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San Fernando de las Amarillas

For several centuries, El Carrizal was a strategic point along the Camino Real, first as a livestock hacienda and later as a presidio, favored by the presence of a spring and surrounded by pastures. On this land, a livestock hacienda was founded in 1740. Unfortunately, its owner, Don Mateo de la Peña, had to abandon it shortly thereafter due to frequent Apache attacks, as the area was constantly under threat. This situation kept the neighbors on edge until 1880, when, following the Battle of Tres Castillos, the threat ceased.

A few years later, seeking a way to stop the incursions of the so-called barbarian Indians, Viceroy Márquez de las Amarillas convened a War Council to take the necessary measures to contain them, as they had even reached the very gates of the Villa de San Felipe, the Real de Chihuahua, on several occasions. One of the recommendations made at this council, entrusted to the Governor of Nueva Vizcaya, Don Mateo Antonio de Mendoza, was the establishment of two new presidios: one at the Junta de los Ríos and the other at a point midway between the Villa de Chihuahua and El Paso del Norte.