TUBAC
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TUBAC |
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NAME: Tubac COUNTY: Santa Cruz ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T21S, R13E CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
Visit the museum.Video available,
see below. REMAINS: Historic site with a state park museum. |
| Tubac is the oldest European settlement in Arizona. It was the site of Arizona's first newspaper, the Weekly Arizonan. Its first issue was in 1859, and it was because of this newspaper that Arizona had its first recorded duel. Sylvester Mowry (see Mowry ghost town) thought Arizona should be a separate territory and the editor of the paper, Edward Cross, thought otherwise. The two dueled and both missed so instead of killing each other, they toasted each other with drink. Today, the state park museum marks the site. |
 VIDEO AVAILABLE |
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