It was created in 1611 by Bartolomé de Rojas y Puebla, who owned the terrains, and who later bought more lands nearby. San Antonio de Petrel's main activity that century was the animal breeding.[1]
In the following years, San Antonio de Petrel's income was generated by the production of leather, jerky, soles, tallow, cordovan, and animal breeding.[1]
^Arraño Acevedo, José (10 October 1999). "Pichilemu: cantos de puetas". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Rancagua, Chile: Sociedad Informativa Regional. p. 21.