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Chapter 1 - Historical Development

A series of earthquakes shook Hinulawan On June 3, 1863. The church facade collapsed and many settlers were hit, killed and others wounded from falling debris. Survivors were rescued by residents of neighboring sitios from the highlands.

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Chapter 1 - Historical Development

A series of earthquakes shook Hinulawan On June 3, 1863. The church facade collapsed and many settlers were hit, killed and others wounded from falling debris. Survivors were rescued by residents of neighboring sitios from the highlands.

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CHAPTER 1

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

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Cultural and Political History


Toledo City came from Old Hinulawan and New Hinulawan. Old

Hinulawan which is now called Daanglungsod, was founded by Mariano Libre, Fulgencio Lebumfacil, Areston Macapaz, Adriano Blanco and Tranquilino Blanco. New Hinulawan, presently called Toledo was founded by Fermin Poloyapoy, Maximo Macapobre, Jacinto Lopes, Servando de Jesus, Juan Libre, Agapito Nieves, Francisco Blanco and Francisco Rodriguez. The Old Hinulawan of 1861 was a settlement of more than fifty families and was a typical pueblo situated along the shore of Taon Strait. The town is southwest of Hinulawan river and was bounded on the south by thick mangroves and nipa swamps extending to at least a kilometer and fertile farmlands and coconut trees beyond as far as Ibo river. On the north and northwest by the Taon Strait; on the south and southwest by uplands hills covered by thick forests as far as Tubod; on the northeast is the Hinulawan River. The founders of Hinulawan as a town together with the church led by parish priest Father Servando Scone, all worked for public welfare. A convent and church were erected for their beloved patron saint Saint John of Sahagun in traditional Spanish architecture. On June 3, 1863, a series of earthquakes shook Hinulawan. The church faade collapsed and many settlers were hit, killed and others wounded from falling debris. The second tremor completely destroyed the church and the convent and caused the lowlands to crack in different directions and the stonewalls along the river banks crumbled. The ground sagged causing seawater and riverwater to rush in, flooding the town to the waistline. Another tremor completely destroyed the town of Hinulawan and survivors were rescued by neighboring sitios from the highlands.

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The following days after the earthquake, the refugees were helped by residents of Tubod and rebuilt their cogon-roofed houses on the clearings they made in nearby virgin forest and plateaus among which was a cemetery. Others built their homes at the foot of Tubod highlands while others decided to migrate to neighboring sitios of Da-o, Bulok-Bulok, to as far as Landahan and Sam-ang. And others became pioneers in the opening of new settelements like Cabitoonan and Batohanon. This new district is currently called the New Hinulawan and currently named Daanglungsod. Majority chose to remain in this new site and for many years strived hard to regain the prosperity they once had in the ruined town of Hinulawan. The settlers in New Hinulawan built a bulwark (a defense grid) to protect themselves from pirate attacks. This bulwark was made of chopped and piled up stone blocks. In 1869, Father Servando Seone was transferred to another parish. He was replaced by Father Mariano Brazal ( 1869-1876). Mariano was a Filipino (the old term used to describe Spaniards who were born in the Philippines). He was a liberal who campaigned vigorously for the Filipinization of the parishes. At this time, the provincial governor of Cebu was Esteban Perez. Esteban was a native of Toledo, Spain. Esteban and Mariano were close friends. They were both ecstatic over the appointment of the new Spanish Governor General to the colonies. He was Carlos Maria de la Torre (18691872) and also a native of Toledo, Spain. Mariano and Esteban both welcomed Carlos in Manila and told them about New Hinulawan, one of the towns in the province of Cebu. Esteban told Carlos that New Hinulawan was similar in many respects to their beloved homeland of Toledo. The winding river of Hinulawan was like the Tagus. They could see Toledo in New Hinulawans forests and hills and verdant lowlands, and above all in the industry and peace loving character of its people. Esteban, prompted by his deep longing for his homeland, with the conformity of Father Mariano, recommended to the amiable governorgeneral Carlos the changing the name of New Hinulawan to Toledo. Under the first Philippine Republic in the year 1893, El Pueblo de Toledo, distrito de Cebu, was only a district of the Province of Cebu and was governed by a Hunta Popular. Old

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Toledo assumed independent status as a town when Governor Francis Harrison signed Act 119 of December 19,1919, amending Act 1008 of November 25, 1909 of the Philippine Commission. On June 1960, Toledo attained the status of a chartered city by virtue of Republic Act No. 268 authored by the late Rep. Manuel Zosa of the sixth District of Cebu. Don Lorenzo Lebumfacil, a native of Barrio Ibo, served as the first appointed municipal president. During the Japanese occupation, the steady growth of the town was put to a halt. However, when the town was liberated from the Japanese, the people of Toledo and under the the banner of of the Liberal and Nacionalista Mining and Administration took turns in rehabilitating the town. It was recently after the establishment operation Atlas Consolidated Development Corporation Mines and other industries that Toledo has begun to show up. Its strategic location contributes to the development of the city in that it is the only city in the province which is on the western seaboard (Danao, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu , and Talisay being on the east), facing Negros Oriental.

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