The municipality is now Prado received the
colonial name of village and parish of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira
Meadow River, and its Campiñas were inhabited by tribes of Indians POINCOS. It
was discovered in 1545 by Mr. GONZALO JIMENEZ DE QUESADA, on their way to the
Valley of Neiva, and was founded on August 12, 1781 by the Lords FRANCISCO
SANCHEZ, AGUSTIN PANTOJA, CLEMENTE AND DIEGO Florez, MIGUEL MOLANO, JUAN
POLANIA, BARRERO FRANCISCO, JUAN DIAZ, ANTONIO MANRIQUE, JOAQUIN GALINDO,
GREGORIO, JUAN LUNA, JOSE VICENTE SANDOVAL and SALDAÑA. The October 14, 1795,
comes to the village of
