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Estus
03-03-2015, 01:41 AM
Here is a really good fun fact about Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, a brazilian city located in the state of São Paulo.

The city was founded around 1810 and it was populated only by farmers. After the end of the American Civil War, beginning in 1867, the region began to see immigration from the southern United States, these immigrants were known as the Confederados. Along with their customs and cultures, the Americans brought new agricultural methods and techniques, contributing greatly to the advancement of agriculture in the region.

The first Americans to arrive in the city were Colonel William Hutchinson Norris, a Civil War veteran and former Senator from the State of Alabama, and his son, who began to teach courses on cotton cultivation techniques to local farmers. Once they were established, they sent for the rest of their family, as well as other countrymen (around 30 individuals). American immigration was crucial to one of the main cultural events of the city: the annual meeting of the Fraternity of American Descendants. Many immigrants who came to Santa Bárbara d'Oeste achieved national prominence, such as Pearl Byington, a philanthropist and social activist born in the city.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Festa-confederada-brasil-estados-unidos-santa-b%C3%A1rbara-doeste.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Confedarado.jpg

Rithal
03-03-2015, 03:44 AM
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing with us!

Bravescot
03-03-2015, 10:34 AM
You learn something new everyday. Thank you for sharing this :D

Estus
03-03-2015, 01:18 PM
Hahaha, you welcome, guys.
Also! Here's the flag of "Americana", a city founded in 1866 by North-American immigrants from the defunct Confederate States of America.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Bandeira_velha.jpg

I recommend this link too. It's about the American immigration to Brazil after the end of the Civil War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederados

GeorgeCrecy
03-04-2015, 03:00 AM
For any of you that watched the horrible movie called Walker (1987) that goes similar to these lines... I'm sorry. What has been seen cannot be unseen.