| Little is known about the past
and present of this municipality. Knowledgeable residents
of the place like its municipal officials then were for
some unknown reasons unable to provide the publicity committee
with even a brief information on its history, its struggle
for autonomy, its achievements and progress and its blueprints
for development. Except for some bits of information gleaned
from the office of the Governor then, not much can be
written about San Isidro.
Before the municipality became a separate political
subdivision in 1960, it was a part of Numancia. It was
said that before the barrio was linked with a road to
its mother town where the high school is, only very
few succeeded in getting a secondary education. In those
days, the best and shortest way to reach Numancia was
to travel on foot through a trail which wound through
mountainous ranges and muddy terrain. With the construction
of roads later and the opening of more s chools in those
towns and barrios, San Isidro has not only filled the
need for the adequate education of its inhabitants but
has also improved its economic pace.
From the scant information gathered, San Isidro was
the fourth of the five new municipalities in Siargao
to be created. It was categorized 7th class municipality.
Source: 1970 Souvenir Program of
Philippine Public Schools Inter-scholastic Athletic
Association Meet (PPSIAA)
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