![]() The Territory of Santa Cruz was declared a Province in 1957, with Mario Cástulo Paradelo as its first Governor. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján was consecrated in 1900. Governor Ramón Lista decided to move the Territorial Capital from Puerto Santa Cruz to Río Gallegos in 1888 official ratification of this decision came on. The Pioneers Museum is a preserved old Patagonian house exhibiting the life of the early settlers. As sheep-farming increased, Río Gallegos became the principal port for exporting sheep and their products. Between 19, the government encouraged settlers from the Falkland Islands and southern Chile with preferential farming conditions. The area was not settled by Europeans until much later, with the settlement established 19 December 1885, when the Argentine government wished to better express its sovereignty over southern Patagonia – a naval base was created which increased the development of the town. Simón de Alcazaba y Sotomayor's 1535 expedition was the first to name the river "Río Gallegos". In 1525 Spanish explorer García Jofre de Loaísa became the first European to reach the Gallegos River, and named it Río San Idelfonso. ![]()
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