Crateús

History

The lands of Crateús, to the south of the Serra da Ibiapaba (Serra Grande) and on the banks of the Poti River, were inhabited by the Karatis Indians,[42][43] before the arrival of the Portuguese and bandeirantes in the 17th century. In 1721, the Crateús valley was bought by D. Ávila Pereira Passos for the price of four thousand cruzados. He was given possession of these lands on the Lagoa das Almas farm, 18 kilometers southwest of Vila Príncipe Imperial (today the city of Crateús), on the left bank of the Riacho do Gado, which flows into the Poti River.[44] With the success of the mercantilist economy, the Piauí town of Piranhas stood out as a trading post connecting Ceará and Piauí, due to the geographical accident (boqueirão) between Serra Grande and Ibiapaba, facilitating traffic between the two states. The town of Príncipe Imperial was part of the state of Piauí until 1880, when it was annexed to the territory of Ceará as a result of the solution found to the territorial dispute between the two states. Ceará recognized Piauí's jurisdiction over the municipality of Amarração (Luís Correia) and in exchange Piauí offered two important Piauían municipalities: Independência and Príncipe Imperial.[45] With the expansion of the Sobral-Camocim Railroad into Piauí in 1911, the lands of Crateús were cut off by the railroad and, in 1912, two train stations were built in the municipality: Crateús[46] and Sucesso,[47] and then other stations were built in 1916 Poti,[48] in 1918 Ibiapaba,[49] in 1932 Oiticica[50] and santa Teresina [51 Due to the geographic accident of the Poti River canyon, which cuts through the Serra da Ibiapaba (Serra Grande) forming a natural connection between Ceará and Piauí, the mercantilism between the two states and the growth around the railroad,…

Most-observed species

• Cedar, Cigar-box wood, Spanish cedar, West Indian cedar

  Cedrela odorata L. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• Neotropical Red Paper Wasp

  Polistes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  1
• Chestnut-capped Blackbird

  Chrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819) · Aves
  1
• Caatinga Cacholote

  Pseudoseisura cristata (Spix, 1824) · Aves
  1
• Japanese Lovegrass

  Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. · Liliopsida
  1
• Heart of Jesus

  Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent. · Liliopsida
  1
• Painted Euphorbia

  Euphorbia heterophylla L. · Magnoliopsida
  1
• Arrasa Con Todo

  Gomphrena serrata L. · Magnoliopsida
  1