The impact of Las Mercedes Dam in Santa Catalina del Alamo and Pasaje town, East of Durango

The present work is aimed to describe the ways of life in the Eastern part of Durango at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th’s, an epoch signaled by the railroad arrival. In particular, it describes the context and means by which the Martínez del Río family, owner of Santa Catalina del...

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Autor: Rodríguez Barragán, Daniel Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70984
Acceso en línea:https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/70984
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:agua
pueblo
tierra
latifundio
ferrocarril
water
town
land
latifundium
railroad
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Sumario:The present work is aimed to describe the ways of life in the Eastern part of Durango at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th’s, an epoch signaled by the railroad arrival. In particular, it describes the context and means by which the Martínez del Río family, owner of Santa Catalina del Alamo, the biggest Durango’s latifundium, appropriated El Zorrillo stream at the time of Las Mercedes Dam construction, an event that compelled a rearrangement of the relations between the Martínez del Río family and the Pasaje town inhabitants, who considered that the former had deprived them from their land and water.