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It was moved to Tucson in 1775 where Hugo O'Conor, an Irishman working for the Spanish crown, officially founded Presidio San Augustin del Tucson. [2] The Spanish stayed in the area, fighting down repeated attacks on the fort by Apache warriors. In 1821, Tucson became part of the new state of Sonora in Mexico, who had won independence from Spain.
1732 – Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucson. [1] 1776 – Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established. [1] 1779 – December 6: First Battle of Tucson. 1782 May 1: Second Battle of Tucson. December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782). 1784 – March 21: Fourth Battle of Tucson, Sonora, New Spain.
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In 1885 he married Miss Lizzie Hughes, one of Tucson's native daughters, whose father Samuel C. Hughes, was one of Tucson's most prominent pioneers. [ 1 ] In December 1914 Corbett defeated incumbent Ira Huffman by close to 300 votes in an "extremely heavy vote" to become mayor of Tucson, Arizona.
The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is located in the former records vault building at the former Southern Pacific Depot, which was renovated by the City of Tucson in 2004. The museum does not charge for admission. Guided tours of the facility are available for a small fee, by appointment only.
The Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad went from the Southern Pacific's (now Union Pacific's) Gila Subdivision in Gila Bend, Arizona to Ajo, Arizona. [1] The railroad was incorporated in 1915 [2] for use by the New Cornelia mine at Ajo. Originally, the railroad was intended to connect to Tucson. [2]
Following his death it was discovered he owned 100,000 shares of Tucson Gas Company stock. [18] In other activities, Stevens was the second President of Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society. [1] Tucson's first Protestant church was built on land he donated and he is credited with planting the area's first pepper trees. [18]