Hacienda Eknakán
Hacienda Eknakán (aka San José Eknacán) is located in the Cuzamá Municipality in the state of Yucatán in southeastern Mexico 48 kilometers southeast of the city of Merida, between the towns of Acanceh and Cuzamá. It is one of the properties that arose during the nineteenth century henequen boom. It is unusual in that it was built with the plan to become a religious center around its church. Toponymy The name (Eknakán) is a word from the Mayan language meaning the black house of the snake. How to get there Take the Mérida-Valladolid highway 180 east to the Teya-Peto cut off (highway 18). Proceed south to Acanceh and take the Carretera Acanceh–Cuzamá southeast to Eknakán. The puebla and hacienda of the same name, is located approximately 4 km prior to reaching Cuzamá. History The hacienda was built as a cattle ranch and later switched to henequen. Richard Molina Solís purchased "San José Eknacán" in 1872 and three years later began the commercial planting of henequen and began rapidly increasing the acreage available for planting. In 1901 Molina expanded the operation by purchasing Dzitiná and in 1903 he acquired Hacienda San Isidro Ochil, 20 miles to the south. Agrarian reforms first