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'''Eduardo Casey''' was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] born of [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] parents in 1847 in [[Buenos Aires]]. He helped founding and funding the Argentinian town of [[Pigüé]], [[Saavedra Partido|Saavedra]] in [[1884]]. |
'''Eduardo Casey''' was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] born of [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] parents in 1847 in [[Buenos Aires]]. In 1880 he purchased 1,700 square miles of land in [[Santa Fe Province]] and founded there the present-day city of [[Venado Tuerto]], named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped founding and funding the Argentinian town of [[Pigüé]], [[Saavedra Partido|Saavedra]] in [[1884]]. |
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Eduardo Casey was an Argentine born of Irish parents in 1847 in Buenos Aires. In 1880 he purchased 1,700 square miles of land in Santa Fe Province and founded there the present-day city of Venado Tuerto, named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped founding and funding the Argentinian town of Pigüé, Saavedra in 1884.