In 1914 Emilio bought a large amount of land in Ponce, Puerto Rico from successful business man, Narcisus Mage.

De Goya's 1790 Retrato de Martín Zapater at Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Brown's Jacob and Joseph's Coat at Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

The Ponce City Hall, in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico | Ponce, is the seat of the government for both the city and the surrounding barrio s making up the municipality.

* 1937 – Ponce Massacre: 18 people and a 7-year-old girl in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are gunned down by a police squad acting under orders of US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.

There are several private marinas in Puerto Rico for boats and yachts, the largest being Puerto del Rey in Fajardo and Club Nautico de Ponce in Ponce.

* Port of Ponce Railroad-The only industrial railroad operating on the entire island and located within the Puerto de Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

About twice monthly, the railroad ferry transports tanker cars on a barge between Mobile, Alabama and the Ponce rail terminal, delivering chemicals for Puerto Rico's pharmaceutical industry.

* Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, a burial place in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Following the season, he returned to Puerto Rico along with Orlando Cepeda, a native of Ponce who had just led the National League in home runs and RBIs, thus inadvertently collaborating with first-time batting champion Clemente to give their mutual homeland a collective National League triple crown.

* 501 km < sup > 2 </ sup > -- Ponce, Puerto Rico Municipality

1985 Puerto Rico floods | The Mameyes Landslide, in the Mameyes neighborhood of barrio Portugués Urbano in Ponce, Puerto Rico, which buried more than 100 homes, was caused by extensive accumulation of rains and, according to some sources, lightning.

' One of their descendants was one of the first converts to the Pentecostal movement in 1916, Petra Astacio, of Montellano ( Ponce, Puerto Rico ).

With 31 barrios, Ponce is Puerto Rico's municipality with the largest number of barrios.

As La Borinqueña, Puerto Rico's national song, was being played, the Ponce branch of the Cadets of the Republic under the command of Tomás López de Victoria and the rest of the demonstrators began to march.

He moved from Ponce to San Juan around 1874, after founding Puerto Rico's first Gabinete de Lectura in 1870.

He was named Ponce, Puerto Rico's Athlete of the Year from 1984 to 1987.

Nationalists were increasingly angered by what they viewed as great injustices, including the Ponce Massacre, the extrajudicial murders of some members, the jailing of Albizu for his advocacy of violent resistance, and the impending changes of Puerto Rico's status from a non-autonomous territory to a partially self-governing commonwealth.

Despite his health he made final presentations in some of Puerto Rico's municipalities where he received recognitions in San Juan and Ponce.

In recent years, Ponce has solidified its position as the second most important city of Puerto Rico based on its economic progress and increasing population.

After decades of restoration by the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association, it stands today as one of the best preserved, most complete light stations in the nation.

Among the most known " classical " composers: Manuel M. Ponce (" Estrellita "), Revueltas, Jordá ( Elodia ), Ricardo Castro, Juventino Rosas (" Sobre las olas "), Carrillo ( Sonido 13 ), Ibarra, Pablo Moncayo ( Huapango ) and Carlos Chávez.

Of which one was cancelled ( 1953 ) due to confiscation because of a fight among players of San Germán and the Ponce Lions, giving birth to Puerto Rican Basketball's most intense rivalry.

Ferromex began operating on February 19, 1998, following the privatization of most of the government-owned railroads by then President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon.

The highlight of his legislative career was the Ley Power (" the Power Act "), which designated five ports for free commerce — Fajardo, Mayagüez, Aguadilla, Cabo Rojo and Ponce, established the reduction of most tariffs and eliminated the flour monopoly, in addition to establishing other economic reforms with the goal of developing a more efficient economy.

Hatton has most notably played for Marist College in the NCAA and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with the Arecibo Captains, San Germán Athletics, and the Ponce Lions.

The " blues ", were founded on 29 August 1928 as an idea of the poet Marco Antonio Ponce and supported by Marco Antonio Rosa, and is a fusion of the disintegrated teams America, Honduras, Atlético and Aguila ; and being inspired by the Motagua River which in those days was being disputed between Guatemala and Honduras, thus gave rise to its name, and is nowadays one of the teams with most achievements, popular and oldest of Honduras.

This is a characteristic associated most closely with the area around Ponce ( when a person drags their r's, they are automatically catalogued as ponceños, or a citizen of Ponce or any country area of Puerto Rico ).

The Ponce firefighters ' museum is still known generally as Parque de Bombas and, according to some estimates, it is one of Ponce's most visited tourist attractions.

The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center ( Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes ) in Barrio Portugués, Ponce, Puerto Rico, houses one of the most important archeological discoveries made in the Antilles.

As a result, most San Juan stations reach San Juan and Ponce from sites like La Santa Mountain in the southeast, relying on affiliations or ownership of western stations to rebroadcast their signal into that part of Puerto Rico.

In May 1972, Angara together with classmates ( and fraternity brothers from Sigma Rho ) from the UP College of Law and Juan Ponce Enrile, founded the ACCRA Law Offices, which became the country's most recognized and prestigious law firm in less than a decade.

Ponce de Leon's work with the deaf was considered bold by contemporaries, as the prevailing opinion among most Europeans in the 16th century was that the deaf were incapable of being educated.

On March 21, 1937, a peaceful march was organized in the southern city of Ponce by the nationalists after receiving authorization from the pertinent authorities.

Ceiba Tree Park located in San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico ; its centerpiece is the historic Ceiba de Ponce, a 500 year old " Ceiba pentandra " tree associated with the founding of the city.

Ponce (; ) is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico.

The historic Ponce Pueblo district, located in the downtown area of the city, is shared by several of the downtown barrios, and is located approximately three miles inland from the shores of the Caribbean.

Ponce is a principal city of both the Ponce Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.

The city is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.

On July 29, 1848, and as a result of this explosive growth, the Ponce hamlet was declared a villa ( village ) by Queen Isabella II, and in 1877 the village obtained its city charter.

At the time of the American invasion of the Island in 1898, Ponce was already a thriving city, boasting the Island's main financial center, the Island's first communications link to another country, the best capitalized financial institutions, and even its own currency.

Just as with the 1878 World's Fair in Paris, the electric grid of the city of Ponce was inaugurated on the first day of the Ponce Fair.

At the time of the U. S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico in 1898 during the Spanish – American War, Ponce was the largest city in the island with a population of 22, 000.

Just prior to the United States occupation of the island, Ponce was a flourishing and dynamic city with a significant number of public facilities, a large number of industries and commercial firms, and a great number of exquisite residences that reflected the high standing of its bourgeoisie.