HISTORICAL SONORA 
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Agustin Vildosa, Don Jose Tienda do Cuervo, and Don 
Juan do Pineda. 
    The goverment seat was transferred to Arispe in 
1783 and called "Cornandancia General de las Pro. 
vincias Interna, de Occidente" under the command of 
Don Teodoro de Croix. The territory governed by this 
commanding general covered what is now the states of, 
California, Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Du- 
rango, Nuevo Leon, and Texas. In 1788 the government 
was transferred to Villa de San Felipe, now the city of 
Chihuahua, and remanined there until the consumaton of 
the Mexican Independence in 1812. 
    At that time Sonora declared itself a state of the Me- 
xican Republic and fixed Urea as its capital. Sometime 
later the states of Sonora and Sinaloa merged to form 
a single state called "Estado de Occideite" with the ca 
pital first at Villa del Fuerte, and later at Alamos and 
Cosala. The first constitutional governor for the State of 
Occidente was Don Simon Eias Gonzalez. Sonora and 
Sinaloa were again divided on October 13, 1830 by 
federal decree. The boundaries have remanied the same 
with the exception of the northern strip lost to the 
United States in the war of 1847. 
    From this date until 1878, Sonora underwent a 
 series of continual armed political rifts and revolutions 
 with Apache Indian uprisings causing added complica- 
 tions. 
 From 1878 to 1910 Sonora experienced its longest period 
 of comparative peace. Highways have been built and 
 other means   of communication  opened since 1810 
 bringing Sonora a long way on the road of progress. In 
 the Mexican Revolution her sons were distinguished for 
 their patriotism and valor.                     7