Plaza Pueblo Garzón
This small town located 60 kilometers from the departmental capital, on the border with the department of Rocha, between 1930 and 1950 had more than 2,000 inhabitants as a result of industrial and commercial activity originated in the mill and the train station. At that time, Garzón town had a Social Club, sports clubs, and various stores, as well as its local orchestra, carnival and theater shows. The train passed with four daily frequencies, two to Montevideo and two to Rocha. There was also a bus line to San Carlos and carriages that transported passengers to and from the station.
Opposite the Plaza remains the Garzón Social and Recreational Club founded in 1957, once a place for meetings, meetings and dances of the local society.
When the work of the mill began to decline, this affected the wheat and corn producers in the region, added to the closure of the railway added to the layout of Route 9 at 11 kilometers from the town, the inhabitants began to emigrate to San Carlos, Maldonado and Rocha
searching for a new future.
Opposite the Plaza remains the Garzón Social and Recreational Club founded in 1957, once a place for meetings, meetings and dances of the local society.
When the work of the mill began to decline, this affected the wheat and corn producers in the region, added to the closure of the railway added to the layout of Route 9 at 11 kilometers from the town, the inhabitants began to emigrate to San Carlos, Maldonado and Rocha
searching for a new future.
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Molino de Leopoldo Lazo
200m de distancia
200m de distancia
Capilla Nuestra Señora de la Merced
50m de distancia
50m de distancia
