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The centerpiece of the exhibits at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is the underground display of the presidio's foundations. Excavated in 1974 by archeologists from the University of Arizona, portions of the presidio's foundation and walls can be viewed by visitors. Visitors may also enter the furnished 1885 schoolhouse, complete with desks ...
Tubac is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,191 at the 2010 census . [2] The place name "Tubac" is an English borrowing from a Hispanicized form of the O'odham name Cuwak , which translates into English as "place of dark water". [3]
65 Avenida de Otero, Tubac, Arizona. Coordinates. 31°37′34″N 111°02′38″W / . 31.6261°N 111.0439°W. / 31.6261; -111.0439. Completed. 1959. The Tubac Golf Resort and Spa is a historic hotel in Tubac, Arizona, on 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of what was the Otero Ranch in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was opened as a hotel and golf ...
Tumacácori National Historical Park. Tumacácori National Historical Park is located in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. The park consists of 360 acres (1.5 km 2) in three separate units. [4] The park protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are National Historic Landmark sites.
Helen, Georgia. Though some small towns can be sleepy and still, Helen is anything but. It's a destination buzzing with things to do. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the town offers tons of ...
Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac. / 31.611389°N 111.045833°W / 31.611389; -111.045833. The Presidio of San Ignacio de Túbac or Fort Tubac was a Spanish built fortress. The fortification was established by the Spanish Army in 1752 at the site of present-day Tubac, Arizona. Its ruins are preserved in the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park .
Juan Bautista de Anza led an exploratory expedition on January 8, 1774, with 3 padres, 20 soldiers, 11 servants, 35 mules, 65 cattle, and 140 horses set forth from Tubac Presidio, south of present-day Tucson, Arizona. They went across the Sonoran desert to California from Mexico by swinging south of the Gila River to avoid Apache attacks until ...
October 9, 1960 [3] Mission San Xavier del Bac ( Spanish: La Misión de San Xavier del Bac) is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino [1] in the center of a centuries ...