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Alamo is a metropolis in Alamos Municipality in the Mexican country of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. The area turned into named with the aid of the conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. His excursion of 1540 camped on the confluence of the 2 main arroyos Escondido and the Aduana of present-day alamos and made connection with nearby geographical landmarks, together with big rock formations on Mount Alamos known as Los Frailes, 'the monks' in English. The church data of Alamos date to 1682, however it was based on December eight, 1685, by way of the Spanish soldier,

Domingo Teran de los Ríos, after the discovery of the silver mines at Promontorios, La Aduana, Las Cabras, La Quintera, and others of lesser significance nearby. Rios in 1686 became governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, wherein he was successful in quelling Indian disturbances. A most important day trip led with the aid of Juan Bautista de Anza II departed Alamos in 1775 to discover a route to Alta California. The Anza expedition had nearly three hundred contributors, of which about half were from Alamos. The trek was financed with the aid of the wealthy silver mine owners of Alamos, and it mounted the Presidio of Monterey.

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