A short guide about Cuauhtemoc
Heading about fifty miles west of Chihuahua, located in the foothills of the Sierra Madres is Cuauhtemoc - the centre of Mexico's tall, blond blue-eyed Mennonite population. At an elevation of 6,893 feet - Cuauhtemoc is ideal for cattle ranching and crop production - as it is cold and damp in the winter, and temperate and rainy in the summer.
The city is called - The Granero del Estado - although referred to as Cuauhtemoc - and is most famous for its apples. The Mennonites were invited to settle in this area by Mexican President Porfirio Días in 1921 and have become the region’s largest group of producers. By building large farms and dairies they produce - cheese, wheat, beans, oats and onions besides apples. With livestock abound they are also producers of dairy and beef cattle, as well as fighting bulls. On market days these tall, blond blue-eyed Mennonite farmers (in their classic over-alls) visit the city of Chihuahua to peddle their cheese on the street corners.
While travelling through the city of Cuauhtemoc you may want to visit the 'La Gran Familia' - a home for abandoned and impoverished children. The women of the ‘Diocese of Fort Worth’ raised $36,000 for the purchase of a home for the children, and recently a second home was acquired for girls. The ministry was founded by Fr. Greg David Spinks in 1998 and continues to grow even after his death in 2001, but only receives financial support from donations in the U.S.
Tourabout has a range of holiday packages to explore the apple and cheese city of Cuauhtemoc. So have a little look at our supplier’s tours - if you plan to do some independent travelling then rent a car and head East to on highway 16, turn off 10km northward to the towns of Anahuac, Bustillos and La Laguna de Bustillos, where you can engage in water sports and admire the fowl in danger of extinction, that are cared for and protected by Cuauhtemoc.