Presidencia Municipal - 35490 San Bernardo

A very beautiful place with very nice people

A very small municipal seat, but very beautiful and with a lot of history

The name of the municipality is in honor of San Bernardo, Abbot of Claraval and doctor of the church, who is credited with founding 68 monasteries (1090-1153). The municipality stood out at the time of Independence for having recruited soldiers for the cause and the priest Mateo Sánchez Alvarez, who participated in the team that excommunicated Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the year of 1811 in Chihuahua, was precisely from this municipality ( The mortal remains of this priest are buried in the main altar of the church of the municipal head). The abandonment of mining activity, with the expulsion of the Spanish in the first quarter of the 19th century, led to the oblivion of the territory, appearing as a depopulated municipality in the division of 1824, within the Santa María del Oro party, for a century , precisely in the century of the Apaches, with terrible incursions into the area. During the Porfiriato mining activity resumed, but when the Mexican Revolution broke out, the main centers that carried out this activity were depopulated again. Only in the second half of this century has the exploitation of its deposits resumed, taking advantage of the advantages offered by the modern routes that connect it with Parral or with the state capital In the year of 1913, San Bernardo was visited by Don Venustiano Carranza on his way to Chihuahua. For the revolutionary movement, this municipality contributed to a prominent villager who was a cowboy for Don Blas Pereyra, General Jacinto Hernández, who was ordered to kill Villa in Parral, for being a close friend of General Tomás Urbina. For the years 1918, 1919 and 1920 the death of Francisco Villa was born, a historical fact that captured the attention of some at the right time, was ignored by others and forgotten by those who participated directly. According to the Encyclopedia of the municipalities, The authors of the death of General Francisco Villa were originally from the municipality of San Bernardo: Melitón Lozoya, José Saenz Pardo, José Barraza, José and Román Guerra, Librado Martínez, Juan López L. Saenz Pardo and Ruperto Vara, all originating from San Juan de Heredia, Matalotes and other rancherías of the municipality. Source: Encyclopedia of the municipalities and delegations of Mexico.