Isla Mujeres History

     When dawn arrived after the hurricane of 1922,  of the ~120 homes, 40 remained standing and only three were considered habitable. During the 14 hours of darkness while the hurricane raged, passengers of the shipwrecked "Nieves" clung to the rocks of islet La Carbonera, including a nursing baby and two other children. The islanders rescued them as soon as the winds abated, sharing food and clothing with them, despite the fact that most of the ~1000 residents of the island were homeless. This article was written by Isla Mujeres historian Fidel Villanueva Madrid and the translation is mine.  The Hurricane of 1922       Night arrived at last, black and stormy. The wind became more and more threatening, to such a degree that tearful families, resorting to their last strengths, heard it roaring through the streets as they were trying to stay safe from its influence.       "Dawn could not have...