José Romo de Vivar
José Romo de Vivar was a Novo Hispanic rancher and miner, an early European settler in Arizona.
Biography[edit]
Vivar's grandfather was Diego Romo de Vivar (1589–1691), a Spanish explorer and military officer who conquered a large part of present-day Chihuahua.[1]
Vivar founded San Lázaro ranch in the Santa Cruz River valley, and raised longhorn cattle across Cananea, the southern Huachuca Mountains, and the San Rafael Valley.[2] Most Spanish settlers in Arizona left the area as the silver mines sold out and the local Pima people remained hostile, but Vivar remained.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Enciclopedia heráldica y genealógica hispano-americana, Volume 80, By "A. Marzo, 1958."(Mexico)
- ^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (26 May 2016). Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham. University of Arizona Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8165-3441-8.
- ^ Martínez Laínez, Fernando and Canales Torres, Carlos. Banderas lejanas: La exploración, conquista y defensa por parte de España del Territorio de los actuales Estados Unidos (in Spanish: Far flags. The exploration, conquest and defense by Spain of the Territory of the present United States). pp. 145–46. Fourth edition: September 2009.