TUBAC

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.


Tubac
Courtesy Kurt Wenner


Tubac
Courtesy Kurt Wenner


Tubac
Courtesy Tom McCurnin


Tubac
Courtesy Tom McCurnin


Tubac
Courtesy Bobby Zlatevski


Tubac
Courtesy Jim Pike


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