Espera Feliz
Espera Feliz is a municipality in southeastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The altitude is 2,430 m above sea level. Located at 20°39′00″S 41°54′25″W / 20.65000°S 41.90694°WCoordinates: 20°39′00″S 41°54′25″W / 20.65000°S 41.90694°W, its neighboring cities are Caiana to the south, Dores do Rio Preto to the east, Divino to the west, Alto Caparaó and Caparao to the north and Carangola to the southwest.
The citizens are called Esperafelicenses
An oral tradition states that, in the second half of the 19th century, an Engineering Commission sent by the Imperial Government of Peter II, camped where the city centre is currently located. Having located several hunted wild, abundant animals in the place, they perceived that the area close to the São João River, where the Pico da Bandeira is currently located, favored hunting. Of the current City, the first inhabited areas were around the current São Sebastião da Barra, six kilometers from the current city centre. The first land proprietor in the place of the current city was the Lieutenant - Colonel Francisco Xavier Hunter Walnut of Gamma. Later Francisco transferred these to Antonio de Oliveira. The latter, without resources to explore the property, transferred it to his brother-in-law Antonio Carlos de Souzain in 1873. The original setting and the fertile land was used for agriculture. Mining would come only in the 20th century. In 1848, Manoel Francisco Pine introduced coffee cultivation in the region. In 1910, with the opening of the railway station, the town received the name Espera Feliz.
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