 Julia Obligado, by then married to Pedro Claypole, donated the land for the local train station in 1876 upon the announcement of plans for a Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway line in the area.The station was thus named for Pedro Claypole, and the arrival of the first train on April 15, 1884, became the establishment date of the town itself.The town's first school, "Ejército de los Andes", was opened in 1906 at the home of a Mrs. Hebbel, later operated at the home of the Baile family.