Biobío Region, Chile Genealogy: Difference between revisions

This region is an inland valley between the cities of Concepción and Los Angeles. The Department of Rere was a vital settlement area of Chileans and the three-hundred-year struggle until the 1870s to defeat the strong indigenous tribe of the Mapuches.<br>

Thousands of Chilean miners, ranchers, and shopkeepers from the Bío Bío Region are thought to have settled the coasts, mountains, and valleys of what became American California, both before and after the Mexican-American War. <ref>Wikipedia Collaborators, "Bío Bío Region," In ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%ADo_B%C3%ADo_Region. Visited 21 August 2018.</ref>