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=San Francisco=

History

 * Nickname " El Rito"
 * Each year around Christmas time, the annual Posadas are held. This is where someone dressed up as the Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph go from door to door asking for shelter. They only go to the houses that have a fire lit outside. They sing songs, and hand out fresh fruits.
 * The Catholic church is decorated each year for Christmas with a nattivity about the birth of Christ.
 * Houses did not have a roof.
 * Families did not have no bathrooms or running water.
 * It is common that families used to have outhouses, and they are still standing.
 * Women had their babies at home with a midwife.
 * The town of San Francisco was established in
 * People who live in the rito are called retenia's and retenio's. It is a traditional name passed onto those who have lived in thr rito since they were born.
 * The catholic church was established in the 1800's.

Historic buildings

 * Junior high/ High school building
 * Catholic church
 * Older church used for meetings held by council
 * Community center where votings and meetings are held.
 * Old dance hall

Areas

 * San Francisco Cemetary
 * San Francisco's famous " Sanchez Resivoir" used for fishing, camping, and boating.
 * Quintana Ranch owned by The Quintana's
 * The Jaroso ranch used for hunting.
 * The subdivisions used for hunting.
 * The Alamosito used for cattle grazing, lumber usage, and woodfests.
 * In the summer, you will see large beautiful Varas of San Jose. They are flowers that symbolize the welcoming summer ahead of us. They surround all of the houses in the Rito each vine blooms a different color.

Local buisnesses

 * La tiendita owned by Norma Sanchez and James Sanchez
 * La tiendita used to be a local dance hall, where dances were held every night, the people who would attend the dances would be charged. It was a local buissnes for everynight party-goers and a late night popular hangout for those who lived in the rito at the time this dance hall was up and running.

Folktales
They have lived together for years since they were young, it is said that if they are jealous of another woman's hair they will take a lock of it and put it in this glass full of old remedies. They chant this rhyme and snakes come out of the lock of hair. This is supposed to cause the person that the lock of hair belongs to become really sick. The person becomes so ill, that death may even occur. It is said that only one woman still lives in the rito who studies witchcraft still to this day; but nobody knows who she is or where in the rito she is located.
 * Witchcraft There are said to be a group of women who study witchcraft.
 * There are many other folktales that were started by many of the elders who live in the rito.