It was founded on 20th October 1915 by Provincial Decree Nº 0664, and designed head of District. That is why this date is taken as the aniversary of the city.
The first authorities settled in Ruca Choroi, distant 25 km. from the city.The Registry Office and the Civil Court worked there from 1905 to 1914, and the Police Station, which was later transferred to the city, from 1906 to 1916. The first Comisión de Fomento was created in 1926.
As regards the first settlers, there are no records, but we can say that in 1907 a Dutch citizen, Mr. Cristian Joubert, and his family settled in Maipen, 2 km. from Aluminé. At present, his children and grandchildren live there.
Among all pioneers, we must mention Mr. Juan Benigar, born in Croatia in December 1883. He arrived to Argentina in 1908, and in 1910 married to a native Pampean woman related to the Catriel dynasty, Miss Eufemia Sheypuquin Barraza. They had 5 girls and 6 boys, whose children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren still live in the region.
In 1925 the writer Mr. Felix de San Martín invited him to settle in Quila Chanquil, and he moved there.
After the death of his wife he must abandon this spot, and goes to Pulmarí for a very short period of time, to settle definitively in Poi Pucón, only 5 km. from Aluminé. At present, his eldest son Ñancu Benigar lives in that place.
It is clear then that there is no founder in particular, but the settlement of these men and others equally important for their labor and permanent residence, made of Aluminé a city in constant steady development. |
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