La Garita, Jalisco

La Garita is a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Municipality of Tamazula de Gordiano. The 2000 census pegged the town's population at 1,991 people. A recent special census done by the INEGI government agency estimated the population to be at 1,278 in 2005. Although this number seems low, about 1,000 people from La Garita now reside in the United States with the most living in California, Illinois, Texas, Florida, and New York. The city of Joliet, IL now is the home for most of the immigrants from this town. La Garita, Jalisco formally was called the property or Hacienda of San Lázaro when it was first settled by rich businessmen. San Lázaro or Saint Lazarus being the patron of the settlement. The hacienda was founded...