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In 1821, Tucson became part of the new state of Sonora in Mexico, who had won independence from Spain. In 1853, Tucson, along with much of the surrounding area, was purchased from Mexico by the United States in the Gadsden Purchase and was made part of the New Mexico Territory. President Lincoln created the Arizona Territory in 1863, and Tucson ...
The Blixt-Avitia House – built in 1923 and located at 830 W. Alameda St. March 30, 1992, reference: #92000251. The Boudreaux-Robison House – built in 1908 and located at 101 N. Bella Vista Dr. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1992, reference: #92000253.
1867 – Tucson becomes capital of Arizona Territory. [1] 1869 – St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church built. [3] 1870 Arizona Citizen newspaper begins publication. [4] J.S. Mansfield news depot in business. [2] 1872 Public School department organized. [3] Population: 3,500 (estimate). [3] 1873 San Diego-Tucson telegraph begins operating ...
The first chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction was founded in 1953 by 16 women in Fort Worth, Texas. Today, NAWIC boasts more than 115 chapters all over the U.S.
Public School department in Tucson is organized. [32] Population of Tucson is 3,500 (estimate). [32] 1873 Hellings Mill in the Phoenix area expands to include a hog-slaughterhouse. [55] San Diego-Tucson telegraph begins operating (approximate date). [62] Fort Lowell built near Tucson. [23] 1874 Hayden's mill opens in the Phoenix/Tempe area.
The Fremont House is an original adobe house in the Tucson Community Center that was saved when one of Tucson's earliest barrios was razed as part of urban renewal. Fort Lowell Museum; Mission San Xavier del Bac; Old Tucson Studios, built as a set for the movie Arizona, is a movie studio and theme park for classic Westerns.
The movement spread to the United States in the late 1880s, with the opening of the Neighborhood Guild in New York City's Lower East Side in 1886, and the most famous settlement house in the United States, Hull-House (1889), was founded soon after by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr in Chicago. By 1887, there were 74 settlement and neighborhood ...
The Gutiérrez Hubbell House, also known as the James Lawrence and Juliana Gutierrez y Chavez Hubbell House, is a historic territorial-style hacienda. The original house dates back to the 1820s, and was enlarged in the 1850s and 1860s. [1] It is located in the village of Pajarito in the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The house has ...