History of Lima was decided, at the Battle of Ayacucho on December 9, 1824, Lima was considerably impoverished. After the war of independence, Lima became the capital of the Republic of Peru but economic stagnation and political turmoil brought its urban development to a halt. This hiatus ended in the 1850s, when increased public and private revenues from guano exports led to a rapid expansion of the city. In the next two decades, the State funded the construction of large size public buildings to replace colonial establishments; these included the Central Market, the General Slaughterhouse, the Mental Asylum, the Penitentiary, and the Dos
Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel place of the "Honeoye Falls Times" and "Lima Recorder" both of which ceased publication on January 12, 1989 and were merged with the "Honeoye Lake Courier" and "Livonia Gazette" to form the "Town & Country Gazette". The "Honeoye Falls Times" had served the Mendon-Honeoye Falls area since 1888, while the "Lima Recorder" had served the Lima area since 1869. The "Town & Country Gazette" abruptly stopped publication on March 23, 1989 when its owner, Downtown Magazine, Inc., filed Chapter 11. Richard A. Gagliano, who published the "Town & Country Gazette", had previously purchased the "Honeoye Falls Times", "Lima Recorder", and