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General Salgado was founded by the pioneer Antonino José de Carvalho, aka Tonico Barão, owner of the Limoeiro Estate, located in the municipality of Monte Aprazível. He called the village Palmira, the name of his beloved daughter. Palmira was incorporated into the district of Sebastianópolis, established by Law No. 2,301 of 5 December 1928. The seat of the district was transferred to Palmira, which was renamed General Salgado, by Decree No. 2,841 of 7 January 1937. The municipality of General Salgado was established by Decree-Law No. 14,334 of 30 November 1944 and inaugurated on 1 January 1945.
The municipality is named for General Julio Marcondes Salgado.
See
http://tudoporsaopaulo1932.blogspot.fr/2011/06/general-julio-marcondes-salgado.html for a detailed biography of Salgado.
http://www.institutosoler.com.br/material_apoio/prefeitura_general_salgado/historia_municipio.pdf - "Instituição Soler de Ensino" website
In 1990, Clésio Felício, then 13 years old, found a fossil tooth in
General Salgado. Further excavations by paleontologists of the Rio de
Janeiro Federal University yielded 11 well-preserved skeletons of
crocodilomorphic dinosaurs; one of the fossils even contained the stomach stones
swallowed by the animal to help digestion. The skeletons were assigned to a new
species named Baurusuchus
salgadoensis. The animal, of 3 m in length and 400 kg in weight, was
a fierce predator, hunting in bands. The excavated animals appeared to
have died from dehydration during a long drought period.
http://www.faperj.br/boletim_interna.phtml?obj_id=2110 - FAPERJ
website
The flag and arms of General Salgado, designed by Lauro Ribeiro Escobar, are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 938 of 23 October 1978.
The flag is red with a yellow triangle pointing form the hoist to the fly itself charged by a red triangle itself charged by a white triangle with the municipal coat of arms. The dimensions of the flag are 14 units x 20 units. The width of the yellow triangle is 16.5 units, the width of the red triangle is 10.5 units and the width of the white triangle is 9 units. The height of the coat of arms is 5.5 units. The superimposed triangles form spear heads, indicating the aspiration to a better future.
The coat of arms is "An Iberian shield, gules a sword cantonned with four fleurs-de-lis all or. The shield surmounted by a mural crown or ports gules. The shield supported dexter by a plant of maize and sinister by a plant of rice the two proper. Beneath the shield a scroll gules inscribed with the motto 'COMBATI O BOM COMBATE' in letters or".
The Iberian shield, used in Portugal at the time of discovery of
Brazil, evokes the first colonizers and builders of the nation.
Gules (red) is a symbol of audacity, valour, fierceness, intrepidity,
honour, nobleness and blood shed in fighting.
The sword, one of the attributes of Apostle St. Paul, recalls the
sword raised by São Paulo during the Paulista War in 1932, and that
General Julio Marcondes Salgado offered his life to defend the
Constitution.
The fleur-de-lis is a symbol of the Blessed Virgin, the municipality's
patron saint.
.Or is a symbol of wealth, splendour, glory, nobleness, power, force,
faith, prosperity, sovereignty and rule.
The mural crown is a symbol of municipal emancipation; the open ports
are a symbol of hospitality. Gules is the colour of Law and Justice,
meaning that General Salgado is the seat of a "comarca" and recalling
the dictum "Justice is Found Through These Ports".
The plants of maize and rice highlight the fertility of the generous
soil, being two crops contributing to the income of the municipality.
The Portuguese motto - "I have fought the good fight" - comes from
the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy (2Timothy 4:7). It recalls the
struggle of General Julio Marcondes Salgado for the preservation of
Law against tyranny.
http://www.institutosoler.com.br/material_apoio/prefeitura_general_salgado/historia_municipio.pdf - "Instituição Soler de Ensino" website.
Ivan Sache, 2 April 2013
