HISTORY

( SAN AGUSTIN ISABELA)

In the old days, the present site of San Agustin was a hinterland inhabited by headhunting Ilongots and some scattered bands and Aetas know as " Pogot". It was then parts of the municipality of Echague. From this town sailed forth a band of pioneers led by Juan Gumpal, Antonio Pintang, and Vincent Taguim. They penetrated the wilderness and explored the valleys along both sides of Cagayan River. They put up scattered settlements which were often plagued by malaria, and marauding Ilongots and Pogots but the pioneers stayed put and in the end they were able to be friend Ilongots and Aetas and survived malaria. Not long after the scattered settlements grew into sitios and one of them was Lakay- lakay( named of the creek) on the western side of the Cagayan RIver. The place is now " Masaya Centro", the seat of the municipal government of San Agustin.

San Agustin is the home of the " Nuang Festival" the annual celebration in honor of the study carabao and in recognition of the highly successful Carabao Upgrading Program of the local government, through the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist and it's cooperating agencies and stake holders. The program was commenced in 1993 by then Mayor Jesus M. Silorio. This was continued under the successive administrations of Mayor Virgilio A. Padilla and Mayor Operaflor A. Manuel. Under the latter's leadership, the Festival was started.

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