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|  | Tumacacori National Historical Park, formerly Tumacacori National Monument, preserves the site of the oldest Spanish mission in Arizona, dating back to 1691. But even before there was a mission here, there was an O'odham Indian village located just across the Santa Cruz River called Tumacacori. Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, a Jesuit missionary called the place Cajetan (or Cayetano in Spanish).
Though we often associate "church" with "mission," Tumacacori did not have an actual church building until 1751. At that time the community was moved to its present site on the east side of the Santa Cruz River and the name was changed to San Jose de Tumacacori. Visitors here will relive a bygone era which goes back to the time of the earliest contact of Europeans with the indigeneous peoples of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. |
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Basaic Tue Jan 22, 2008 21:30 UTC
Very thorough page. | Yaqui Wed Oct 3, 2007 23:27 UTC
What a wonderful historical park! I love the old adobe dewellings. Heading to Sedona in Nov and we cannot wait! Great page, I enjoyed it! | matcrazy1 Wed Feb 21, 2007 00:56 UTC
Great page, fascinating information and wonderful pictures. I was in Tubac only. It seems I lost a lot :-( | Jim_Eliason Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:09 UTC
another great page, any place you haven't been? |
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