José Romo de Vivar was a Novo Hispanic rancher and miner, an early European settler in Arizona.
Vivar's grandfather was Diego Romo de Vivar (1589–1691), a Spanish explorer and military officer who conquered a large part of present-day Chihuahua.
[1] Vivar founded San Lázaro ranch in the Santa Cruz River valley, and raised longhorn cattle across Cananea, the southern Huachuca Mountains, and the San Rafael Valley.
[2] Most Spanish settlers in Arizona left the area as the silver mines sold out and the local Pima people remained hostile, but Vivar remained.
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