The town of Barahona was officially founded in 1802, as a town in the community of Azua, although its embryonic stage dates back to 1795, when firewood cutters from nearby regions settled in the area. Historian Oscar Lòpez Reyes maintains that "Barahona is a surname of Spaniards who were among those who discovered and conquered the island, settled in certain areas and designated cities and objects with European names, mainly of animal and plant species." The physical space where Barahona is today belonged to the territory of Jaragua, one of the five chiefdoms into which the island was divided upon the arrival of the Spanish colonizers. In 1519 it was the scene of the uprising of Cacique Enriquillo in the Sierra del Bahoruco against the Colonial government. And in 1655 the area was a refuge for pirates, including Cofresì. Cutting and woodworking….