Area coexistence of three different indigenous groups: Toba Pilagá and Wichis, what we know today as the province of Formosa was formerly divided into Aboriginal territories.
was the end of the nineteenth century that the first white man came into contact with the natives settled on the banks of the river, it was Natalie Roldan, owner of the first steam Bermejo campaign, but does not take much longer to build trust Aboriginal and its workforce in enterprises undertaken by the colonizers.
The city of Formosa would be founded in April 1879 by Colonel Luis Jorge Fontana, and five years later erected on the National Government, under the leadership of Ignacio Fotheringham. As he relates the legend, the name of the province and its capital would come from an adaptation of the ancient Castilian name in the past had turned that describes the Paraguay River opposite the town: Back Fermosa.
In 1899, the Franciscan missions to Formosa come to evangelize the Indians respecting their language and customs, leaving their traces in these lands forever Argentina.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR FORMOSA!!
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