Sa Kanlurang bahagi ng kauswagan ay isa pang masaganang barrio na tinatawag na Bonbon.

Ang
pangingisda ang prinsipyo ay nangangahulugan ng pamumuhay ng mga tao. Ito ay isa sa mga bathing
resort ng lungsod dahil sa malinis at romantikong beach. Ito ay hindi lamang malinis ngunit ang tubig ay
malinaw at malalim din.

Maraming taon na ang nakalilipas, walang mga tao na nakatira sa lugar na ito. Ang Mangingisda mula sa
Cagayan de Oro ay gagawa lamang sa lugar na ito bilang isang paghinto sa paraan upang mahuli ang mga
isda.

Sa una, nagtayo lamang sila ng nipa hunts. Makalipas ang ilang taon, ang mga magagandang tahanan ay
naganap sa lugar ng mga kubo ng barong-barong at nipa. Isang araw, nakilala ang mga dating tao upang
magpasya kung anong pangalan ang ibibigay sa mas tahimik na lugar. iminungkahi ng isa sa kanila na
yamang ang beach ay malinis at sakop ng buhangin, ang lugar ay dapat tawaging "Bon-bon" na
nangangahulugang buhangin. Mula noon hanggang ngayon, hindi binago ng Bon-bon ang pangalan nito.

BONBON NA

Ang barrio ng Kauswagan ay matatagpuan mga dalawa at kalahating kilometro ang layo na form ng
Cagayan de Oro na dumadaan sa baryo Carmen, ilang metro sa buong Ilog ng Cagayan, na tinatalian ng
barrio Consolacion sa silangan, sa paligid ng isang kilometro hilagang-silangan mula sa barrio Bonbon,
hilagang-silangan mula Bayabas, at kanluran mula sa barrio Bulua. Nakukuha nito ang pangalan nito mula
sa salitang "Kauswagan," na nangangahulugang pag-unlad.

Ang lugar na ito ay tinawag na BALAHOTAO na pinaniniwalaang naging tahanan ng mga mangkukulam at
higante dahil maraming mga malalaking puno.

Ang mga unang naninirahan ay karamihan sa mga taga-Bohol, Cebuanos, ilocanos, at ilan ay nagmula sa
Camiguin Island pagkatapos ng unang pagsabog ng Hibok-hibok. Ang mga unang pamilya na orihinal na
nakatira sa kauswagan ay ang mga Abonitalla, Agawin, Salcedo, Pacana, Nagac, Amil, Beja, Sambaan,
Rallo at ang Avancenas.

Ang mga pamilya sa itaas ay nag-asawa sa kanilang sarili.

KAUSWAGAN

Bago ang pagdating ng mga Kastila ang mga katutubo ay tinawag na payak na bahagi ng Carmen bilang
Dinogan, dahil ang mga puno ng dinog ay nakatanim ng lugar. Ang timog na bahagi nito, tinawag na
Balabag dahil sa mga burol na nakatayo sa timog nito. Nang dumating ang mga espanyol, ang mga tao ay
nabinyagan bilang mga Kristiyano. Tinuruan silang maniwala sa Diyos. Itinuro sa kanila ng mga Espanyol
na magkaroon ng mga fiestas, at ginawa ang mga tao upang piliin ang kanilang debosyon. Isang oras na
lumitaw ang isang malaking bagyo. Natakot ang mga tao, at lahat sila ay naisip na kamatayan. Kaya't
nagpunta sila sa pari at sinabi sa kanila ang himalang ginawa ng "Birheng Maria" sa Mt. Carmen, sa
panahon ng isang bagyo. Kaya napili ng mga naninirahan ang Nuestra Senora del Carmen bilang kanilang
debosyon. Ipinagdiriwang nila ito tuwing july 16. Kaya binago ng mga tao ang pangalang Dinogan at
Balabag sa Carmen. Kaya sinusundan hanggang sa petsang ito ay ipinagdiriwang ni Carmen ang Hulyo 16
bilang patron saint nito.

CARMEN

Long time ago there was no such place as Bulua. Few people lived in that place because the place was
not known. Water supply was very hard and the people had to dig wells in any place they thought they
could get some water. As time went on people became very anxious to find a place to get their water but
very soon they found a big spring between the rocks and trees. The people cleaned the mouth of the
spring. The water from the spring flowed like bubbles which means Bulua in our native dialect. In the
course of time many people came to settle in the place and they changed the name Bulua and that is
how the Barrio of Bulua got its name . BULUA

The earliest mention Iponan (‘Yponan—as sometimes spelled in Spanish colonial record) was in 1674
Recollect Mission records. It reported that it became a part of the visita of Cagaiang (Cagayan De Oro)
together with Agusan, Bayog, Gompot (Balingasag) ang Tagoloan. According to a 1936 interview of the
old residents of Iponan, their place was originally called ‘Kalumpang’ because of the many Kalumpang
trees found there. However because there are many streams that met one point or ‘gui iponan’ to form
one big river, the place became known as Iponan. IPONAN

The legend of Lapasan Lapasan is one of the prosperous barrios of Cagayan de Oro city. It is located on
the eastern part of the city along the shores of Macajalar bay. Its is now the star of camp alagar. Do you
like to know how this place got its name? Long, long ago, a group of boholanos after meeting a strong
storm at sea, Landed at what is now called lapasan. There were no people around and so they Could not
ask anybody about the place. As they were tired ang hungry, they built their fires and prepared their
meal. But there was no water in sight. So several men were out to look for water. One man walk towards
the west until he came to a wide swamp. He did not know what to do. So he stopped and looked around
him. There was no other way to the other side except to cross it. He crossed the wide swamp, as it was
low tide, mangrove grew around the swamp. Soon he met an old man. The boholano ask the old man
where he could get water or a well around this place. The old man pointed toward the west. And told
him to follow the path until he reached the river. After some time he found himself in front of a deep and
wide river (RIVER OF CAGAYAN DE ORO). He filed his container and walked hurriedly back passing
through the swamp again. The boholano stayed in their camp for several days. As nobody could tell them
the name of the place, which was uninhabited, they wanted to give a name is it. One of the old floks said
" as we had to cross - " lapas-lapasan" - the swamp back and forth in order to get water. Lest us called
this place "lapasan" LAPASAN

Many years ago places were covered with big forests. Some of the big forests grew along the creek. By
the creek was a house of a gardener who had a beautiful daughter name Magosa. Magosa had an
exquisite beauty that she was popular in the neighborhood. Gentlemen were attracted by here beauty
that even at night magosa was bothered by serenaders. One day a chinaman came to trade in the place.
He heard of the wonderful beauty of magosa, so that he traid his best to get a chance to see magosa.
Time permitted him to visit magosa. Upon meeting her, the chinaman fell in love with her. The name of
magosa was so sweet to him. That even if the chinaman met some people he always spoke the name of
magosa. He made up his mind to build a corner store. Every time there was a customer especially if they
were strangers, he talked about magosa amagosa. At last the newcomers who settled in this place called
it Gusa as it is now. GUSA

Nazareth is a small district on the northeastern portion of the city proper of Cagayan de Oro city. During
the early years of the american regime, there were only few people living in it. It had no name yet. There
was a man named Dimas Daomilas, who was noted for giving names to persons and places. He gave
names to many places like montecarlo amd jerusalem for that place of Cagayan de Oro where the park is
know located. Some of these names did not last long. Only Nazareth and montecarlo retained, perhaps,
because Dimas himself lived in Nazareth and montecarlo is also retained because it is near nazareth.
NAZARETH