Once   upon  a   time,  Peñablanca   was a    wilderness   called    “Barrio  de Bubug”   of Tuguegarao. Why it was called  this  way   was  beyond   the  early  chroniclers.  However, this wilderness  was an  excellent hunting    ground for deer, wild hogs and carabaos.  At that  time, there   were   plenty   of   it  roaming  the Cagayan prairies. When the   word   spread   around about   this hunting   ground, hunters  hungry for  meat  began  to  flock  to this spot, made  a  clearing  and  built their houses.

           

    It was said that a German by the name of Otto Weber who was engaged in   buying and selling of tobacco leaves, had his cattle pastured because the spot was excellent for grazing or hunting.  When the first batch of hunters arrived, one of them casually asked one of Weber’s men, “Who owns all these cows?” “Cua na Aliman Yao.” 

    

      As years went along, more people from Tuguegarao flocked to Camasi from Tuguegarao. Some came from as far as Pallua,  Cataggaman,  Annafunan  and  Caggay. As a matter of fact, settlers from almost all the barrios of Tuguegarao immigrated to this spot. They came with their pots, pans, farming implements, dogs and other domestic animals purposely to hunt wild animals and to make kaingins which they later planted with rice and corn.

     

    From that time on, those hunters called the place "Alimanyao" and later changed to "Alimannao". After a short easy life in Alimannao, the hunters moved further southward to look for more games. They arrived at a place where "camasi" (small tomatoes) quilted the area. This variety was round, as big as the tip of the thumb, and appeared palatable. After a full dinner of meat and camasi, the hunters decided to the the place "Camasi"

           

     From  here,  they  penetrated  further  eastward  and then settled on a spot now called Centro, that  is,  Peñablanca  Proper.  They made bigger clearings and planted them with upland rice. The place was mushroomed almost overnight with temporary huts and a   number of leqantoes.  According to some local    story   tellers, the first settler was Pedro Obispo from Pallua. He was the father of the late Don Antonio T. Obispo who served for two terms as municipal president of Peñablanca.  [More..]