He is remembered for bringing forty families (164 men, women and children) from Aveyron to Argentina and founding the town of Pigüé, Saavedra in 1884.
Saavedra is remembered for relocating a group of forty families (including men, women, and children) from Aveyron to Argentina and laying the groundwork for the town of Pigüé, Saavedra in 1884.