HISTORY OF ALIAGA History has it that Aliaga was originally called “Pulong Bibit” because it was a dumping place for human skeletons. Upon its establishment as a town in February 8, 1849 it was name after Aliaga, a town in Spain and the birth place of its first governadorcillo, Don Aniceto Ferry. With Ilocanos as its first inhabitants, Aliaga was one of the most beautiful and progressive town in Nueva Ecija during Spanish regime. The town of Zaragoza, Quezon, and Licab were formerly barrios of Aliaga, It had fine roads, long lines of bazaars, an imposing Catholic Church, a beautiful public plaza etc. For this reason, it earn the name “Maynilang Munti” (little Manila). But in 1873, during the administration of Governadorcillo Don Anastacio Dimaliwat, there occurred an unusual strong typhoon followed by a big flood that wrought to building, roads, bridges, farm crops, etc. In 1878, Don Alejandro Santiago was then the Governadorcillo, the river which served as drainage of town was closed by frequent floods. As a sad result, the water changed its course. It flooded the town year in and out because of the the annual floods. Aliaga came to be known as “Venice of Nueva Ecija”. After the flood, the sand and dust in the street was almost knee deep. Hence, he name Sahara Dessert of the Philippines”. The floods deposited several inches of mountain soil to the town each years, so much that the buildings were gradually buried.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 02:33:07 +0000
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