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MYCASTANER FORO 2009
Photos of the MyCastaner Forum 2009, will be added as we receive them
Fotos de la Reunion de la Junta de CastanerDigital 2009, serán añadidos cuando se reciban
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Reunion Junta CastanerDigital 2009
Photos of the CastanerDigitral Board meeting 2009 ,
will be added as we receive them
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Salto de Guayo - Rio Guayo On this Site you will Find the following: Castaner Photo History Castaner History People of Castaner Castaner events Castaner documents Castaner Forum Castaner Organizations Poetry of Castaner Castaner calendar Castaner recepies Castaner coffee |
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Castañer is a small community in the center of the island of
Puerto Rico. It is surrounded by rough mountainous terrain. Because of the
isolation and difficulty in reaching this area, it was the last refuge of the
Puerto Rican Indians (this area is called the Indieras). It was slow to develop
and in the 1930s the PRRA established a community here. During the WW2 the
Church of the Brethren established a hospital there because of Castañer's
isolation, building upon what the PRRA had started. The Hospital expanded and is
now a modern hospital serving the Castañer area. Castañer was initially known as Los Rabanos, the name was changed to reflect the original owners of the large farm that was the center of this area. The center of town is still call Los Rabanos. Juan Castañer had a large farm in this area. It had started in 1868 as a small parcel of land that grew to a maximum of 2,441.25 "cuerdas" (cuerda is slightly less than 1 acre) by 1914 of which 1,500 were dedicated to coffee. In the decade of 1930 the descendants of don Juan Castañer sold the hacienda Castaner to the Puerto Rican Government. This was parceled out to the previous workers of the farm and to the local population of the barrio Bartolo of Lares. The population started settling near the old hacienda buildings, thus starting the nucleus of the community that will become Castaner. For more photos go to Tom Lehman's photo colection of La Plata, Castaner, El Guacio and other places in Puerto Rico during the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's. I have added Google Maps to the Web Site, Please enjoy. I need help in planning a photo contest, those interested in helping please contact me. CASTANER GENERAL HOSPITAL PO BOX 1003 CASTANER, PR 00631 Services provided by CASTANER GENERAL HOSPITAL- many CASTANER GENERAL INFORMATION Post Office Name: Castaner ZipCode: 00631 Counties: Lares / Adjuntas / Yauco / Maricao Area Code: (787) XXX-XXXX Timezone: Atlantic (Standard Time: GMT -4 hours, EST+1 hours, No change for DST) Latitude: +18.269187 (N) Longitude: -066.864993 (W) Castaner Gas stations-2 Castaner Restaurants-5 Castaner Churches-5 Castaner Pizza Castaner coffe haciendas Castaner Police Castaner Fire Dept Castaner Heliport Castaner Gymnasium Castaner Sports Baseball diamond Covered Basketball/Volleyball court Weight lifting Sport fishing Castaner lake - 11.1 square miles Lago Guayo-sport fishing |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS
Castañer Documents
2008 Castañer Calendars
--- Events Castañer --
13 Festival de la Artesania y Concurso de trovadores Castañer 2009-->
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Castañer Calendars
--- Castañer in USA --
(70) Castañer in Chicago #1 (Chicago Cruisers)
(7) Castañer in Apopka FL (Pescaderia/Fish Farm)
(4) Castañer in Kissimmee (CASTANERDIGITAL)
(54) Castañer in Apopka FL #2 (picnic 2009)
(19) Castañer in Apopka FL #1 (picnic 2008)
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