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The history of Tucson, Arizona began thousands of years ago. Paleo-Indians practiced plant husbandry and hunted game in the Santa Cruz River Valley from 10,000 or earlier BCE . Archaic peoples began making irrigation canals, some of the first in North America, around 1,200 BCE . [ 1 ]
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.
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 ...
It's the longest-leading solo hit in Hot 100 history and tied with "Old Town Road" for the all-time record. 16. "Love Somebody" by Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen performs at Stagecoach 2024.
Tucson Mountains include 4,687 ft (1,429 m) Wasson Peak. The highest point in the area is Mount Wrightson, found in the Santa Rita Mountains at 9,453 ft (2,881 m) above sea level. Tucson is 116 mi (187 km) southeast of Phoenix and 69 mi (111 km) north of the United States–Mexico border.
Continuously inhabited since the Early Bronze Age, [193] an urban settlement called Skodra was founded by Illyrians in the 4th century BC and fortified in moenia aeacia style, [194] [195] it became the capital of the Illyrian kingdom under the Ardiaei and Labeatae and was one of the most important cities of the Balkans in ancient times.
Adell's longest home run at the Major League level is 451 feet on June 8, 2023 against the Chicago Cubs. Ten longest home runs of the Statcast Era (since 2015) 1) Nomar Mazara, 505 feet (2019)
Located south of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, the 52,000 acre Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER) was founded in 1903 and administered by the United States Forest Service until 1987, when the University of Arizona College of Agriculture took over administration of the site. The mission at the SRER is "to advance research and education on ...