Trelew

Trelew’s foundation is linked with Welsh settlement in Argentina, the leaders of which were Captain Sir Love Jones-Parry of Madryn and Lewis (Luis) Jones, who acted as spokesmen to deal with the Argentine government at the beginning in the 1860s.

Trelew was established in 1886 as head station for the railway track that linked the Lower Chubut River Valley to Puerto Madryn, with railway building equipment and 400 settlers arriving on July 28 of that year on the steamer Vesta. The town was named Trelew in honour of Lewis Jones, tre meaning "town" in Welsh and Lew being an apocope for Lewis.