San José de Suaita

The other properties had been owned by the Caballeros since colonial times, while San José de Suaita was granted to them more recently.

Alfonso López Michelsen, former president of Colombia, detailed some of the history of the town in his book Pending Words.

[1] The Cotton Mill Museum and Factory of San José de Suaita (Spanish: Museo del Algodón y Fábricas de San José de Suaita) [2] is housed in the former Inscomercial High School Building and was opened in 2006 under the supervision of the French sociologist Pierre Raymond, who was concerned to preserve the history of the important cotton industry in Colombia.

The museum also promotes greater understanding of the major trends and changes in technology, economy, society, environment, and culture that have shaped San José de Suaita from 1900 to the present.

[3] San José de Suaita has a private wildlife sanctuary containing 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of hardwoods including oak.