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About José Trinidad Cabañas
Militar y político hondureño que fue Presidente de la República de Honduras (1852-1855) y un defensor de las ideas liberales que apoyó la unión de Centroamérica.
Es considerado prócer y una de las personas más honradas de la historia de Honduras. Durante su periodo de presidente sostuvo que: "No se trata de fundar la República de algunos, si no la República de todos". (Wikipedia)
served as President of Honduras for two separate terms: From 1 March to 6 July 1852. And 31 December 1853 to 6 June 1855. He was a General and liberal politician whose role in Honduran history began during the Civil War 1826-29. He became a Central America hero, when he attempted to reunite Central America,[1] during Francisco Morazán's tenure and after the unionist's death. During his second term as President, Cabañas attempted to build the railroad in Honduras. He was supported by the common Central American people, but his liberal beliefs were not accepted by the conservatives, then holding power.[2] He was popularly known as being: "The gentleman without blemish and without fear".[3]
Conocido como el Caballero Sin Tacha y Sin Miedo, Una de sus frases Celebres; NO LE TEMO NI A LA LUZ NI A LA OSCURIDAD.
{{About this source Title: Historical Account of the Mischances in Regard to the Construction of a Railway Across Honduras, 1875 Publication date: 1875 Publisher: London, Pr. for C.F. Hodgson Son Author: Silva Ferro, Ramón de Sponsor: MSN Tags: cdl, americana Contributor: University of California Libraries}}
that ships which were anchored in them might be secure and safe from the attacks of the pirates who then infested those coasts. The discovery of the auriferous mines of California and the immense importance which the emigration from Europe and the United States to the Western shores of the Pacific, acquired from that time, again introduced the problem which for a very long time before had occupied the attention of the Spaniards
; that is, the choice of the best route across Central America, or the Isthmus of Darieii, for the construction of a railway or the cutting of a canal which should fully meet the requirements of commerce and the transit of passengers. In the years 1850 to 1852 the representative of the United States in Central America, Mr. E. G. Squier, conceived the idea that it might be possible to make a railway across the Eepublic of Honduras from Port Caballos to the Bay of Fonseca. Adhering to this idea, he succeeded in getting a scientific body organised in the United States to ascertain the practicability of that line. That body left the United States in February, 1853, and returned in December of the same year. The report was very favourable; and, in consequence, Mr. Squier solicited from the Government of Honduras a concession for the construction of the road, in favour of Messrs. Eobert J. Walker, Amory Edwards, A. Miltenberger, James S. Thayer, Henry Stanton, Fletcher Westray, and E. Gr. Squier himself. General D. Jose Trinidad Cabanas was then President of the Eepublic, and D. Leon Alvarado and D. Justo F. Eodas were the Commissioners of the said Government. Having obtained from the Government of Honduras the concession to construct this Eailway, on the 28th of July, 1853, Mr. Squier formed a company in New York, which broke up shortly after on account of the opposition which it met with from those who were interested in and partisans of the Panama Line, and on account of the contempt and indifference with which it was received by the speculating public of the United States.
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José Trinidad Cabañas's Timeline
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June 9, 1805
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Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras
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1835
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January 8, 1871
Age 65
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Comayagua, Comayagua, Honduras
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Comayagua, Comayagua, Honduras
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