Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: E wuru ya n'afọ 1838 iji nabata ndị ọbịa a ma ama na-abịa n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Mayagüez. N'afọ 1898, ụlọ ahụ ghọrọ ebe a na-edebe ihe n'ụba. O nwere okpukpu abụọ mana ala ọma jijiji bibiri okpukpu nke abụọ.
ala ọma jijiji nke afọ 1918. Usoro ihe owuwu ya ugbu a sitere na afọ 1924, bụ ọrụ nke ndị injinia Huiguera na Besosa, ịbụ onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ ya bụ Maazị Rafael Carmoega. Na September 30, 1981, e kwuru na ọ bụ Ụlọ Akụkọ Ihe Mere Eme nke United States.