Last Saturday was First Saturday in Arivaca, a small village 25 miles west of I-19 at Amado. I was invited by local resident Paula Perino to check out their First Saturday festivities for my Southern Arizona Guide. Paula arranged for me to conduct several on-camera interviews with the local VIP’s and enjoy lunch at Arivaca’s new [...]
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Video of a tour of the Cold War Bunker housing the Titan II Missile the only one of its kind left.
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Each October the park hosts a commemorative Mass inside the Tumacácori mission church in conjunction with Tubac Presidio State Historic Park’s annual Anza Day celebration.
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Mission tours leave from the Visitor Center garden and last approximately 45 minutes. Guided tours of two other missions normally closed to the public can be reserved.
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In this third video featuring Tumacacori National Park a park Ranger speaks about the Mortuary Chapel and Cemetery behind the church. The Church and Grounds have been and are currently being lovingly restored with new walkways and stucco restoration.
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The Park Ranger speaks of the history and the interior of the church built by Franciscan priests in the 1800′s.
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Anita, the Park Ranger introduces the community around Mission Tumacacori, founded in 1691 by Father Francisco Kino.
Continue readingTin Cup, starring Kevin Costner, was partially filmed in Tubac at the Tubac Golf Resort. Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell was partially filmed at Old Tucson Studios. Old Tucson Studios in the Avra Valley, near the Desert Museum, offers a glimpse into Tucson’s cowboy western movie past. You will be amazed at how many westerns were filmed here over the years. … Continue reading
Tubac is Arizona’s oldest European community. The 1885 furnished schoolhouse, Otero Hall, and Rojas House are all on the National Register of Historic Places. The Park features a small, but fine museum, an underground display of the Presidio ruins, Arizona’s first printing press, a picnic area, school house, church, and the Juan Bautista de Anza Trailhead.
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