Baguio City turns 100 years old on September 1 | iKUWADERNO

Baguio City turns 100 years old on September 1

iKUWADERNO.com’s yet another post on Baguio Centennial Trivias!

1. In 1982, Dean C. Worcester, an adventurous American zoological collector was told by Domingo Sanchez, a member of the Spanish Forestry Bureau, about a fabulous area in the Luzon northlands at an elevation of 5,000 feet which had a perpetual temperate climate and at times visited by frost.

2. Worcester became a member of the first Philippine Commission. In July 1900, he and a party of other curious Americans had an expedition trip to a rancheria called Kafagway (old name of Baguio). They rejoiced upon finding frost, pine trees, cool breezes, and pine-covered hills that were ideal for summer retreats from the heat of the lowlands.

3. The wide low valley of Kafagway, a rancheria of 20 houses was owned and headed by Ibaloi chieftain Mateo Cariño. A village of Ibaloi Igorots, now known as the Benguets, were settled in their thatched huts in the area which is now known as Burnham Park.

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