originally, in this area there was a place combining both store and bar, locally known as "pulpería" which belonged to a man called laporte. so the place was called "pulpería de laporte" meaning "store and bar of laporte" because the same place offered horse services, that is ; travellers could have their tired horses changed for fresh ones, the same place at times was called "posta" of paso mayor. ("posta" is a place where travellers change their tired horses for fresh ones). this place served as a place for rest and shopping centre for travellers and traders who came to buy hides and skins and liquor (gin).