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What was Rosales' second?
An anecdote about President Benito Juárez, On his way to Paso del Norte, he was received
in Rosales with great pleasure. At a dinner, where he was able to taste delicious food and music
live, they say that Don Benito liked the music so much that already in Chihuahua Capital, in a
dinner in his honor, he asked that they play him “La segunda de Rosales”, the polka being called “La
Escobita” whose name President Juárez, without intending to, changed.
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Some of History
Rosales was also indigenous territory in pre-Hispanic times, and in colonial times it was an obligatory passage for commercial conduct. In 1714, the Villa de Santa Cruz de Tapacolmes, today Rosales, was founded. Its fertile soils allow the cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, beans and chili. It is a peaceful recreational town as it is a place of spas. In 1864, Benito Juárez spent the night in Rosales, on his pilgrimage to El Paso del Norte.
Local culture
Food
The railroad arrived and the local diet diversified. They incorporated beef and chicken, fruits, vegetables, fish and seafood. Estación Divisadero is famous for its delicious flour or corn gorditas, filled with roast meat, red and stuffed chiles.
Natural heritage
Like Meoqui, its ecosystem depends on the river, from whose tributary, the Francisco I. Madero Dam was built, known locally as Las Vírgenes, due to the pillars that were located in its curtain with feminine shapes.
Francisco I. Madero Dam
Municipality Rosales
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