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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ2E_epes-randolph_Tucson-AZ.html
[ Four markers are mounted on the four sides around the base of the monument. ]
Side A:Southern Pacific Railroad Map Epes commanded the "Randolph Lines" that connected Phoenix and southern Arizona's outlying communities with Tucson. He also he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPPC_sentinel-peak_Tucson-AZ.html
Used as a lookout and for signal fires by the Indians prior to and since 1692 and later by early settlers
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4G_catalina-federal-honor-camp_Tucson-AZ.html
Why Put A Prison On A Mountain?
Honor Camp prisoners built the Mt. Lemmon Highway
In the early 20th century, the only road to Mt. Lemmon began at the town of Oracle and snaked up the north face of the mountain.
Construction of the Mt. Lem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4D_agua-caliente-ranch-and-hot-springs_Tucson-AZ.html
Agua Caliente RanchIn 1873, Peter B. Bain filed the first formal claim to the land surrounding Agua Caliente Spring. Bain and a partner, Marion T. Beckwith, began a dairy cattle operation by bringing cows north from Sonora. Bain built a house, sev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML35_hugo-o-conor_Tucson-AZ.html
Commandant Inspectorof theInterior Provinces of New SpainHugo O'ConorFounder of thePresidio San Agustin de TucsonAugust 20, 1775Hugh O'Conor was born in Ireland in 1734 during a time in Irish history when England dominated the existence of the Iri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2N_the-manning-house_Tucson-AZ.html
A Landmark of the National Register of Historic Places
Original Construction 1907-08ByLevi Howell Manning
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2M_cannon-douglas-residence_Tucson-AZ.html
Dr. William Austin Cannon had this house built during 1904-1905. He was the first resident botanist with the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in 1902, and worked there until 1926. Dr. Cannon sold the house in 1913 to Dr. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an ast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2L_george-e-p-smith-residence_Tucson-AZ.html
Dr. Smith built this house in 1904 in anticipation of his marriage to Maud North, a Tucson teacher. The house, which he designed, was the first building on the north side of Speedway. Dr. Smith was a University of Arizona professor of engineering …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2K_fourth-avenue-underpass_Tucson-AZ.html
Tucson City Engineer ― Jim ClockDesign Engineer ― Cannon & Associates, Inc. TranSystems Corp.
Contractor ― Sundt Construction, Inc.
Long known as the Gateway to the East End of Downtown, the Fourth Avenue Underpass in a vit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2J_historic-fourth-avenue-underpass_Tucson-AZ.html
Tucson City Engineer ― J. Mos RuthrauffDesign Engineer ― L. R. WalkerContractor ― Bent Brothers
In 1913, in an effort to separate pedestrians, vehicles, bicycles and wagons from trains, the City of Tucson embarked on a major g…