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Una tierra con historia.

Mucho antes de que existiera Saltillo, esta tierra ya tenía nombre.

Vaquería de San Juan nació a finales del siglo XVI, sobre la misma ruta que siguieron los primeros conquistadores del sureste de Coahuila, y con el tiempo se convirtió en una próspera hacienda.

The origins of San Juan de la Vaquería date back a few years before the founding of Saltillo, as it was located on the route of the conquistadors who discovered southeastern Coahuila. If so, San Juan de la Vaquería would be the oldest site or outpost in our territory.
This is evidenced by the discovery in 1568 of the Los Muchachos valley by Captain Francisco Cano, lieutenant mayor of the Real de Minas de Mazapil. The following year, Martín López de Ibarra, lieutenant governor of Nueva Vizcaya, explored and distributed land in this valley. He established his headquarters and camped his troops in the Buena Esperanza valley, "on the part of the road of the kingdoms of Mazapil," which corresponds to the section of the old Camino Real that went from Zacatecas to Saltillo, passing by the El Capulín pond, south of San Juan de la Vaquería.*5
Alberto del Canto, founder of Saltillo, obtained a land grant, shortly before 1583, for a cattle ranch site, equivalent to a square of 5,000 varas (4,200 meters) per side, which corresponds to a little over 1,755 hectares next to the swamp called San Juan, a ranch that would eventually become San Juan de la Vaquería. *6
In 1590, Alberto del Canto sold his lands to General Francisco de Urdiñola, who took several years to take possession of the mentioned site. In the act of possession, dated 1607, it is mentioned that it is "going from the house of the said San Juan ranch to that of Los Patos." The aforementioned house could correspond to the hacienda's main house, around which the current town of La Vaquería developed. From this data, we deduce that some of the walls of the main house date from shortly before 1607 and could correspond to some of the oldest walls we know in the state of Coahuila. *7

It is important to note that in that year, 1629, San Juan de la Vaquería is mentioned for the first time with residents and as a hacienda, whereas in 1607, only the main house of the cattle ranch was mentioned. This leads us to believe that San Juan de la Vaquería, as a town, had its origins in the late 16th or very early 17th century.

*5 Powell, 1988: 146; Original titles of the Aguayo Marquisate estate: 54.
*6 Alessio, 1978: 142; Durón y Narro, 1995: 213; Testimony of the discovery and possession…
*7 Original titles of the Aguayo Marquisate estate: 55.

Esta fachada inspiró el boceto que hoy viste la etiqueta de nuestro vino tinto, obra del arquitecto Marco Gómez Saucedo.

Vino Tinto SJV

Foto de la familia Lobo Arizpe a inicios del siglo XX

Se encontraban afuera de una de las habitaciones de la hacienda. Hoy en dia puedes visitarla, la puerta y el piso se mantienen exactamente iguales.

De izquierda a derecha sentados Liberata Lobo Arizpe, Teresa Arizpe, Refugio Arizpe y Ramos.

Sentado en piso, el niño Fernando Garcia

Al frente Don Melchor Lobo Rodriguez y María del Refugio Lobo Arizpe.

Atrás de pie, Melchor Lobo Arizpe y a la derecha José Lobo Arizpe.

Hoy en día, las antiguas haciendas siguen rodeadas de un aura de mito, misterio y prestigio; sus huellas e historia aún perduran, a través de las villas y pueblos que surgieron de sus cascos o de la arquitectura que los distingue, tanto como por ese patrimonio intangible de costumbres y creencias que marcó de manera indeleble el concepto de la mexicanidad.