"LOANS" ... His story "No entertainment is consumed in sterile! Order to design the sets, we open the gate and the pen the furrows of the earth and the mind ... " Gaspar Nunez de Arce Santo Domingo is located 75 km northwest of Santa Fe capital.
can reach our people by the Provincial Route N º 4 to Km 40 where is the access that links the town.
This path was paved for the first time by a work from 1958 to 1963.
Wettstein and Beutel families, inhabitants of Santo Domingo, have one day some men came to their homes and asked to enter their property to take soil samples.
At that time already knew that soon would begin work paved route 4, which passes very close to their fields, but no one suspected what it was this visit.
For a long time had no news on the results of those analysis were performed.
One evening there were two people with a government order authorizing them to remove the entire amount of "rough" they needed for the compaction of the base of the future route.
At first the owners were upset and made a complaint to the local police, but then realized they could not reverse an order came from "above" and cordially accepted the promise that after completion of the work would no traces or damage to their land.
For the compression of the sealing of the base of the route, then extracted, "coarse" in the fields of Wettstein and Beutel families in our district.
TOSCA Here we call a powder extracted from the earth and is very similar to cement. Water does not penetrate if it is placed and compacted. The improved roads with this material are called "entoscados" they can move normally in the days of rain. Within days the area was filled with huge machinery in the area were not known and the settlers and attended puebleros happy to see how they worked.
The company responsible is called SAOPIM (SA Industrial and Maritime Works.) Many men of the district joined her as an employee.
In each site where it was extracted from the "rough" were big holes and seams high ground surrounding them. The promise to leave no signs of removal was not met.
owners only take a small amount as rent for the land that was exploited.
neighbors because of this incident, began to give the name "LOAN" into that space as a sink with very high margins, a denomination that is "stuck" and endured. There
native vegetation grew and the rain was responsible for forming small lakes within and around which are reproduced throughout the natural fauna in our area.
Les was the name of "loans" because they are two, divided from each other by a road that gives access to enjoy the scenery.
With the passage of time, became the special attraction for children of owners and residents attend play ...
a center of assembly and mischief ...
A shelter with an air of mystery surrounded by a cordon of "minisierras" in a landscape so wild on the banks of the river Salado ...
It became common to go through it and test bikes the most amazing stunts ...
Demonstrate skills when someone City appeared to take was the highest of tastes ...
In 1973, there was a great flood of the Salado River, the water exceeded the barriers formed by these high ground cords and filled LOANS.
growing
When loosened, and the sun, slowly and with each passing day, was dry land, returned visits of those who anxiously waited to happen.
The more insistent, the young family of owners, they ... that more than anyone I found a very special meaning to that site, were those who were wondering in the crystal clear water and quiet, some animals like alligators.
Frightened ran to tell their parents what they had discovered and returned accompanied by one to check that they actually were alligators, and I not only saw a few, but they found a "nest" filled with small animals newborns .
Rising had deposited a precious gift ... From that time living in that habitat with ducks, capybaras, coots, herons, ...
High cords were covering land bit by bit with the vegetation and to access, leaving only narrow paths that allow, but with problems, reach water's edge.
Today is visited very often by those wishing to enjoy a moment of tranquility and peace with nature, and observe the flora and fauna.
LOANS fence is planned and declare as conservator of flora and fauna.
The last three photos were taken in the days of the date, a landscape of the drought being experienced by several provinces ...
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