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But, its digging was detrimental to the buildings of the abandoned San Agustin Mission. Further, the farms near the river had become Tucson neighborhoods. The land that Mission Garden occupies was part of a landfill that Tucson used in the 1950s and 1960s. [12] This landfill included the bulldozed remains of the San Agustin Mission.
Tucson, AZ: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. Burrus, E. J., 1971, Kino and Manje: Explorers of Sonora and Arizona. In Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Vol. 10. Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute. Di Peso, Charles, 1953, The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro River Valley, Southwestern Arizona.
The Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry is a port of entry on the Mexico–United States border.It connects Douglas, Arizona with Agua Prieta, Sonora.It is near the southern terminus of U.S. Route 191 in Arizona and the northern terminus of Mexican Federal Highway 17, which connect the towns of Douglas and Agua Prieta to their respective national highway networks.
Since its inception, vehicles, pedestrians and trains have been inspected here. In 1931, as part of a nationwide program to improve border security during Prohibition, The border fence was improved and two small inspection bungalows, which local residents termed "garitas", were constructed at portals on Grand Avenue and Morley Avenue.
Mr. Martinez was born in the Pimería Alta (present-day northern Sonora and southern Arizona), in the early 1800s. Around 1833, Jose wed Felipa Yrigoyen, likely in Tubac, Sonora. The couple had many children, including Maria and Nicolas Martinez. From 1836 to 1838, Lt. Col. Jose Maria Martinez was in charge of the presidio in Tucson.
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Location Date founded Order Notes Sources Mission San Francisco de Oraibi: 35.87344, -110.63634: 1629 () Franciscans: Destroyed during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. In ruins. Mission San Bernardo de Aguatubi: 35.72529, -110.27803: 1629 () Franciscans: Destroyed during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Rebuilt in the 1690s before it and the surrounding village ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico (reporting mark SPM) [1] was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway was constructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between 1879 and 1882. In 1898 the Santa Fe leased the Sonora Railway to the ...