CALABASAS/CALABAZAS

NAME: Calabasas
COUNTY: Santa Cruz
ROADS: 4WD
LEGAL INFO: T22S, R13E
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall
COMMENTS: 8 miles north of Nogales on the Rio Rico Ranch.
REMAINS: Nothing.
Calabasas' post office was established October 8, 1866 and discontinued August 15, 1913. Calabasas was once a Papago Indian village, a Mexican garrison, a U.S. Military base, a mining camp, and a farming community before becoming a railroad stop that was determined to become the gateway to Mexico. The Hotel Santa Rita was supposedly the finest hotel between San Fransisco and Denver. Unfortunately, Nogales took over as the gateway to Mexico and Calabasas declined into non-existence.


Calabasas in 1934
Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

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