Brief History of RosarioALONG THE COAST LOBO WERE EXISTING VILLAGES at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in the area of Batangas in 1572. Many years later, after Batangas was created as a province in 1851, Augustinian missionaries began the Christianizing of the villagers.Accounts appeared to show that as early as 1687 a pueblo was formed in this coastal area. Don Nicolas Morales was its first gobernadorcillo. A church was later founded in this Lobo area in 1689. Still another, the convent of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was founded in 1698 – the origin of a Christian town.This coastal town became a frequent target of the Moro raids during the early years of the Moro wars in the 18th century. Its inhabitants fled north to Kansahayan River in Hilerang Kawayan of Taysan. They stayed here for sometime until the second half of the 18th century.The more vicious Moro raids reached their new settlement. Their priest was slain. En masse, the inhabitants hurriedly left Hilerang Kawayan. They went further north until they reached Tubig ng Bayan in what is now the Municipality of Padre Garcia. During their flight they were praying the rosary.On the southern bank of the river these people built a new town. The town was named Rosario in honor of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario, their patroness. The town’s former location in Hilerang Kawayan later became known as Pinagbayanan.Rosario prospered and became a parish in 1776. The Augustinian turned over the parishes in Batangas to the Recollect Order.In 1871 Fray Santiago Benito de la Cinco Llagas was the first Recollect priest to handle the parish of Rosario. Rosario became a vicariate center under the Reverend Father Fray Mariano Peña. He was the provincial vicar. Much improvement in the town and the parish church was made during his term. The courthouse was reconstructed. The existing secondary school was rehabilitated. Roads and bridges were repaired.Rosario was a vast territory then. Its jurisdictions covered the present municipalities of Lobo, San Juan, and Taysan. The Spanish authorities had to create these as separate towns. San Juan was officially separated from Rosario in 1848, Taysan in 1850 and Lobo in about 1871. Rosario was divided into 35 Barrios.Such was the grandeur of Rosario during the Spanish period.In the last decade of the Spanish rule, the illustrados of Rosario were not left behind in the nationalist aspiration of the Filipinos. Its famous son, the Reverend Father Vicente Garcia, made a brave defense of the Filipinos and of Dr. Jose Rizal and his Noli Me Tangere.At the outbreak of the Revolution against Spain, Don Melecio Bolaños and Capitan Evaristo Zuño, under General Cailles, led the uprising and took possession of the town. They held on to the town until the outbreak of the Filipino- American War.The Americans overtook the revolutionary force in Rosario and confiscated their remaining funds of some 22,000 Mexican Pesos. The town was burned. General Miguel Malvar and his remaining army were given refuge in Barrio Baybayin of Rosario. He surrendered to General Franklin Bell in the town on April 19, 1902.In the early American military occupation of Rosario a cavalry officer, Captain Ed H. Boughton, came upon the springs at the foot of Tombol Hill. He found the place in Tombol an ideal site to relocate the burnt town. With the help of his fellow American soldiers and the inhabitants of the town, the planning of Rosario in Tombol was blue printed.On June 9, 1902, a council of the town’s prominent citizens met beside Tombol Springs to formally recognizes the municipal government. Chosen were Don Diego Rosales as bise-presidente, Don Luis Greñas as secretario and Don Leon Magtibay as tesorero. Don Antonino Luancing and others donated the sites for the town’s public building.
Brief History of RosarioALONG THE COAST LOBO WERE EXISTING VILLAGES at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in the area of Batangas in 1572. Many years later, after Batangas was created as a province in 1851, Augustinian missionaries began the Christianizing of the villagers.Accounts appeared to show that as early as 1687 a pueblo was formed in this coastal area. Don Nicolas Morales was its first gobernadorcillo. A church was later founded in this Lobo area in 1689. Still another, the convent of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was founded in 1698 – the origin of a Christian town.This coastal town became a frequent target of the Moro raids during the early years of the Moro wars in the 18th century. Its inhabitants fled north to Kansahayan River in Hilerang Kawayan of Taysan. They stayed here for sometime until the second half of the 18th century.The more vicious Moro raids reached their new settlement. Their priest was slain. En masse, the inhabitants hurriedly left Hilerang Kawayan. They went further north until they reached Tubig ng Bayan in what is now the Municipality of Padre Garcia. During their flight they were praying the rosary.On the southern bank of the river these people built a new town. The town was named Rosario in honor of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario, their patroness. The town’s former location in Hilerang Kawayan later became known as Pinagbayanan.Rosario prospered and became a parish in 1776. The Augustinian turned over the parishes in Batangas to the Recollect Order.In 1871 Fray Santiago Benito de la Cinco Llagas was the first Recollect priest to handle the parish of Rosario. Rosario became a vicariate center under the Reverend Father Fray Mariano Peña. He was the provincial vicar. Much improvement in the town and the parish church was made during his term. The courthouse was reconstructed. The existing secondary school was rehabilitated. Roads and bridges were repaired.Rosario was a vast territory then. Its jurisdictions covered the present municipalities of Lobo, San Juan, and Taysan. The Spanish authorities had to create these as separate towns. San Juan was officially separated from Rosario in 1848, Taysan in 1850 and Lobo in about 1871. Rosario was divided into 35 Barrios.Such was the grandeur of Rosario during the Spanish period.In the last decade of the Spanish rule, the illustrados of Rosario were not left behind in the nationalist aspiration of the Filipinos. Its famous son, the Reverend Father Vicente Garcia, made a brave defense of the Filipinos and of Dr. Jose Rizal and his Noli Me Tangere.At the outbreak of the Revolution against Spain, Don Melecio Bolaños and Capitan Evaristo Zuño, under General Cailles, led the uprising and took possession of the town. They held on to the town until the outbreak of the Filipino- American War.The Americans overtook the revolutionary force in Rosario and confiscated their remaining funds of some 22,000 Mexican Pesos. The town was burned. General Miguel Malvar and his remaining army were given refuge in Barrio Baybayin of Rosario. He surrendered to General Franklin Bell in the town on April 19, 1902.In the early American military occupation of Rosario a cavalry officer, Captain Ed H. Boughton, came upon the springs at the foot of Tombol Hill. He found the place in Tombol an ideal site to relocate the burnt town. With the help of his fellow American soldiers and the inhabitants of the town, the planning of Rosario in Tombol was blue printed.On June 9, 1902, a council of the town’s prominent citizens met beside Tombol Springs to formally recognizes the municipal government. Chosen were Don Diego Rosales as bise-presidente, Don Luis Greñas as secretario and Don Leon Magtibay as tesorero. Don Antonino Luancing and others donated the sites for the town’s public building.
Brief History of RosarioALONG THE COAST LOBO WERE EXISTING VILLAGES at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in the area of Batangas in 1572. Many years later, after Batangas was created as a province in 1851, Augustinian missionaries began the Christianizing of the villagers.Accounts appeared to show that as early as 1687 a pueblo was formed in this coastal area. Don Nicolas Morales was its first gobernadorcillo. A church was later founded in this Lobo area in 1689. Still another, the convent of Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was founded in 1698 – the origin of a Christian town.This coastal town became a frequent target of the Moro raids during the early years of the Moro wars in the 18th century. Its inhabitants fled north to Kansahayan River in Hilerang Kawayan of Taysan. They stayed here for sometime until the second half of the 18th century.The more vicious Moro raids reached their new settlement. Their priest was slain. En masse, the inhabitants hurriedly left Hilerang Kawayan. They went further north until they reached Tubig ng Bayan in what is now the Municipality of Padre Garcia. During their flight they were praying the rosary.On the southern bank of the river these people built a new town. The town was named Rosario in honor of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario, their patroness. The town’s former location in Hilerang Kawayan later became known as Pinagbayanan.Rosario prospered and became a parish in 1776. The Augustinian turned over the parishes in Batangas to the Recollect Order.In 1871 Fray Santiago Benito de la Cinco Llagas was the first Recollect priest to handle the parish of Rosario. Rosario became a vicariate center under the Reverend Father Fray Mariano Peña. He was the provincial vicar. Much improvement in the town and the parish church was made during his term. The courthouse was reconstructed. The existing secondary school was rehabilitated. Roads and bridges were repaired.Rosario was a vast territory then. Its jurisdictions covered the present municipalities of Lobo, San Juan, and Taysan. The Spanish authorities had to create these as separate towns. San Juan was officially separated from Rosario in 1848, Taysan in 1850 and Lobo in about 1871. Rosario was divided into 35 Barrios.Such was the grandeur of Rosario during the Spanish period.In the last decade of the Spanish rule, the illustrados of Rosario were not left behind in the nationalist aspiration of the Filipinos. Its famous son, the Reverend Father Vicente Garcia, made a brave defense of the Filipinos and of Dr. Jose Rizal and his Noli Me Tangere.At the outbreak of the Revolution against Spain, Don Melecio Bolaños and Capitan Evaristo Zuño, under General Cailles, led the uprising and took possession of the town. They held on to the town until the outbreak of the Filipino- American War.The Americans overtook the revolutionary force in Rosario and confiscated their remaining funds of some 22,000 Mexican Pesos. The town was burned. General Miguel Malvar and his remaining army were given refuge in Barrio Baybayin of Rosario. He surrendered to General Franklin Bell in the town on April 19, 1902.In the early American military occupation of Rosario a cavalry officer, Captain Ed H. Boughton, came upon the springs at the foot of Tombol Hill. He found the place in Tombol an ideal site to relocate the burnt town. With the help of his fellow American soldiers and the inhabitants of the town, the planning of Rosario in Tombol was blue printed.On June 9, 1902, a council of the town’s prominent citizens met beside Tombol Springs to formally recognizes the municipal government. Chosen were Don Diego Rosales as bise-presidente, Don Luis Greñas as secretario and Don Leon Magtibay as tesorero. Don Antonino Luancing and others donated the sites for the town’s public building.