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Tucson, Arizona. Tucson (/ ˈtuːsɒn /; O'odham: Cuk Ṣon; Spanish: Tucsón) [1] is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, [7] and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, [8] while the population ...
The history of Tucson, Arizona began thousands of years ago. Paleo-Indians practiced plant husbandry and hunted game in the Santa Cruz River Valley from 10,000 or earlier BCE. Archaic peoples began making irrigation canals, some of the first in North America, around 1,200 BCE. [1] The Hohokam people lived in the Tucson area from around 450 ...
The Ronstadt House – built in 1904 and located at 607 N. 6th Ave. The House was designed and built for Fredrick Ronstadt, a Tucson pioneer, wagon maker, hardware company owner, and Tucson's first automobile dealer. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1979, reference: #79000423.
David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Road honors husband of Tucson's first Christian Scientist,"(Gus. A. Hoff) Arizona Daily Star, June 15, 2015; David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Midtown subdivision developer would go on to be Tucson mayor,"(Lew Davis) Arizona Daily Star, March 1, 2020
Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019.. In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, [1] Co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, [2] an inaugural member of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, [3] and a member of the Climate Mayors Network.
18th century. 1732 – Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucson. [1] 1776 – Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established. [1] 1779 – December 6: First Battle of Tucson. 1782. May 1: Second Battle of Tucson. December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782).
Tucson Transit Management LLC, doing business as Sun Tran, [5] is the public transit system serving the city of Tucson, Arizona.In 2023, the system had 17,361,800 rides, or about 59,900 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024. 100% of the fleet utilizes clean-burning fuels, such as compressed natural gas (CNG), biodiesel, and hybrid technologies. [6]
Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón was a presidio (colonial Spanish fort) located within Tucson, Arizona, United States. The original fortress was built by Spanish soldiers during the 18th century and was the founding structure of what became the city of Tucson. After the American arrival in 1846, the original walls were dismantled, with the ...