The city of Santiago del Estero was founded in 1553, it is the oldest one in the Argentina Republic. It is traditionally called " mother of cities" as it has been the main support in the colonization process and Hispanic civilization during the second half of the XVI century. It is enclosed in the roads that linked formerly Peru with the Rio La Plata, the city was scenario of wars between other provinces and battlefield to settle differences of other people's interests. The history of the province of Santiago del Estero is linked closely to that of the mother city.

Legend of Kakuy : In the mount santiagueño there are a large number of legends just as the Legend of the Kakuy. The urutaú or kakuy is a night and solitary bird that is mimicked in the foliage of the vegetation of the forest during the light hours. At dusk, it usually sends a strong, unpleasant and dismal song that sounds: kakuy, word that in the Quechua language means brother The legend tells that in a remote region of the mount santiagueño two orphan brothers lived: Kakuy and Turay. One day Kakuy lost the patience with his sister Turay, because she was very wicked, he left her tied to a tree. Turay went mad and it became a feathered monster. For the inhabitants of the region, the bird is considered of bad omen or wrong premonition. In the mount it is believed that when somebody gets lost it is the blame of the bird.

San Francisco Solano : Around the year 1590, this preacher arrived to the Convent of Santiago del Estero. His mission was to evangelize the territories that were, in that time, Tucumán, the coast of the Chaco and Paraguay. He exercised his work without more weapons than the cross and a peasant instrument similar to a violin. Before arriving to Santiagodel Estero, he visited Socotonia, an indigenous population where he carried out a prodigy when opening a source of water and conjured up a plague of lobsters. In his way to Salta in Tucumán, near Trancas, he made sprout another source called Well of Fish. In the provinces that he traveled, there were lasting ../images of his milagros. It is said that the Friar came with loaded carts from Tucumán and when wanting to cross the river Misky Mayu, its waters wereoverflooded, the area was also covered by a great cloud of mosquitos. Francisco Solano prayed during long hours on the river and on the following day before the dawn he asked to the troperos to continue with the trip. The surprise was big because not only they had been able to sleep without the nuisance of the mosquitos, but also the Friar took his cord and the waters were calmed, allowing the crossing of the carts. When arriving to the opposite bank the Saint told his men , kidding : "There you have the Deep River" and from that moment the path of the Dulce river in that area began to be called as Rio Hondo.