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April 6th 2013
This was a fun day trip about an hour south of Tucson on HWY 19. It is a cool artist colony with many interesting shops, art pieces, and artists to see. There is also the ruins to a very old mission here.... read more
Hysterical Journey To Historic Places
Published: February 16th 2013North America » United States » Arizona » Tubac
February 16th 2013
FATHER KINO Eusebio Kino awoke to his first notice of the cosmos on August 10, 1645 in Segno, Italy. It started him off on a life-long journey of learning and sharing and teaching. Eusebio learned to grow things on his dad’s little mountain farm, but his dad passed away in 1660. It had become apparent during his youth that Eusebio’s quest for knowledge was boundless and he was provided with a tutor. When the tutor wore himself out Eusebio continued his schooling down in Trent. His mother and sisters, although they were beloved, were just no damn good at tilling the soil and while Eusebio was in school the farm went into failure and had to be sold. Proceeds from the sale financed higher education at Hall in Austria. While there he came down ... read more
Hysterical Journey To Historic Places
Published: January 21st 2013North America » United States » Arizona » Tubac
January 21st 2013
THE WEEKLY ARIZONIAN Volume 1, Number 1 of Arizona’s first newspaper was published on Thursday, March 3, 1859 in Tubac. It was printed on a Washington hand press that was owned by William Wrightson, who also published the newspaper. Wrightson came from Cincinnati, Ohio and brought the printing press along with two additional newspapermen, Edward Cross and Thompson Turner. They came by wagon train down the Santa Fe Trail into New Mexico, and down the Rio Grande River to Mesilla, then over to Arizona by way of the Butterfield Trail. It was an arduous journey. William Wrightson had first come to Arizona with the party of surveyors who established the international boundary for the Gadsden Purchase lands. Wrightson was also an associate of Charles Poston as Secretary of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company. ... read more
March 20th 2010
Good morning everyone! When we left Kartchner Cavern State Park for the West side of the area, we had no idea what we were in for. We came across 82 and it was an incredible drive! I am sorry that Arizona has had a hard winter this year, but I gotta say that it is showing us a side of Arizona that I think we are very blessed to be shown. The drive was all rolling green hills - very pretty and not what I expected in AZ. It was a different green than Washington. A deep deep dark green and then just a dusting of green on the lower elevations. We are at DeAnza RV Resort in Amado now. It's a fairly new park created from an old Greyhound race track and is still in ... read more
March 8th 2010
Last Saturday, we day tripped from Tucson forty miles south to Tubac; established in 1691 with a mission, followed by a presidio in 1752. I have an online friend in the Eons’ Barbecue Group who lives in Phoenix. Dave suggested that we meet up in Tubac on a weekend that he and his wife Mare were traveling there to pick up an iron work they had commissioned from the Clay Hands Gallery. He thought Nan and I would enjoy visiting what has become one of the Southwest’s leading art destinations. And he was right. We weren’t in town more than thirty minutes before we made purchases. Nan selected a nice jacket in which to sport about, and I selected an attractive poncho that marks me as an hombre. After walking the quaint streets of old town ... read more
