Nessy Sightings

       Santa Marta has a rich history that, like most american regions, starts with a native culture that we know little to none about that was conquered by a european country. In this case the natives were called the Tairona and although they mainly worked in agriculture, there's also evidence that they processed and sold salt.  The now known city of Santa Marta was conquered on July 29, 1525 by Spanish conquistador Rodrigo de Bastidas. This city is the oldest remaining city in Colombia and the second oldest in south america. Santa Marta gained its independence along with all of Colombia on July 20, 1810. Well most of the regions didn’t begin to declare independence until 1811. The first date is considered as the independence day as it was the day of the uprising in Bogota, Colombia.  The native people have pretty much been eradicated from Santa Marta some of them fled up into the mountains which protected them for a little bit but then the culture and the religion and languages a