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A Walk Through El Presidio Park

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Second Pima County Courthouse ca. 1880.

The following is a sample of our Self Guided Downtown Tucson History Tour. It is Stop 7. We start with a Trivia question after each stop. Something for your trip to the next stop. Trivia Question & Answer What do the 5 “C’s” that promoted Arizona in the 20th century … Continue reading

The Garcés Bridge: Who Was Father Garcés?

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St. Thomas

This is an excerpt from Stop 6 of our History and Dining Guide. Nearly 100 years before C.O. Brown established the Congress Hall Saloon, Father Francisco Garcés was among the first Europeans to explore and attempt to settle the hostile region we now know as Southern Arizona. On the wall … Continue reading

Apaches Attack A Stagecoach; Passenger and Driver Murdered!

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Apache Chief Nana

Arizona Weekly Citizen: August 7, 1881 Back in the 1860’s to 1880’s, the terrorist threat to Anglo and Mexican Tucsonans was local and ever-present. Only back then, they weren’t called “terrorists”. They were called “Apaches”. Click on the picture to enlarge the article. Background to the Article In the 19th … Continue reading

Where Does The Santa Cruz River Start & End?

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Santa Cruz River Map

The Santa Cruz River is about 184 miles long. It begins in the high grasslands of the San Rafael Valley east of Patagonia, AZ. At first, it runs south into Sonora Mexico for several miles before it changes its mind and

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Atanacia Santa Cruz Hughes: A Video

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Atanacia Hughes

Ms. Karen and I were at the Tucson Presidio Museum in early March 2022 on a Saturday to witness Living History Days that included a presentation by Atanacia Santa Cruz Hughes, the wife of Sam Hughes (1850 to 1934). The Presidio presents Living HIstory Days once a month October – … Continue reading

The Roads Of Tucson: A Historical Perspective

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Tucson Maiden Streetcar

The most common complaint I hear about Tucson is the awful condition of Tucson roads, particularly the proliferation of potholes. Every time this subject comes up I recall that Congress Street wasn’t even paved until 1912 the year Arizona became a state. From myriad accounts by travelers in those early years, any pavement was better than no pavement.

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Pioneer Hotel – The Fire That Destroyed Downtown Tucson

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Pioneer Hotel Fire; December 1970.

In the 1920’s, one of Tucson’s richest men was Albert Steinfeld. When he was 18-years-old, the German-born Steinfeld came to Tucson in 1872 via stagecoach to work for his uncle Louis’ mercantile, Zeckendorf’s. Originally, Zeckendorf’s was a large one-story adobe building with a flat roof situated just west of Calle … Continue reading

Tucson History As Told By People Who Lived It

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Tucson 1864. In the foreground are the orchards on the west bank of the Santa Cruz River.

Throughout the history of Tucson, people who lived here, and others who were just traveling through, occasionally recorded their impressions. These hardy pioneers left us with a way to peak into our past though a tiny knothole in time.

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New Sabino Canyon Electric Shuttle

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Sabino Canyon Shuttle.

Six of us took off for Sabino Canyon Recreation Area one Monday morning in early October, 2021 to experience the new Sabino Canyon Electric Shuttle. We had ridden the old, gas-powered shuttle some years earlier and wanted to witness this new innovation. I had ordered 3 tickets plus one wheelchair … Continue reading

The Tale of William Oury

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William Oury

Occasionally we post other works that appeal to us and we believe will appeal to our fan base. It is a video about William Oury, a Tucson Pioneer who has a neighborhood center in the Barrio Anita named after him. This is a great little video prepared by the youth … Continue reading

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