History of Riosucio

xploitation of mines by the English, German and French. Enrique Jaramillo, Naranjo and Serapio Gregorio Navarro, from the Carmen de Viboral southeastern Antioquia founded a ca¬serío lands of the reservation of the Mountain; was erected in "Hamlet" in 1854 under the name "Oraida". In 1855 the government will set limits Cauca, La Montaña taking at least a third of it. Thus arose the current area of El Oro, characterized by white dude its people. In 1884 (most likely year), five families of Bias Mountain, perhaps driven by the civil war unleashed upon taking office as Pre¬sidente of Colombia Rafael Núñez, founded the village of "Bonafont" at a place called "Escopetera" apparently for the old establishment mi¬nero Rogue.

These families are Bañol Vicente Patricio Bañol, Indalecio Bañol one Guapacha Morales and other family. Bonafont becomes township in the late 1890, and was then attached three sectors of mulatto origin: Pirsa, Jaguero and Wren and the Hacienda de Trujillo. In 1896, the patrician riosuceño Rafael Tascon founded in the northwestern corner of the township the population of El Rosario, as a response to the Cauca Antioquia inmigra¬ción that went on. This meant the loss to Mountain another third of their land. But this population, which grew and became township, thanks to gold alluvium Auquía river began to run out this away, leaving their ethnic and cultural impact on the sidewalks of that sector. Ríosucio belonged for the Colony to Province Goberna¬ción Anzerma of Popayan; from 1,819 to Canton Supía Department (then province) of Cauca with its capital first and then Buga Popayan; from 1863 to the municipality of Toro, with Equity Ríosucio dependent Sobe¬rano state of Cauca; Riosucio in 1886 was the capital of the Province of Depar¬tamento Marmato del Cauca, and from 1905 as part of Caldas. In Sirach, Ríosucio belonged from 1546 to the Diocese of Popayán;