The Texan town is named after Spanish soldier Juan de Ugalde, governor of the Mexican province of Coahuila, who triumphed over the Apache settlements in the area in 1790.
California, Colorado, Nevada, Florida, Arizona, Oregon… The political geography of the US is full of Spanish names representing up to 15% of US states. Even the great state of Texas itself could be derived from the term yew, a characteristic tree of the southern state.
Born in Cádiz in 1729, Juan de Ugalde was born into a family with a military tradition, which allowed him to join the army at an early age, became a captain in 1743 at the age of 14 and took part in the war against the Austrians in North-Italy. According to the Royal Academy of History, his military successes led to his promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1764 and he was transferred to South America that same year, where he was appointed corregidor in Cochabamba until 1772. Four years later, he was appointed governor of Coahuila, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in present-day Mexico.
In 1786, after several successful campaigns in the Aztec zone, he received the title of Sub-Inspector with military command over the above area and over the provinces of Nuevo León, Colonia de Santander and Texas. On January 9, 1790, Juan de Ugalde led 600 men to a decisive victory over the Apaches near the site of the modern utopia at a site then known as Arroyo de la Soledad. In honor of this victory, the conflict zone was named the Ugalde Canyon. After years of political disputes and clashes with his superiors, the Andalusian soldier had to return to the Iberian Peninsula. Because of his wartime merits, he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1810 and even received the Grand Cross of San Hermenegildo in 1815, a year before his death in Cádiz.
In the 19th century, already under American rule, settlers founded a town in the area called Encina. Reading Wood Black’s business contracts allowed this agency to record the agreements of what was known as Uvalde County, as that is how the landowners knew the Spanish military. In 1856, the town of the same name was officially founded and would retain this whimsical name. This city today has a large Latino population, representing 78.46% of the census conducted in the city in 2020. Unfortunately, this city was the target of a school massacre last Monday that killed 19 children and two teachers. cold blood.
Source: La Verdad
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