The
foundation of the town of Espinal occurs the September 18, 1754, granting the
status of founders Messrs. Antonio Vásquez and Juan Forero Manuel Moya, owners
of Hacienda Llano Grande. Four years later Don Pascual
Aldana and Andagoya, founded a small town on the banks of the Coello river to
which he gave the name of Upito who