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1868 Public school for girls opened; most exact 



census up to that time in Michoacdn; 

 bandit gangs led by Antonio Nunez 

 and Evaristo Acevedo operated in 

 Quiroga area. 



1869-73 Serious epidemics of smallpox and typhus. 



1870-76 Period of pronunciamientos and general 



disorder; schools closed in 1870; State 

 imposed municipal government in 1870. 



1870 Rebellion in Michoacdn; General Epitacio 



Huerta temporarily disbanded his 

 troops, and colonel Villanueva and 150 

 infantry took refuge in Cerro Tzirate; 

 general Corello and garrison occupied 

 Quiroga for a time; bandit gavilla led by 

 Marcos and Rafael Garcia operated in 

 Sierra Zinciro area to the west. 



1870 Law requiring registry of livestock and 



brands. 



1871 Pueblo Nuevo area in eastern Quiroga pur- 

 chased from the Indians and divided 

 into lots. 



1872 Ing. Antonio Linares ascertained elevation 



of Tzirate to be 3,340 meters. Only one 

 two-story house in Quiroga; most of the 

 roofs of tejamanil; before 1861 all roofs 

 had been of tejamanil. 



1873-77 - Legal conflict over Indian hospital La 



Guatapera. 



1874 First eucalyptus planted in Quiroga; 



Tzintzuntzan incorporated in munici- 

 pality May 7. Cristero movement 

 started August 2 under Socorro Reyes, 

 who attacked Quiroga with his gavilla 

 shouting "Viva la religion; mueran los 

 empleados." General Rafael Garnica 

 captured some of the Reyes band, who 

 were placed in Quiroga prison; Septem- 

 ber 16 a rescue attack by the Cristeros 

 was beaten off by Quiroga citizens led 

 by Garnica and municipal president 

 Antonio Leal. 



1875 Bandit and revolutionary gavillas attack 



Quiroga. State imposed municipal gov- 

 ernment. 



1877 First State exposition in Morelia; Quiroga 



sent numerous exhibits including locally 

 produced silk, vegetable oils, medicinal 

 plants, handicrafts, archeologic items. 



1877-92 Cornelio Medina, teacher in boys' public 



school. 



1877-78 Indian communities officially extinguished 



in Michoacdn; last communal lands al- 

 lotted in Quiroga. 



1878 Telegraph reached Quiroga; Plaza de 



Gallos installed in Plaza de la Consti- 

 tuci6n. 

 1879-84 Water supply system renovated and ex- 

 panded; fountains installed in Plazuela 

 de Bravo and Plaza de la Constituci6n; 

 epidemics of fevers and smallpox. 



1880. -. Chapel completed in Caringaro. 



1881 February 7-8, heaviest snowfall in history; 



temperature down to minus 6° Centi- 

 grade. 



1883-86 Railroad completed Acdmbaro, Morelia, 



Lagunillas, Pdtzcuaro. 



1884—1904 Municipal palace under construction. 



1887 Daily steamship service begun between 



Pdtzcuaro and Quiroga. 



1889-90 State imposed municipal government. 



1890-92 Plaza de los Mdrtires paved. 



1892. Famine year. 



1893 Telephone replaced telegraph in Quiroga. 



1894 Kiosk erected in Plaza Principal. 



1895 Clock installed on tower of repaired church 



of La Concepci6n of old Indian hospi- 

 tal; municipal offices moved into un- 

 finished municipal building. 



1896 Metric system established by law. 



1898-1900 El Paladin published in Quiroga. 



1900 Plaza de Toros inaugurated; August 14, 



flood washed away the municipal 

 slaughterhouse which was rebuilt 1901- 

 02. 



1901-13 Jos6 Otilio Vivanco parish priest. 



Ca. 1902-03.. Vigas replaced in the ■portales; La Con- 

 cepci6n burned. 



1906 First local electric plant; first molino de 



nixtamal. 



1910-14 Railroad constructed P6njamo, Zacapu, 



Ajuno. 



1910-28 Period of revolution and anarchy; decline 



and partial abandonment of Quiroga. 

 The Madero Revolution began, in 

 Michoacdn, in 1910 under Escalante in 

 Santa Clara to the south. 



1910 Chapel of San Vicente de Paul inaugurat- 

 ed. 



1911 June 7, strong earthquake. 



1915 Request for restitution of lands made by 



Indians of Quiroga. 



1916-18 Reregistry of land titles; revaluation of 



rural property. 



1917-18 Revolutionary Villista chief Inds Chdvez 



Garcia and his gang raided Quiroga and 

 burned some of the municipal records. 



1923 Water system repaired. 



1925 Present slaughterhouse inaugurated; first 



automobile passed through Quiroga. 



1926-29 Cristero disturbances; 1927-28, Cristeros 



under Ladislao Molina and Alfredo 

 Elizondo raided Quiroga and burned 

 records. 



1929 Provisional grant of ejido to Indians of 



Quiroga. 



1930 State imposed municipal government; in 



September Tzintzuntzan was withdrawn 

 from the municipality. 



1932 Definitive possession of enlarged ejido 



granted; agrarian disturbances. Puente 

 Jimdnez constructed. 



