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Entertainment Magazine: Arizona: Tubac Tubac Entertainment Magazinewww.tubacaz.com for an updated calendar of Tubac Az events, acitivities and attractions.
Tubac is now a tourist destination to explore the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
This is Arizona’s first State Park, Arizona’s oldest European community, and the oldest, best preserved Spanish Colonial Presidio site in Arizona. Read more about Tubac Presidio State Historical Park. New Exhibit at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park It has been restored and modified to replicate the ambulance that Phocion R. Way, an engraver from Cincinnati, Ohio, rode on from Mesilla on the Rio Grande River to Tucson in June of 1858. Tubac MapTubac, Arizona RestaurantsDining out while visiting or living in Tubac offers several choices without driving too far. Find links to menus of restaurants in Tubac. Tubac Center of the ArtsTubac, 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. A variety of work displayed by local Tubac artists. The Tubac Center of the Arts is located on Plaza Road, near the entrance of Tubac. Anza Days Celebration in TubacA living history presentation on Anza's life will be on the main stage Saturday. On Sunday, Anza, portrayed by Don Garate of Tumacacori National Historical Park, and his troops will attend mass at Tumacacori mission and then will ride up the Anza Trail from Tumacacori Mission and arrive in Tubac about noon. He 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. Tubac Information and Contacts
Tubac HistoryIn 1789, Arizona's first school was opened in Tubac. The United States took over Tubac after the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, but Tubac was nothing more than crumbling adobe riuns. On March 3, 1859, the town came back to life when mining was started and the "Weekly Arizonan," Arizona's first newspaper, was published. But during the Civil War, the troops guarding the town were sent to fight and, once again, the Apache Indians raided and the town evacuated. Tubac regrew after that, but not until the mid-1950's when it slowly started to come to life with its new, artistic, identity. The 2000 U.S. Population Census pegs Tubac with 949 residents living with a total area of 21.2 km (8.2 miles), situated in northwest Santa Cruz county, along the U.S.-Mexico International border by the Santa Cruz River. The name Tubac is a Spanish corruption of the O'odham Indian phrase "s-cuk ba'a" or possibly "cu wa." The phrase means "black water" or "low place," respecitvely. Tubac, AZ is 45 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Take 1-19 exit 34 For more information about Tubac, visit the Tubac Chamber of Commerce web site at http://www.tubacaz.com or call (520) 398-2704. Sources: wikipedia Tubac; Arizona Traveler's Handbook.
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Tubac's
history dates back to 1751 when the Spanish established the Tubac
Presidio to protect their missions and settlers from the Indians. But, Tubac's history extends over two thousand years.
The
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park did not close as planned on Monday,
March 29, 2010. A Public-Private Partnership allowed Arizona’s
first state park to remain open to the public.
