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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACR_presidio-of-tubac_Tubac-AZ.html
Garrisoned by Spanishin 1752First Town established inArizona by EuropeansHere on March 3, 1859the Weekly Arizonian was published — Arizona'sfirst newspaper.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACQ_tubac-presidio_Tubac-AZ.html
Here stood the original Spanish presidio or fort established as San Ignacio de Tubac after the Pima uprising of 1751. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza was in command in 1775, when he led his famous expedition to California to found San Francisco. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1H_baca-float-number-3_Tubac-AZ.html
This was the northern boundary of Baca Float Number 3, one of five 100,000-acre grants made to the Baca family, in exchange for land taken from them in New Mexico. An attempt was made to relocate this grant to include mines in the Santa Rita Mount…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1F_charles-debrille-poston_Tubac-AZ.html
Poston, know as the father of Arizona, came to Tubac in 1854 after the Gadsden Purchase and established the headquarters of a mining company, with mines near Arivaca and in the Santa Rita Mountains. Mining activities were discontinued during the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI19_churches-in-tubac_Tubac-AZ.html
Several Tubac churches have stood on this site. The first, a shelter built by Jesuit missionaries in the early 1700's, was administered from Tumacacori. About 1760 Captain De Anza built a chapel for presidio soldiers. A later church was visited by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI18_tubac-schools_Tubac-AZ.html
In 1789, Toribio Otero received the first land grant in this area in exchange for teaching school at his ranch. A school district was established in 1876 and in 1885 T. Lillie Mercer built this school, one of the earliest in Arizona. It was in use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI0O_tubac_Tubac-AZ.html
Originally an Indian village, Tubac is the oldest European settlement in Arizona. It was established as the Royal Spanish Presidio San Ignacio De Tubac in 1752, after an uprising of Pima Indians. In 1775 Captain Juan Bautista De Anza led an expedi…