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Tubac, Az. is an active artists' colony with more than 100 studios and galleries that display jewelry, ceramics, woodcarvings, painting and other products produced mostly in the area. The arts movement in Tubac began in 1948 when an art school opened and began the tranformation of its present day Tubac artist culture. Read more and get Tubac entertainment and events...
"¡Vayan subiendo!¨ "Everyone mount up!"
Celebrate Anza Day on October 17 at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
In 1776, most of us learned how new Americans were fighting for their independence from Britain, but in the southwest Capt. Juan Bautista de Anza was gathering about 300 Spanish settlers and military people for a long trip. They mounted up and left the Tubac Presidio with these people on a 1200-mile trek to the West coast to build the Presidio at San Francisco. Their mission was to connect New Spain with San Francisco.
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will celebrate Juan Bautista de Anza's trek on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 10am to 4pm. Tubac, which grew up around the Spanish presidio built in 1752, is Arizona's first European settlement. The Anza Trail runs from Nogales, Arizona to San Francisco, California with the 3.5 miles section between the two parks followed by re-enactors each year. Read the fascinating journals of the military leaders and learn more about this historic trip at http://www.nps.gov/juba/index.htm.
On Saturday, October 17th, Juan Bautista de Anza, portrayed by Luis Bracamonte, and his troops will attend the 9:30am mass at Tumacacori Mission. The Tumacacori Mission will present "Reflections of the Past" at 10am and then will ride up the Anza Trail and arrive in Tubac about noon. "Anza" will give a presentation to the awaiting crowd on the journey that he, his troops and courageous settlers will begin to establish the Presidio at San Francisco in October 1775.
The festivities will include living history presentations. There will also be music including the "La Paloma Folklorico" group who will perform their traditional Mexican cultural dances. The event will also have the historic Washington Printing Press and we will be printing copies of The Weekly Arizonian, Arizona's first newspaper printed in Tubac on March 3, 1859.
For more information contact Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at (520) 398-2252. The park entrance fee is $4 per person for those aged 14 and up and $1 for children aged 6 to 13 (There is no charge for children younger than 6). Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is located at One Burruel Street in Tubac, Arizona. The park is located 45 miles south of Tucson on Interstate 19. This event is co-sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, Tubac Historical Society and the Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona.
For more information about the 30 State Parks, statewide hiking opportunities, off-highway vehicle trails, and other outdoor recreational and cultural opportunities in Arizona, call (602) 542-4174 (outside of the Phoenix metro area call toll-free (800) 285-3703) or visit AZStateParks.com. Follow us on twitter.com/AZStateParks.
Print Journalism Celebrated Since 1859 at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
The event honors Arizona's 150-year-old newspaper, The Arizonian, which is still being printed on the original hand press at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. There will also be speakers including Sami Hall from Library and Archives and Hollis Cook, former manager, at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. Read more about the Arizonian newspaper celebration.
© 1998-2009 Tubac Entertainment Magazine On-Line
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Author: Mark Bollin, Mary Bingham. Captioned photographs, maps and illustrations tracing the history of Arizona's first permanent European settlement from the Spanish Colonial period to the present day. Includes the communities of Carmen and Tumacacori. Hardbound only in an 11" X 8" format. • Hardcover: 128 pages. Publisher: The Green Valley News and Sun; 1ST edition (2006). Language: English
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