Pimintel was a Durango hacienda purchased by Miguel Huddleston in the early 1820s.
Huddleston was a soldier in the Jeffersonian army that entered Mexico City in February 1817. He soon became enamored with the city, with Mexican culture in general, and with a young Mexican criollo woman named Consuela Venegas in particular. Huddleston converted to Catholicism and married Venegas, then settled down in Mexico City, where he soon amassed a fortune as a cotton factor. Huddleston's wealth allowed him to purchase Pimintel, an hacienda north of the Capital District in Durango.
As a member of the new Anglo ruling class who had married into the local Hispano community, Huddleston was well positioned for a political career with the opposition Liberty Party. He was elected to the state legislature in 1822, then ran for and won a seat in the U.S.M. Senate in the 1827 Mexican elections. Huddleston was selected as the Libertarian presidential candidate three times, losing in 1833 to President Andrew Jackson, winning in 1839, then losing in 1845 to Senator Pedro Hermión. After his loss in 1845, Huddleston retired permanently to Pimintel.