(First of two parts)
Published in Diario de Colima
Sunday February 24, 2008 Miguel Chavez
MICHEL *
With office number 160 dated on March 10 of 1975, H. Constitutional Town Hall Armory through its president Don Salvador Nolasco Mora and myself with the character of secretary, request the H. State Congress holding a solemn meeting in the municipal capital to commemorate the founding of our people. The request was approved on April 4 that year. Corresponded to the clerk of the Congress Prof. Mario Enriquez Casillas and the author of this column coordinate to organize the logistics of the event.
So, on Tuesday, April 29, 1975, after twelve hours and thirty minutes, then "Movie Armory," said an official site for this purpose, there was the solemn session of H. State Congress to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the elevation to the status of the settlement of Armory Village. However the day and time, the seats of the property were insufficient to install the distinguished gathering, comprising among others, guests of the ten municipalities of the state, former mayors and H. Municipal Board, local authorities, farmer leaders, farmers, entrepreneurs and their early descendants domiciled.
led the meeting his deputy president Pedro Polanco Montero, supported by the Deputy Secretary Agustín and Mercedes González García Villalobos Silva. Also present were Mr Ismael Aguayo Figueroa, Jorge Salazar Rodriguez Ramón Núñez Castañeda Meza Bazavilvazo and Armin. With Gov Noriega Arturo Pizano attended by the Secretary General of Government lawyer Miguel Gómez Guerra Morales. He also presided over Mr. Rafael Trejo Ochoa, President of the Supreme Court and Mayor Don Salvador Nolasco Mora.
We were three official speakers. Armin Rep. Meza Núñez introduced the grounds, among other insights, he said the interest of legislators hold sessions outside the parliamentary precincts to effect close to the people through commemorative events and civic historical facts. By invitation del Congreso, el profesor Juan Oseguera Velázquez dirigió un elocuente discurso referente a la historia de Armería. Finalmente, me correspondió el alto honor de agradecer a los legisladores la distinción efectuada a nuestra comunidad y con la representación del honorable cabildo me permití solicitar que nuestro pueblo fuera elevado a la categoría se ciudad.
Por el valioso caudal de datos que contiene y en homenaje al maestro Juan Oseguera Velázquez, en dos partes, trascribo textualmente su discurso:
“…Señoras y señores. Hoy, hace 40 años, el H. congreso del Estado de Colima, elevó a la categoría de pueblo, la antigua hacienda de Armería donde la geografía has witnessed the development of primitive cultures, events of the conquest, the colonial, independence, reform and the Mexican Revolution.
We have gathered here to celebrate this historic event, knowing that the birth of a people, has a long gestation. The Armory strengthens its authentic roots of our aboriginal races for over time, leaving shaping up to have a genuine and distinctive appearance, between the coastal towns of western Mexico.
Armory is not a town but has a personality and a unique history and as the tree that feeds multiple and strong currents, has already a present full of achievements and future flattering.
Ancient history draws Armory, as the place where they were detained Otomíes table coming from the Central, other tribes from the south. Evidence of what this area was suitable for Aboriginal people, from the stage of fishermen and gatherers to sedentary peoples, is the large number of tombs and pottery extracted from its soil, which has merited scientific study and their classification as " Armory period (and Colima) "between 850 and 1250, highlighting its importance the so-called" complex Periquillo ", from 1250 to 1521, relating them, the first to culture Periquillo Toltec and of the Mexica.
During the conquest, the inhabitants must join the ranks of the warring Tecos, who fell fighting heroically in Alima and proper "Tecomán palenque", defending the lordship of Colima in 1523.
After founding the original Caxitlán Villa de Colima, Gonzalo de Sandoval conqueror goes through here and anchorages located Salagua Santiago, from 1535 to Hernán Cortés used for expeditions to the Californias. It was from those years, the transitional phase of the Spaniards for their maritime adventures in search of the Amazons, conquer more peoples or fight the pirates, that during the colonial incursion in these latitudes. Indians also passed, but these generally as porters, especially when they took the rigging, anchors and harness to build the ships that sailed the developed Urdaneta and Legazpi, the conquest of the Philippines in 1564.
An old one of this area, is found in the "Value" of Mr. Lebron de Quinones, 1554, when he mentions Cuyutlán place of great tradition, as a producer of salt from the time pre-Conquest and the open sea resort of all times. Already at the dawn of independence and making your stay as parish priest of the town of Colima in 1792, Hidalgo was recreated by visiting said spa.
The struggle of man to dominate the middle, trying to solve the problem posed by the then mighty river Armory, starts with the construction of a bridge in 1850, which was razed the following year. Years later they built another bridge with the same results. In 1889 the railroad was completed, which was likewise destroyed by the great avenue that led to the cyclone in 1906, but then was rebuilt to service to date. The road bridge was opened in 1954, was destroyed by the cyclone in 1959 and was put back into service in 1962.
The waters of the river tried to exploit as a means of river transport beginning the construction of a canal in 1874, to prosecute the lagoon Cuyutlán. This work is not done, however it worked from 1871, the small steamer "Colima", which sailed 36 miles across the lagoon, between Manzanillo and Cuyutlancillo, suspended the service in 1882, the opening of the railway section to Armory.
Another fantastic project, is published by the governor J. Trinidad Alamillo (1911-1913), to drain the pond and plant Cuyutlán 10 million coconut palms.
communication with Manzanillo existed until 1908, when President Diaz opened the railroad, the mule by the legendary Camino Real de Colima "charted in the south shore of the lake, wading streams, crossed the river along the right bank until Caxitlán Inn, the Hacienda del Rosario and continue north on the slope of Jala to Coquimatlán and Colima, to follow the interior.
The land passed from the parcel to the Jesuits, then bought by the Conde de Regla Don Pedro Romero de Terreros and 1807, Cuyutlán and Stay of the Armory, was his granddaughter, the Marquise de Herrera. Finally, early this century belonged to Doña Isaura Vidriales and then followed the distribution ejido.
Another property related to the history and geography this place is San Andrés Periquillo with similar origin, but for 1875 and until 1903, was owned by General merited Angel Martinez, who planted in Santa Rosa's first coconut palm garden. Happened in that year at the hands of three American, Industrial and Agricultural Society of Paso del Rio, SA to evade constitutional requirements. There was promoted Herford cattle ranching in 1910, Italian immigrants brought to plant coconut palms contract. They were Mr. Stephano Gherzi, Octavio Machette, Reinaldo Gualino, Juan Mantelero, Eugenio Bellido, Santiago Antongniotti, Albino Copy and others. Gherzi intrigued and eliminated his countrymen running as administrator general, then claiming losses during the revolution, persuaded the court awarded in his favor the estate, which belonged to the heirs of Dr. Alberto J. Oschener.
The use made of this farm Mr. Gherzi, was based on the exploitation of man, not the land. Occidental joined the alleged plot of land, SCPA, and obtained a grant of inalienability livestock for 25 years, from 1943, to continue to evade the land law for more than four decades. There prevailed the old Diaz system of the company store, pawn acasillados and white guards, the monotony of work from sun to sun, rustic tables misery cabins, with children emaciated, malnourished, sick, victims of malaria.
was land distribution that marked the beginning of the progress of this coastal plain, first founded the suburbs Cuyutlán and Armory in 1925, the Independence in 1929, receiving its funding until 1931. The nap and New Cuyutlán, dating from 1952 and 1959 respectively. Found linked to the history of these groups, among others, the names of Leonardo Jaramillo, Rosendo Corona, Rafael Aguilar, Victor Mora, Jose Rios, Eleno Amador, Francisco Andrade and Maria Ventura Ruelas. I believe that few people of Mexico as this where there are five ejidos. We also judge that not many communities, which are conjugated as here, the physiographic and human factors, ie, have great natural resources: soil privileged adequate surface water and ecology, but especially the human element, the field man, ready to conquer and change the environment Geographically, the land planted with perennial crops, with credit extended by the federal government. In
Periquillo as part of the joke that made the law the estate formed a white ejido in 1939, with 26 farmers who eventually were released. It fell in 1958, the federal deputy Roberto Pizano Saucedo, raising the urgent need to share such large estates, the Presidential candidate Adolfo Lopez Mateos, the reception he taxed the people of Manzanillo. The promise was there, served as the President, by issuing the decree of December 6, 1960, declaring null and void agreements on the division simulated inalienability, pointing to the respective units, the convenience to explore collectively the New Center Population Brotherhood of Juarez, with 19.212 acres for 780 ejidatarios, grouped in 15 local credit societies.
remains there as a cancer and a challenge to land reform, the problem of Rincon de Lopez, a typical act of skydiving, the H. City Council tried to legalize Coquimatlán to support Undeveloped land law, but after 14 years, has not been possible to regularize the possession, originated as a protest against the existence of a large estate simulated problem that caused the loss of many lives.
The increase of population of this area was parallel to the integration of the suburbs. In the estate of Armory, which in 1921 was only 5 farms with 40 people by 1930 rose to 178 in 1936 totaled 500 thousand in 1950 were three thousand 572, ceased in 1960 four thousand 852 and in 1970 arrived at ten 513 billion is estimated that to date exceed fifteen thousand inhabitants. However, the cause that determined the increase in population was due to neighbors Cuyutlán, during the tsunami of 22 June 1932, they came to reside at this place, being necessary in 1934, planning what would be the town armory, the local Congress issued the decree of April 29, 1935 ... "
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* The author is a member of the State Council of the Chronicle, Colima Association of Journalists and Writers, and Writers' Association of Cities and Towns of the State of Colima.
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