Kasaysayan ng San Francisco at Campos

administrator

San Francisco is the biggest of ANAO’s three oldest barrios. It is located along the provincial road between km posts 154 and 155 branching from the Mc Arthur Highway between Paniqui and Moncada. The residents, most of whom are farmers, belong to the lower middle class. For its boundaries, the Quinabuntoc water shed basin is on the north, the barrio San Jose Riceland on the east, barrio Sta. Ines of Paniqui on the south, and barrio Sta. Maria of Moncada on the west. The farmlands remain unirrigated. Rice and sugar cane are the principal crops. Many residents have backyard cattle, hog, and poultry raising. They catch fish in the rice puddies and in the creeks and plant local vegetables for food.

“MIBOLSA” was the original name given to the barrio by its first settlers. This was derived from the creeks and brooks forming like a large pocket that envelopes the place. “Bolsa” is an Ilocano word which means “pocket”.

The first settlers to arrive were the Sabrosas, Laurentes, Agustins, Daclans, Flor Blancos, Evangelistas, Concepcions, Butardos and Baguindocs. All came from as far as north as Paoay in Ilocos Norte sailing in large boats called paraws along the northern Luzon shoreline of the China Sea, a paraw to a family . They landed somewhere at Sual, Pangasinan where they traded their paraws and other belongings for carts and carabaos for their inland trip southward. On reaching Camiling, they rested for sometime with relatives who left Paoay earlier before they did, then moved eastward towards Paniqui and upon crossing the Tarlac river and the smaller Sta. Ines river, they were attracted to the wide tracts of virgin land which they surmised can be adapted to agricultural development. The Sabrosa clan was the first to select a place to stay and after crossing a winding creek, Don Procopio Evangelista, the leader of the group also selected the site where to begin a new life with his family. The rest in the group traveled some more where Don Segundo Flor Blanco decided to stay with his family. The others then began spreading, selecting their own sites. Because of its winding creeks and brooks, they called the place “MIBOLSA”.

After a while, Don Segundo Flor Blanco renamed the place “SAN FRANCISCO” after his son, Francisco. Don Segundo later became Capitan Municipal of Anao from 1893-1894 while his son, Francisco, was Municipal President of the same municipality in 1909 and again in 1922-1925. These data which were taken from official records available at the time at the Municipal Secretary’s office were lost to flames which burned down the municipal hall of Anao in 1969. But just the same, this lands credence to a claim that San Francisco begun to be settled as early as the 1880’s. There is another claim however, that San Francisco was officially established as a barrio in 1901. How we could reconcile these conflicting dates are therefore anybody’s guess.

The Evangelistas had decided to apportion a one-hectare lot for a school lot before dividing the land proportionally among themselves; hence, a two-room school building was then erected in this lot. Today, San Francisco Elementary School has now grown into a complete elementary school with a work force on nine teachers headed by a principal.

During the revolution, San Francisco has its own contribution to Philippine history when the people rose in revolt against Spanish tyranny. The Insurrectos as the aggrieved people were called had for a leader and benefactor, Don Procopio Evangelista. They built trenches at the astern approach of the barrio which they used against the assaulting Spanish militiamen. After the people’s uprising in 1896, Don Procopio Evangelista, the Katipunero leader and financier was arrested and imprisoned at the Tarlac Provincial Jail, then was transferred to Fort Santiago where he was court marshaled. At dawn of December 14, 1896, he was marched to Bagumbayan field where he was shot by a firing squad of Filipino fusiliers . . . 16 days before our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal met the same fate on December 30, 1896 at the same hallowed grounds. Aside from this brazen fact, San Francisco also served as an escape route of the sublime paralytic, Apolinario Mabini in his escape carried in a hammock to Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija where he was later captured.

Special claim could also be honestly made about where the CAIMITO tree was first grown. After his two stints as Municipal President of Anao (in 1990 by appointment and in 1923-1925 by acclamation, “raising hands”) Don Francisco Flor Blanco retired to his San Francisco farm. Because of his love for fruits, he ordered his seeds from the Philippine Education Company and for curiosity he included in his order a pocket of CAIMITO. Its literature stated that this was a tree grown in Africa. Of the three (3) seeds contained in the pocket, he planted them all in only one hole where only one grew and survived to bear fruits later. When Jose Urquico was the Governor of Tarlac, he and his wife Clara visited Anao very often and he liked the CAIMITO which was given him for dessert. He asked to be given seeds to be planted at the provincial nursery at Matatalaib, Tarlac. He also sent the provincial agriculturist to Anao later for more and more seeds. From here, the CAIMITO seedlings were dispersed to all the municipalities of Tarlac. Other provinces also came to the Tarlac Nursery for seedlings. Today, CAIMITO is grown all over the country.

SAN FRANCISCO has been sub-divided into 4 barangays during the Marcos regime. Before this San Francisco has 3 sitios namely, Cervantes, Caboaan or Cacuchapinan as it was popularly called, and Tolega. San Francisco and its sitios were reorganized into four barangays. San Francisco proper was made two (2) barangays, namely San Francisco East and San Francisco West. Sitio Tolega became Barangay Baguindoc and Sitio Caboaan became Barangay Campos. This in a way has its own advantages because when there is an aid coming for the barangays, more aids/support are given to the people. Another advantage is the government of the barangay is closely knit and can take better care for the welfare of the people.

The feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patronal saint of San Francisco – October 4 yearly.

THE SEAL

BARANGAY SAN FRANCISCO WEST

Ang logo ay hango sa kulay ng watawat ng Pilipinas. Ang kulay na asul ay sagisag ng kapayapaan; pula na sagisag ng katapangan; puti na sagisag ng kalinisan.

Nakasulat ang salitang “San Francisco West” sa asul na kulay, tanda ng maayos at payapa ang buong barangay; at “Anao, Tarlac” bilang bahagi ng Bayan ng Anao, Probinsiya ng Tarlak; at ang bulaklak ng Ilang-Ilang na kulay dilaw na siyang simbolo ng pangunahing produkto ng barangay na kung saan nakilala ang Bayan ng Anao.

Ang pitong tao ay kumakatawan sa Pitong (7) purok na nagkakaisa at nagtutulungang pagandahin at paunlarin ang aming barangay. Isinasalarawan din ditto ang “bayanihan”, mga organisasyong pansakahan, pangkalusugan at pangkabuhayan, kasama na rin ang mga organisasyong gaya ng Adam and Eve, Mr. & Mrs. Club, atbp. Ang komunidad (community) naman na hawak ng I\pitong tao ay isinasagisag ng aming barangay.

Palay at mais ang pangunahing produkto at pagsasaka naman ang pangunahing pagkabuhayan. Ang Vitarich Corporation na isinasagisag ng sisiw at itlog ay sa San Francisco rin matatagpuan, kung saan marami ang nakikinabang at nakakapaghanap-buhay hindi lamang ang mga taga-barangay kundi pati na rin ang mga karatig-pook.

Sa bahaging ibaba ng logo ay ang kabuuan (mapa) ng San Francisco West. Ang mga daan ay ipinangalan ng nakaraang administrasyon sa mga taong nagbigay ng tulong at serbisyo sa barangay. Ang kulay berde naman ay ang mga kabahayan.

Nakasaad naman sa ibaba, ang taon (1968) ng pagkakatatag ng aming barangay.

BARANGAY CAMPOS

The Sangguniang Barangay of Campos, Anao, Tarlac agreed to have its logo in the following rendition: The Cabua-an, a name of a tall tree bearing fruits which is used as a component of the so-called ikmo in Tagalog and mama in Ilocano.

This seal has three tall trees fronting the logo in green and brown color which symbolizes the crops of the barangay (rice and corn). The logo is rendered in round shape and inscribed is the address.

Set as favorite

Bookmark

Email This

Trackback(0)

TrackBack URI for this entry