many Chihuahuans taking up arms, but no further bloodshed occurred.
[1] Later he was a judge of the Civil Registry, director of the Regional Museum and head of the Department of Historical Studies of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.
Almada was the founder and president of the Sociedad chihuahuense de estudios Históricos (Chihuahua Society of Historical Studies) and an assiduous investigator and writer, publishing various works on the history and geography of Chihuahua and other Mexican states.
In 1980 the Chihuahua Society of Historical Studies dedicated a plaque at the summit of Cerro Mohinora (elev.