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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM136W_one-story-from-the-barrio-viejo_Tucson-AZ.html
1914Room 6 (originally addressed 202 W. 18th Street, and later 709 S. 8th Avenue), on the southeast corner of the excavated row house on Lot 10 (see map), housed several businesses throughout its history. In 1914, it was a blacksmith shop, while a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1361_el-parque-de-orlando-y-diego-mendoza_Tucson-AZ.html
EnglishIn 1981, two young brothers, Orlando and Diego Mendoza, died when a drunk driver ran a stop sign at this intersection hitting the car in which the two children were riding. Orlando was 2 years old; Diego was 17 months. The accident left beh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11D0_leonardo-romero-house_Tucson-AZ.html
This house is named for its first known residents, living here in 1868. Although construction dates are not known, the Washington Street wing lies along the course of the Presidio wall, completed in 1783. Leonardo Romero, a carpenter whose shop wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CZ_teatro-carmen_Tucson-AZ.html
Named for its founder, Carmen Soto Vquez, this was one of the first theaters in Tucson devoted exclusively to the presentation of dramatic works in Spanish. From the opening night, May 20, 1915, with a performance of "Cerebro y Coraz?n" by the Mex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CY_carrillo-intermediate-school_Tucson-AZ.html
Carrillo School was named for the prominent Tucson businessman, Leopoldo Carrillo. During the 1880's, the site contained the Carrillo Gardens, the city's first park with eight acres of spring-fed artificial lakes, gardens and a recreational center…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CX_el-tiradito_Tucson-AZ.html
This is the only shrine in the United States dedicated to the soul of a sinner buried in unconsecrated ground. It is affectionately called "El Tiradito"- the castaway. The many legends about its origin all involve a tragic triangle love affair in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CW_sosa-carillo-fr-mont-house_Tucson-AZ.html
The earliest documents for this property indicate that the pioneering Sosa family lived here in the 1850s. In 1878, Manuela Sosa and her husband, Michael McKenna, sold the property to Jesus Suarez de Carrillo, wife of businessman Leopoldo Carrillo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CV_plaza-de-la-mesilla_Tucson-AZ.html
One of the few remaining sites which recall the Mexican heritage of Tucson, it acquired its name after the Gadsden Purchase (1854) as the terminus of the wagon road joining Tucson to the territorial capital, then at Mesilla. When San Agustin, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CU_garcs-footbridge_Tucson-AZ.html
Memorial to Francisco Garc, explorer and first Franciscan missionary to the Pima village at the foot of Sentinel Peak. In 1770 Garc and the Pimas constructed at that site the first substantial building in Tucson, a mission residence with two round…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CS_pima-county-courthouse_Tucson-AZ.html
The first Pima County Courthouse, a single-story adobe structure built in 1868, was replaced in 1881 by a large two-story stone and red brick victorian building which, in turn, was removed in 1928 to make way for the present structure. This distin…