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Castanos, Coahuila - Mexico
Founded in 1674, the name of this
municipality comes from the Portuguese explorer Gaspar Castaño
de Sosa, who started his exploration of this area in 1582.
To speak of Castaños immediately
takes us to the transcendental passages of our history.
La Reforma and the French
Intervention make us realize the important role that Coronel
Ildefonso Fuentes held with his glorious Riflemen Regimen of
Monclova. He was born in 1829 in what was outside the old
Castaño Hacienda, and his image has remained recorded in the
shield of the municipality in recognition of his courage.
The ill-fated pages that were
written in 1811 with the capture of Miguel Hidalgo and his
insurgents in Acatita de Bajan, 30 Km. (19 miles) from the seat
of the municipality, also deserve mentioning. |
