The lands that today comprise the City of New Andradina and extensive area of that region were colonized by Paulo Antonio Joaquim de Moura Andrade, farmer, man of extraordinary vision and unusual skill. Began its work of colonization in Mato Grosso, around 1938 or 1939, when the state acquired the Farm "Caapora", which later was renamed Spring Farm, located near the bay of Rio Formosa Fern, in the jungle, in the valley of the Rio Parana, striving, soon to follow. In the construction of a river port on the right bank of the Paraná River, which serve as the basis for the realization of the project. Years later, Moura Andrade extended their domains acquiring farms Santa Barbara, Ball, Xavante and Panambi.