Close to the town was the old convent, which was then considered as the largest and most valuable property of the country, and which was sold in 1829 to Marshall Bennett, Francisco Morazán's commercial agent for the fine wood business in the region.

[4] But in 1890 the crisis deepened: natives and mestizos had invaded the outskirts of the hacienda and had been stealing wood and farming products, set several fields on fire, damaged the irrigation system and mutilated livestock.

[6] When things reached this point, the owners contacted the British Ambassador, who -after negotiation with the liberal government, who was well aware that its own officers had supported and promoted the attack- agreed to expel the invaders and pay a settlement for fourteen thousand Guatemalan pesos.

[6] The main tourist attraction in the municipality is "El Trapiche" Museum, which contains and exhibition of the historical facts that happened both in the doctrine and the Hacienda of San Jerónimo.

[7] Other archeological sites can be found in: El Portón, Laguna, Los Mangales, Matanzas, Pueblo Viejo, Sibabaj, Xubalbal, Zacualpa and La Presa.