The state colonies of =Tres Forquilhas= and =Sao Pedro de Alcantara das
Torres= were founded in 1826. The former was settled by German
Protestants, the latter by German Catholics.
=Santa Cruz=, a state colony, was founded in 1849. Its first settlers
were mainly from Pomerania and the Rheinland.
Next in order there followed an important period of private
colonization. As a result of this we have =Rincao d'El Rei=, founded in
1850 by Dr. Israel R. Barcellos; =Mundo Novo=, founded in 1850 by
Tristao Jose Monteiro; =Conventos=, founded in 1853 by Baptista F.
Pereira e Cie.; =Estrella=, founded in 1856 by Santos Pinto; =Mariante=,
founded in 1856; and =Marata= founded in 1856 by Andreas Kochenborger
and Pedro Schreiner.
In the year 1857 two provincial colonies were founded, i.e., =Santo
Angelo= and =Nova Petropolis=.
The year 1858 marked the second period of private colonization. In that
year =Sao Lourenco= was founded by Jakob Rheingantz. The first settlers
of this colony were Pomeranians and natives of the Rheinland. In the
same year =Teutonia= was founded by a group of capitalists of Porto
Alegre.
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