The name o the ceety means ""Roond Lagoon"". It wis foondit on 12 Apryle 1876 bi the advancin troops o Colonel Conrado Excelso Villegas, unner orders frae the Meenister o War Adolfo Alsina, as the center o operations o the North Diveesion o the Border Commandancy, durin the Conquest o the Desert (the campaign tae subject the territories oreeginally occupeed bi aboriginal tribes tae the govrenment o Buenos Aires). The partido wis offeecially creatit on 28 Julie 1886.