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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIP_old-main_Tucson-AZ.html
On March 12, 1885 Governor Frederick A. Tritle signed legislation creating the University of Arizona. Selim M. Franklin and C.C. Stephens, Pima delegates to the 13th Territorial Legislature fathered this Bill. Jacob S. Mansfeld solicited the 40-ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHGG_el-conquistador-water-tower_Tucson-AZ.html
Constructed in 1928, the tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated as a Tucson Landmark. The tower's Spanish colonial revival sheathing was designed by Tucson architect Roy Place and added in 1932. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFM_temple-emanu-el_Tucson-AZ.html
Jewish pioneers, among Arizona's earliest settlers, began arriving in the 1850's and for half a century they worshipped in private homes and rented quarters. In 1904, the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society, now the Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El, was establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFL_charles-o-brown-house_Tucson-AZ.html
A small adobe house stood on the south side of this lot when it was purchased by Charlie Brown in 1868. Brown, a pre-Civil War settler and prominent citizen, built the Congress Hall Saloon, the town's most popular gaming place and meeting hall. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFI_el-paso-southwestern-depot-and-park_Tucson-AZ.html
Th El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, originally owned by the Phelps Dodge Company, was extended from El Paso into Tucson in the fall of 1912. The handsome depot of classical design, featuring a large rotunda with a stained glass dome, was complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFH_plaza-de-las-armas_Tucson-AZ.html
The largest plaza within the Spanish presidio of San Agustin del Tucson, founded in 1775, this area was originally used for military formations and drill. After construction of the first Pima County courthouse (1870), the name was changed to Court…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHF5_la-casa-cordova_Tucson-AZ.html
This adobe house incorporates portions of one of the oldest standing structures in Tucson. The two west rooms are believed to have been built before the Gadsden Purchase of 1854. Four front rooms were added in 1879. The house was named for Mari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEJ_fort-lowell_Tucson-AZ.html
Largest of the early Arizona military installationsthis was the supply base for military posts in southern Arizona during the long warfare against the Apaches. Built in 1873, it was Gen. Nelson A. Miles' headquarter in the final campaign against G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEI_cottonwood-lane_Tucson-AZ.html
Planted shortly after Fort Lowell was established in 1873. The trees were irrigated by acequias or open ditches with water diverted from Pantano Wash. The beautiful shade trees made Fort Lowell an oasis in an otherwise barren area. After the fort …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEG_chapel-of-san-pedro-at-fort-lowell_Tucson-AZ.html
A tiny chapel, built here in 1915, served the Barriada del Rillito, a community now called El Fuerte. The fifteen immigrant Mexican families of this village gathered outside under mesquite trees to hear Mass. In 1917, Senora Josefa de Mule donated…
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