ARIVACA
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NAME: Arivaca COUNTY: Pima ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T21S, R10E CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring |
COMMENTS:Arivaca
is ca. 24 miles from Arivaca Junction (I-19 to Nogales) or take Exit 12
from I-19 (junction to SR 289) by Peņa Blanca Lake.) Arivaca is ca. 37 miles
from Peņa Blanca junction on SR 289 try Ruby, Oro Blanco to Arivaca. Some
current residents. Video available, see below. REMAINS: Many old buildings mixed with the new. In Arivaca lives still 150 people so even though thecity is a semi-ghost, its worth it to visit. |
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Arivaca's townsite was originally a Pima Indian village. Mining operations in the area begain in 1856 and when the mines played out, ranching took over. Today, Arivaca is considered a small ranch town. Many old historic buildings are still standing and the cemetery is worth seeing.
Arivaca was originally a Pima and Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian village, and were named after one Spanish Ranch by the name La Aribac, witch were abandoned in 1751. In 1812 bayed Tomas and Ignacio Ortiz the ranch from the Spanish colonial governor. Charles Poston and his Sonora Exploring and Mining Company bayed the ranch from Ortiz family in 1856 for 10.000 dollars. The legend teals that Teresa Celya's house in Arivaca were once hide place for two men why robed Vulture Mine and buried the gold here. Bobby Krause Zlatevski |
 Arivaca Courtesy Bill Yanneck
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