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El Charro Café is a historic three-location Mexican restaurant based in Tucson, Arizona. It has been owned by the Flores family since its establishment in 1922, making it the oldest Mexican restaurant owned by the same family in the United States. It is also one of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States.
El Charro Café, Tucson's oldest restaurant, operates its main location downtown. [48] As one of the oldest parts of town, Central Tucson is anchored by the Broadway Village shopping center, designed by local architect Josias Joesler at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Country Club Road. The 4th Avenue Shopping District between ...
Map of Tucson in 1920. By 1900, 7,531 people lived in the city. The population increased gradually to 13,913 in 1910, 20,292 in 1920, and 36,818 in 1940. In 2006 the population of Pima County, in which Tucson is located, passed one million while the City of Tucson's population was 535,000.
Tucson has thirty four historic Districts/Barrios and eight historic Archeological Districts. The National Register is the official Federal list of districts, sites, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. [8] The following Districts/Barrios are pictured and/or have images related to them ...
Charro suit from early 20th century. A charro or charra outfit or suit (traje de charro, in Spanish) [1] is a style of dress originating in Mexico and based on the clothing of a type of horseman, the charro. The style of clothing is often associated with charreada participants, mariachi music performers, Mexican history, and celebration in ...
El Rancho Motor Hotel, 225 West Drachman Street, 1948; Frontier Motel, 227 West Drachman Street, 1941/48 architect: George J. Wolf; Flamingo Hotel, 1300 North Stone Avenue, 1954; G. D. F. Frazier Service Station, 648 North Stone Avenue, 1937; Ghost Ranch Lodge, 801 West Miracle Mile, 1941; Golden Pin Lanes, 922 West Miracle Mile, 1950
San Diego-Tucson telegraph begins operating (approximate date). [5] Fort Lowell built near Tucson. [1] 1875 – Estevan Ochoa elected mayor. 1876 – Pie Allen becomes mayor. 1877 – Town incorporated. [1] 1878 – El Fronterizo newspaper begins publication. [4] [6] 1879 Arizona Daily Star newspaper begins publication. [4] Presbyterian Church ...
Barrio Libre is a neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona notable for its existence as a relatively unchanged 19th-century Hispanic neighborhood of close-packed row houses. Houses in the barrio are typically adobe with very plain detailing, reflecting the area's history as a district of townhouses for Mexican ranching families.