A POOR SWIMMER
From Continental Road in Green Valley take I-19 southward a few miles to the Canoa Ranch exit. Go through the traffic puzzle and underneath the freeway. Turn south onto the frontage road and go 0.7 miles to a locked gate on the east side of the frontage road. Find a place to park. It is county property that you may need a permit to enter. The spring site is about a quarter mile to the east. There was a plan afoot near the turn of the 20th century to divert water from the spring 30 miles through a canal to Tucson. The plan failed but the headgate for that canal remains. Remnants of the stock tank where the spring was located are a short distance to the north of the access road. Ground disruption has removed any evidence of where the inn once stood.
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
