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The Presidio Trail A Historical Walking Tour of Downtown ...

BCGFEAID13 Historic Railroad DepotPioneer Hotel BuildingArizona Historical Society Downtown MuseumFox TheatreTucson Museum of Art and Historic BlockTelles Block (now Old Town Artisans)Parking Water FountainRestroom/Water Fountain Tucson is generally warm and sunny even in winter, so it is advisable to take water and wear a shady Presidio TrailA Historical Walking Tourof Downtown TucsonThis Historical walk, designed as a loop, begins and ends at the intersection of Church andWashington Streets, the north-east corner of Tucson s historicpresidio. The complete walk(about 21/2miles in length) takes 11/2to 2 hours, but it can,of course, be done in segments,beginning and ending whereveryou like.

GROVE & MARKET To the west along Simpson St. was an artesian spring (El Ojito) that was the source of drinking water for the community in the 1800s. An enterprising local citizen, Leopoldo Carrillo, built a dam to form a lake and planted gardens with shade trees and roses, and the place became a popular amusement park. This was a very popular ...

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1 BCGFEAID13 Historic Railroad DepotPioneer Hotel BuildingArizona Historical Society Downtown MuseumFox TheatreTucson Museum of Art and Historic BlockTelles Block (now Old Town Artisans)Parking Water FountainRestroom/Water Fountain Tucson is generally warm and sunny even in winter, so it is advisable to take water and wear a shady Presidio TrailA Historical Walking Tourof Downtown TucsonThis Historical walk, designed as a loop, begins and ends at the intersection of Church andWashington Streets, the north-east corner of Tucson s historicpresidio. The complete walk(about 21/2miles in length) takes 11/2to 2 hours, but it can,of course, be done in segments,beginning and ending whereveryou like.

2 More than 20 restaurants arewithin a few blocks of the walk,providing plenty of opportunitiesfor lunch or a break. Most of thesites on the tour are marked withhistorical plaques that provideadditional information. Enjoy this walk through the heartof our city, which has expandedout from the adobe fort that wasits by Wolf ForrestRWHS anta Cruz RiverJust follow the turquoise striped path tovisit each NUMBERED site. Sitesdesignated with LETTERS are notdirectly on the tour, but are interestinglocations that can be viewed from the tourroute or are close San Agust n de TucsonPima County CourthouseMormon Battalion SculptureSoldado de Cuera (Leather Jacket Soldier) SculptureAllande FootbridgeGarc s FootbridgeGazebo in Plaza de Mesilla (La Placita)Francisco Pancho Villa StatueSosa-Carrillo-Fr mont HouseJ come Art Panel at Tucson Convention CenterSentinel Peak/ A MountainTumamoc (Horned Lizard) HillEl Tiradito (The Castaway)

3 , also known as The Wishing ShrineLa PilitaCarrillo Gardens/Elysian Grove & MarketCarrillo Elementary SchoolTeatro Carmen Ferrin House (now Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant) Barrio Viejo StreetscapeTemple of Music & ArtSt. Augustine CathedralArmory ParkFormer Carnegie Library, now the Tucson Children s MuseumScottish Rite CathedralInternational Order of Odd Fellows HallHotel Congress123451011W121418172119P12345689 VisitorsCenterPRESIDIO SAN AGUST N de TUCSONOn August 20th, 1775, Lt. Col. Hugo O'Conor, an Irishmanserving in the Spanish Army, established a fort, 11 acres insize, in what is now Downtown Tucson. With the exceptionof a small Spanish chapel across the Santa Cruz River at thefoot of "A" Mountain, this was the first European structurein Tucson.

4 By the 1780s, when the fort was completed, itconsisted of 10-foot-high adobe walls and two corner towers,each 20 feet high. This fort marked the northwestern edge ofthe Spanish frontier in Arizona. The northeast corner of thepresidio is being reconstructed on its original site at Churchand COUNTY COURTHOUSEB uilt in 1929 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, thisbuilding features a beautiful blue-tiled dome and elegantcourtyard. The east wall of the Presidio (Stop No. 1) is markedwith a granite strip in the red tile walkway inside the actual piece of the original Presidio wall can be seen inthe Assessor s Office on the south side of the BATTALION SCULPTUREThis bronze statue commemorates the day in 1846 whenMormon soldiers entered Tucson on their way to Californiato fight in the Mexican War.

5 The Spanish-speaking citizenry,in spite of being nervous about these armed outsiders, treat-ed the soldiers to a fiesta. One of the Mormon soldiersjoined in the fun by playing his fiddle (note fiddle case onnorth side of statue).SOLDADO DE CUERA (LEATHER JACKETSOLDIER) SCULPTUREThis Spanish soldier stands in the battle uniform typical ofthe late 1700s. The leather vest (7 layers of rawhide) couldstop an arrow. The leggings protected him from thorns. Hisshield helped to deflect arrows and his 10-foot-long lancewas the premier weapon of the FOOTBRIDGEThis bridge, crossing Pennington St., is dedicated to DonPedro de Allande y Saabedra who was appointed one of thefirst commanders of the Presidio in 1777.

6 Allande personallyfinanced the early construction efforts at the Presidio , whichwas the largest in the S FOOTBRIDGEThis bridge, across Broadway, commemorates Father FranciscoGarc s, the Franciscan priest who rode north from Tubacwith Lt. Col. Hugo O Conor in 1775 to found the Presidio inTucson. He explored throughout the region and died in 1781during an Indian IN PLAZA DE MESILLA (La Placita)This is a replica of the original 1880s bandstand in theplaza and is the site where the stagecoach would gallop into town from Mesilla, New Mexico, or San Diego alongthe old El Camino Real (the Royal Road). Often, Apachearrows would be embedded in the stagecoach from encounters along the Trail .

7 La Placita is a collection of shops and offices built in the 1970s on the site of an oldTucson neighborhood as part of urban PANCHO VILLA STATUET hrough the wrought iron fence a commanding statue ofPancho Villa is visible on a grassy area in the center ofBroadway. The statue was given to Tucson by Mexico in1981, with a wry sense of irony considering Pancho Villamade outlaw incursions into southern Arizona. SOSA-CARRILLO-FR MONT HOUSEThis house museum was once owned by the Sosa-Carrillofamilies; the oldest part of the structure was built as early as the 1850s. It was briefly used as the residence of membersof the family of General John C.

8 Fr mont, who was appointedthe Territorial Governor in 1878. This Sonoran row housecontains an excellent example of a zagu n, a central hallleading from the front to the rear yard. The mission fig inthe courtyard was probably planted in the COME ART PANEL AT TUCSON CONVENTION CENTERThis panel, depicting the arrival of the Spanish, used to bedisplayed on the front of the J come Department Store indowntown Tucson. When that store was demolished in the 1970s, the J come family donated the art to the newconvention PEAK/ A MOUNTAINTo the west you will see a basaltic peak adorned with theletter A. This was once a lookout for Spanish and NativeAmerican sentinels, who watched for raiders approachingthe Presidio and mission.

9 The A was added in 1915, in a burst of University of Arizona student enthusiasm, as the result of a football victory over Pomona College. TheO Odham name for the mountain, pronounced Schook-schon,means at the black base. This is the source of the name Tucson. Carrillo. On the walls of the school s hallway are historicalphotographs of the former Carrillo Gardens and the lake. TEATRO CARMENThis adobe building named for the wife of its builder,Carmen Soto V squez, has an interesting and checkered history. Opened in 1915, it began as a theater devoted tostaging dramatic works in Spanish, then it became a movietheater, boxing arena, garage, and Elks HOUSE (now CUSHING STREETBAR & RESTAURANT)This old adobe home was built in the 1860s by tailor JosephFerrin and his wife Therese.

10 Therese and the Ferrin s daughterClara were instrumental in building the first synagogue inArizona on south Stone Ave. A store was added to the residence in the 1880s; the structure now operates as afamily-owned restaurant and VIEJO STREETSCAPET hese adobe buildings along Cushing Street, built in theSonoran row-house style in the late 1800s, are part ofBarrio Viejo, Tucson s oldest neighborhood. On the front ofNo. 124, note the decorated canales, long metal spouts thatdirect rainwater away from the adobe OF MUSIC & ARTThis 1927 theater, constructed on behalf of The SaturdayMorning Music Club, brought a flourishing musical scene to Tucson including world famous artists such as JaschaHeifetz.


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