Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-15


panels; the windows, if any there wer
at all, had no frames; barren surface
met the eye everywhere; not one sig
of beauty or strength; the lnterlo
matched the exterior in its prison-lik
: and angular appearance; nothing bu
abode walls, bare floors and ceilings
with perhaps a small table, a few cook
ing utensils and roll Of bedding. Nh
/ Leon gives it as his opinion that tn
temperature has greatly changed sine
1925, and positively asserts that unit
about that date, no late frosts wer
ever known to occur TO the injury o
trees in blossom, and that large guam
titles Of grapes, peaches, pomegranates
ounces, apples and apTicots were rails
ed in the Santa Cruz valley west o
Tucson.
I Ylarion Garcilla was the command
>. ing officer who announced to the troop
drawn up in line, the turning over o
the Territory to the United States, anC
on the 10Th of March, 1856, all Mexi
can authorities and troops evacuated
the town, a great many civilians leav
ing with them, fearing violence at the
hands of the Americans, fear which
Mr. Leon says was altogether ground
less, as not single occurrence JUST
fed il.
Mr. Samuel Hughes called my atten
ton to the existence Of an old town in
ruins situated about three miles below
Tucson, one mile due east from what
is known as the Casa de Padre, but |
regret to say, Notwithstanding my
many efforts, have entirely failed in
obtaining the least clue as to its age,
formation and destruction.
Mr.. Solomon Warner having started
from Yuma February, 1866, arrived in
Tucson on the 29Jh OF the same month
with thirteen pack-animals loaded with
merchandise, in which Messrs. Geo.
Hooper and Jack Hinton were also in
terested, and he NAV thus be said to
have established here the first Ameri-
can store. There were almost no
goods when he arrived The year fol
lowing he formed a partnership with
the late Maj. Aldrich, who afterwards
acted for some time as justice Of the
peace or alcalde by mutual consent of
all parties After the evacuation by
the Mexican authorities, the town was
for years without any local officers
whatever. one effort however was
made in 1858, to hold an election for
the formation of town officers, and a
so.called provisional government re
suited therefrom, but never succeeded
in establishing itself in good working
order, until the organization Of the
TIE. ritory, to which epoch I will now
refer.
The portion of Arizona lying north
Of the ella river was obtained from the
government OF Mexico under the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Febru-
airy ,, 1S4S, and the portion lying south
Of the ella, was obtained by purchase
from the government OF Mexico, under
the treaty made by James Gadsden, on
the part of the United States, at MeXi-
co, December 30, 1853, and extends
west from the 1O9th degree OF west
logitude to the 10th degree and north
from 81 degrees and % minutes latI-
tude to the 9th degree, and is bound
ed on the north by Nevada and Utah;
on the east by New Mexico; on the
south BY Sonora and on the west by
California and Nevada, and contains
- ,3S3,6S0 acres Of land.
The act of Congress providing for
the organization of Arizona, became Il
law February 2i, 1863, and the Terri
tory was formally organized by the
Territorial officers at Navajo Springs,
forty miles west of Luni, December
%, 1863 Gov. John y. Goodwin is
sued a proclamation announcing the
fact, and Hon. r. C. Mccormick, then
Of the Territory, delivered an
appropriate address.
The first legislative assembly met at
Prescott on the Goth day of September
and was in session until the 10th da Y
Of November, 1864
The County of Pima was then
bounded on the north by the ella riv-
er; on the east by New Mexico; on
the south by Sonora, and on the west
by Yuma county, but the act of the
last legislature, dated February 1, 1915,
creating Pinal county. took from it a
portion on the west and
north sides.
1t is the oldest inhabited county in .
he Territory and contains the largest
population. 1t is mostly composed of
plains covered with grass and to a
great extent with mesquite wood in the
ALLEYS and table lands, and broken or
detached chains of mountains. Wher-
yer water can be found, grazing is ex-
,ellent, and experience in sinking
vslls demonstrates that water may be
almost anywhere \ great
,art Of the county is watered by the
san Pedro, ella and Santa Cruz rivers
md several smaller streams, and many
f the mountains are covered with for
SIS of excellent timber. The county ;