Pires do Rio

Pires do Rio is a municipality in Goias nation, Brazil. It is a prosperous town and a first-rate manufacturer of fowl. The city owes its beginnings to the coming of the railroad to Goias. The railroad company proposed the development of a railroad station in the location if the lands had been made to be had to start a network. Coronel Lino Teixeira Sampaio, one of the founders of the town, the opposite one being Balduino Ernesto de Almeida, donated lands from his ranch to construct the first houses. An region changed into reserved for the town and a plan become drawn up.

This changed into by no means finished because the residents built their homes outdoor the area. In 1922 a steel bridge become constructed over the Rio Corumba and the settlement commenced to develop attracting residents from nearby regions. The call, Pires do Rio, became given to the educate station after which to the city, in honor of the Minister of Transportation and Public Works of Brazil Jose Pires do Rio.