Baguio City Centennial
Barrio Siete congratulates the Siete City of Baguio in its 100th birthday!
How they found Baguio?
The second Philippine commission led by William Howard Taft had one express order from then American secretary of war Elihu Root: Find that cool place in Northern Luzon, high in the ranges of the Cordilleras, and lay out plans for its development. The Taft Commission members arrived in Manila in June 1900. A month or so later, Taft, mindful of the wishes of Root, sent Dean Worcester, a member of his commission, to go look for that “cold place.”
Worcester had with him a member of the five-man Taft commission, namely Luke Wright, and some assistants for the search of that fabled place in the Cordilleras.
Gen. Arthur McArthur, at that time the military governor, voiced skepticism on the search for that cold place. In fact, he was downright against the project. Nevertheless, the Worcester group was amply provided with a military escort and off they went in search of that cooler place.
At this time, the American colonizers of the country were mostly settled and quartered in the City of Manila with its sweltering heat. This gave further impetus for the American colonial functionaries to explore some cooler venues in the country where their government administrative machineries could be installed at least during the hottest months of the year for health reasons.
The Worcester group then proceeded to scale the mountains from San Fernando, La Union. With them was a Maj. L.M. Maus of the US Army medical corps who did not share the enthusiasm of Worcester on finding the so-called cool place higher up in the mountains. Despite the heckling of Maus, the Worcester team climbed their way higher up but found only nothing but the usual tropical vegetation typical of the hot lowland areas.
Moving on, however, the team and their efforts were rewarded with the discovery of fresh pine growths among rolling beautiful hills. Baguio, a paradise, as far as the Americans were concerned, has been found.
Now, 100 years later, Baguio marks its 100th year anniversary as a city. What were once rolling hills and prairie with hardly a forest growth has become the central business district of Baguio. Ravaged by the American liberation by a carpet bombing and again by a killer quake on July 16, 1990, Baguio has nevertheless moved on and fully recovered. This is the reason why the celebration of its centennial should find support from its 300,000 residents and officialdom.
Paano ko makakalimutan ang Baguio City? Paano? Me malaki kasi kaming iskandalong ginawa sa syudad na to. Wag nyong ipagkakalat. Sekreto to.
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hahaha.. ang kulet ni lola naka-peace sign. LOL
hindi pa ako nakapunta ng baguio *sad face*
u have to mon! para ma-experience mo ang Baguio dahil it’s very different compared sa ibang cities sa pinas.
Base!!!
Ni minsan di pa ako nakapunta ng Baguio….
Pero Ang Bagyo 5 beses sa isang taon pumupunta sa barrio namen.!!
5 beses senyo, kinse samen sa bikol hahaha
Honga! bagsakan ng matitinding bagyo sa bicol.. ha ha ha
Ganda ng Baguio, great place really; at least noon – that was in the 1980s! I miss friends, and brods/sisses there too. Thank you Reynz for the article.
alam mo despite the squatters and everything maganda pa rin sya kaya lang kelangan kontrolin ang squatting at magsipag tanim nang pine trees dahil halos ubos na ang mga pine trees dun sa mga developments.
ung andun naman sa mines view park, puro na sya paninda
abeylabol kaya yung nakadenim jacket(laglag panga habang nagiisip)??? Ganun na pala katanda ang Baguio? I went there ages ago nangatog yung mga small bones ko sa jinaw!
maxi naman,
baka naman nasa loob ka lang nang bus na air-con? hahaha kasi mainit sa baguio eh haha
no kidding talaga, nanlamig ang mga baby bones ko pramis it was late 80′s nung nagawi kami sa hilaga diba sa gitna kami ng Flippines? I know it isn’t as cold during winter pro cold na yun pra sakin
parang bikol den, you know, mantika na lang at talagang kukulo na kami. so one time, kasama ko friend ko galing bikol, akyat nang baguio. of kors air-con sinakyan namen. pagdating sa baguio, nasa loob pa lang kami nang victory bus eh sabi ba naman, eh talagang maginaw daw talaga sa baguio. napatingin ako hehehe sabi ko – HOY! nasa loob pa tayo nang bus!! haha
huli kong punta sa baguio is nung 2002.. lumuha ako nun, dahil umibig ako sa isang PMAer, nagpa-bola ako sa isa sa kanila.. hindi na ako nakabalik mula nun, maraming masasamang ala-ala.. drama ano? pero maganda nga ang lugar, kaya lang may times na mainit na, masyado nang maraming tao..
oo, sabi nung taxi driver, basta na lang daw nahuhulog ang mga bahay sa gilid nang bundok hahaha nakakatakot!!!
nakakatakot nga yon! grabe, ang hilig ko pa naman mag-transient dati kasi tipid kaysa sa hotel. maganda pmunta dun ng november to february, parang dun mo lang talaga mae-enjoy yung lamig sa baguio..
jules, like you, dati rati kasi, in the 80′s ang binibisita ko dun eh PMA’er (eherrrrmmm!) also hahaha pati na pamangkin ko. hehehe!
hahaha! ang gaganda kasi tingnan ng mga men in gray ano? hahaha..
sa totoo lang! kaya enjoy na sumama si malen sa baguio dahil hinahabol nya mga PMA’er para i-alay sa reyna bwahahahaha! buti indi kami naaresto hahaha
Happy fiesta Baguio! PMA, Here I Come! Hahaha!
you’re going?! hahaha! gusto mo bigyan kita nang tip kung asan “sila” at anong mga oras?! hahaha!
Ay! Ate Reynz nong oras “sila” free? Hahaha! May nakilala kasi kaming 3 taga PMA nung Kadayawan sa Davao. Inimbitahan kami na pumunta sa Baguio. Kalokah! Feeling maganda tuloy kami ng mga friendship ko. Lol
ingat sa mga yun a.. meron silang course na “Bolahising 101″.. nabasa ko sa Corps mag nila..
ow?! ano yon?
yun ang tawag nila sa art ng pambobola nila.. hehe.. known na yun sa kanila lang, kaya daming babaeng humahabol sa kanila.. hehe.. meron pa nga silang style na pag kasama ang gf na naglalakad sa PMA, may mistah na biglang magtatanong na “Sya ba si ___” (hindi name nung gf)?.. e di syempre, away iyon.. kaya wag daw papa-apekto mga gf sa gnun, common na raw yun sa mga kadete ang gnung pagbibiro.. pero di kakatawa ha, ganun ang nangyari sakin e, meron na pala talagang iba.. haha..
wahahahaha liching scandal yan. LOL
to malen – grabe mare ang payat mo pa dito parang kelan lang!
bwahahaha!!! sukat kasi ayaw sumama nun eh! hahaha
‘day, gawan mo ng part 2 ang Pinay Scandal in Baguio. Natatawa pa din ako pagnababasa ko ehehehhe
hahaha! kahit ako natatawa pa rin pag nababasa yun hehe! dapat kasi ginawan naten nang drama sa Davao! kaso mamamatay naman ako dun nung muntik na akong malunod hahaha
den binalak namen ni reesie na gawan nang part 2 sa Las Vegas, litsi nawala ako sa ispiritu ko nung nakita ko ang mga chippendale hahaha
wow. nakakahiyang sabihin pero i’ve never been to baguio!
hahaha. noong maliit pa ako ang galing na sa baguio ang dating eh parang galing sa abroad! may mga dala pang walis tambo at lantang strawberries.
hayyy ewan bakit i never got there. ive been to banaue 3 times already but never baguio. sana in the near future eh marating ko na.
hahaha! glo ano ba! isang sakay lang yun sa Cubao, taz balik ka nang gabi hehe
hahaha!!!
great idea reynz! one day i will just disappear from my family. turn off my cellphones and take the bus to baguio.
Barrio siete ko ang Baguio so Happy Centennial. Part of my retirement plan will be to stay in Baguio during winter time here which is also the coolest time of the year in Baguio. This year it was really cold, I think my brother said it even snowed in Baguio so some crops were destroyed early this year but a lot of tourist visited esp. during the Panagbenga celebrations. One interesting thing also when they opened up Baguio in the early 1900s was the start of mining of precious metals like gold and silver in Benguet towns around Baguio. Other interesting facts and places here: it is the place where Yamashita surrendered during WWII, former site of Camp John Hay air base, PMA, and is considered the premier University city of Northern Luzon. Now it is being marketed to SE Asian countries as a good place for retirement communities. The art scene and the folk music in Baguio is very vibrant.