Monteverde History
The Montverde zone started to be populated in 1918 by some local farmers who look for uninhabited lands to settle. Nevertheless it could say that the first habitants were the Corobici natives; a hunter tribe. But Quakers (a Christian religious group) from Alabama were who transformed the region and turn it to the actual natural paradise. This people arrived to Costa Rica because they were jailed for refusing the Korean War since the Quakers has a pacifist philosophy. Then Costa Rica was the perfect country for them since in 1948 the army had been dissolved. The Quakers chose Monteverde zone for its climate whose features are excellent for farming.
In 1951; eleven families came to this zone ,which was named “Monteverde” (Green Mountain) for them.The Quakers purchased 3000 acres in “Cerro Plano” hill (this was the name of the zone before the Quaker arrived).
Two years later, the Quakers founded the Cheese Factory which is actually one of the most important of the country and is the base of the Monteverde economy. Some years later, the large private reserves of Monteverde were created; this fact generates the immigration of a great variety of People like biologists, artists, musicians, tourists and laborers.
Actually Monteverde receives almost one million of visitors per year so the tourism is another important economic activity in the zone but also mean a serious environmental problem. Nevertheless the Montverde future is good thanks its ecological politics.
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