In the lands of the coffee, from the book, Searching for treasures
San Lucas del Pulque, Estado de México, México
“You ask me about the Antioquian colonization. I can talk about it for a simple reason. I got to live through it and to be a part of the process. I was a part of those times and the significant changes that came with them. I came with my family intending to settle down in Marsella. I was still a boy, a tiny tot at that. Now, just imagine that I was the eldest of all my siblings.”
“We lived in a small town, perhaps a village is a better description. Yet, in its way, it had its importance in the region. It was a bit more than an hour away, and that a good, steady pace, from the closest city. The name of the place was Villamaría, and it was part of the Caldas Department. Caldas was young if you compared it to Antioquia.”
Actually, in those days, Caldas was vastly different than what it is today. For starters, it was many times larger! Nowadays, they call it Old Caldas, so I guess that those times could also be called Old Times, or what do you think? The Caldas lands have received many names as times went by, for example, the Great Caldas. There are still those that remember it by the name of the Green Butterfly, one of the countless names it’s been known with throughout its long history.”