After the trail of the Goiases was
opened from 1721 to 1730, between Jundiaí and Mogi Mirim, it was settled a resting place
for the caravans going and coming from Goiás and Cuiabá. This place was know as
"Campinas do Mato Grosso" because "Campinas" means fields, and there
were three small fields in the middle of the thick jungle. In 1739, Barreto
Leme, founded
a rural village and the region of Campinas
started to grow. In 1772 the inhabitants of the village, claiming the lack of religious
assistance, which was only possible in Jundiaí started a movement to get a license to
build a Chapel.
On May 27th, 1774, General Morgado
Mateus, the
Governor of the "Capitania de São Paulo" gives to Barreto Leme the title of
"founder, administrator and director" of the urban nucleus to be founded. At the
same day, the captain general settled the measure of the streets and blocks as well as the
position of houses on them. This was the first urban plan for Campinas.
Soon after, Priest Antonio de Padua celebrated a mass
on July l4th, 1774, thus inaugurating the temporary chapel. This act marked the foundation
of "Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição".
From the second half of the XIX century, the town
begins to have a social-economic identity assured by the development of sugar cane
industries, known as "engenhos", as well as the coffee plantations.
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Portland, the largest city in Oregon, is located in
the northwestern part of the state. The city straddles the Willamette River just above its
confluence with the Columbia.
The population of the city is 437,319 (1990 census).
The greater metropolitan area (9,453 sq km/3,650 sq mi.). The city enjoys a relatively
mild climate.
Although Portland has some important manufacturing
establishments, notably those turning out wood products and processed foods, its economy
is primarily commercial. The port is used by both barges carrying grain and ores
downstream through the Columbia Gorge and oceangoing vessels, which can navigate the
Columbia as far upstream as Portland.
Settled in the early 19th century, the city was laid
out in 1845 and named for Portland, Maine. By 1860 it was the largest city in the Pacific
Northwest, a distinction it held until the turn of the century (when it was surpassed by
Seattle, Wash.)
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