The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-16

San Cristobai ies khe capital of the mes
southern state of the Mexican repub
lie, Chiapas. Ithas some 5000 inhab
itants.
Chihuahua, capital of the state o.
the same name, in northern Mexico
lies on the foothills of the Sierra Madrt
range. The cd college of the Jesuit:
is there, under whose walls Migne
Hidalgo and Capt. -Allende. the rev
EClutionary leaders, were executed. Al
aqueduct twenty thousand feet Ions
.oarries water TO the center of the city.
The present population is about 20, 600.
Colima, capital of the state of the
same name. is situated on the river OF
the same name. 1t is "a place of 80.
600 inhabitants. [ has a large trade in
cocoa, coffee. pearls, and tilmas, OF
Mexican cloaks. After the conquest
sixty Spaniards settled there, and in
termarried.
durango, capital of Durango, has
%, OSO Inhabitants, aside from the sc or
pionstf which it is famous.
Guanajuato, capital of Guanajuato.
is q great mining city. st is located
:2S2 miles northwest of the City of Mex
leo, in canyon, and has population
of 70, 500.
Chilpaneingo, capital of the state of
Guerrero hes $500 inhabitants. 1t is
celebrated ia Mexican history for being
the town where the first Mexican con-
gress met, after the cry for liberty had
caused the Mexican people to rebel
against the Spanish rule.
Pachuca, capital of the state of Hi
dalgo, has 1900 inhabitants. 1t is
the seat of the Real del Monte Mining
company. the largest like corporation
in Mexico, and one of the largest in
America.
Guadalaiara is the capital of the
state of Jalisco. 1t has a population
of Ga, 500 people, and is the third city
in the republic i'll point of wealth and
population,
Toluca, capital of the state of Mex
leo is a place of 1880 people. 1t is
the highest inhabited land in the re-
public of Mexico, S,63S feet above the
sea level.
Morelia, p.tal of Michoacan, has
$4,000 inhabitants.
Cuernavaca, capital of the state of
Morelos, was founded by the Tlahuicas,
an ancient tribe of Indians, in the four
teelth century. 1t was incorporated
to the Aztec crown of Mexico by IT,
coat, in 1882, was conquered by the
Spaniards in April, 1921, and declared
a city Oct. IA, 1854. The Ind an name
was Quanhnahuac, Near Beautiful
Hills" 1t contains Cortez' palace,
and is place of .9,700 people.
Monterey is the capital of Nuevo
Leon. 1t is growing city, and has
now nearly $4,000 inhabitants. Thirty
years after the conquest of Mexico by
the Spaniards. the celebrated Spanish
general, Francisco de Urdinola, con-
quered the Chichimeca Ind ans, who
held the place. In 1856 Ion Diego de
founded the metropolis of
Our Lady of Monterey.
Oaxaca, capital of the state of the
same nsme, was founded in a beautiful |
valley bv Juan Mendez del Mercada in
1923. Its population is 2s:5Qo,
Puebla capital of the state of |
the same name has seventy |
eight thousand inhabitants. 1t is
surrounded by three r.vers.
1t has seventy churches. The
city has large cotton and thread fac
tories and marble cutting establish |
ments. The Tecali or Puebla marble |
has world wide fame. A railroad |
connects Puebla with the city of Mex
leo and Vera Cruz. The city was
in 1881.
Oueretaro is the capital of the state
of the same name. 1twas founded in !
1445 by an Otomi colony, which came |
from the wilderness now the United
States. The Spanish cacique, Fernan-
do de Tapia, conquered it in July,
do n,,ar
as he claimed that Santiago (St. James, |
fought in the air in his favor against
the Indians. 1t has now 27,5t0 peo-
pie, and is manufa curing city.
San Luis Potosi is the capital of the
state of the same name. 1t was found
bv Franciscan monk, Diego de la
and in 1856 was declared
a city. Its population is $4,000. 1t
Is cons dered city of immense wealth.
Culican is the capital of the state of
Sinoloa. 1t was founded in 1922 by
Nuno de Guzman, but was town of |
some Importance when the Aztecs left
AZtlan IN the thirteenth century to in
wade the valley of Mexico. 1t has now
4, 9O5 inhabitants.
Ures is the capital of Sonora, and
has ,OOQinhabitants. 1t was formerly |
a m ssionary station.
San Juan Baut sta, capital of the
state of Tabasco, was founded March
30. 1919. near the site of the present
city. The old capital was depopula-
ted during the frequent invasons of the
Indians. Its populat on is 6,234.
Ciudad Victoria is the capital of Ia
maulipas. 1t was founded October 6.
176O, and its present population Is g.
500. The city has been desolated for
forty years by the civil wars, and even
the cemetery is surrounded by high
wall prov ded with portfolios. 1t is
desolate dreary place.
Tlaxcala, capital of the state of the
same name, was founded in the four
teenth century by Culhuatepanecati,
an Indian warrior, and tor two cen
tur,es was capital of the Tlaxcalan
republic, rival to the Mexican empire.
The Spaniards occupied it on Sept. %.
1919, as it's allies. 1t has now 2, $50 in
habitants.
Jalapa. the new capital of the state
of Vera Cruz is the garden CIV of |