The border vidette., 1929-12-07
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

University of Arizona (Tucson)
Identification of Arizona ruins OF
ancient Quiburi as the most
northeasterly of Father Eusebio
Kino's missions is believed to
have been established by Dean
Frank G. Lock wood of the un.
iversity.
Dean Lockwood under the
guidance of e. P. S. Larrieu and
jeff Milton visited the extensive
ruins that occupy the exact site
of the village recently. Data
secured esta blishes the location
of old missions.
In Father Kino's map of Prim
eria Alta. dated 1905, which is
the earliest detailed map of this
region ever published, be locates
Santa Cruz, Pima village, just
within the fork made by the con
fuence of Babacomari creek with
the San Pedro.
Doctor lockwood states that
be has no doubt that the ancient
Quiburi village is the exact site
of the most northeasterly of
Father Kino's missions. and that
one of the seven or eight adobe
ruins ia the area about 800 feet
square, that marked the limits of
the eastern fortifcation to which
Kino refers. was the structure
erected under his direction.
J While this ruin has been
known to old settlers in that re
gion at least as far back as 1869.
when it was in much the same
state of decay that it is at pre-
sent, now for the first time it
has been identified and it's story
has been connected with the past
The fortification and ruined
adobe houses occupy position
on high and rocky bluff. that
rises just above the San Pedro
river. The great bluff across
the river has been blasted away.
Bits of pottery may be found
everywhere as we'll as skulls.
According to Dean Lock wood
it is not unlikely that the Span.
sish government sometimes in the
eighteenth century utilized the
old fortifcation as a temporary
garrison to hold the Apaches in
check.
Plans for converting the Fort
Lowell area into q state park are
nearing completion according to
DR.. Byron Cummings. director of
the state museum.
"A lease has been secured and
definite policies regarding the
establishment of monuments and
preservation of the ruins are be
ing worked out at the present
time.
The area includes forty acres
and it is the plan of the state
museum to have the place serve
recreational as we'll as educa
tiunal purposes.
Two members of the Univer.
sity of Arizona faculty. Professor
Harry Embleton~ and Professor
H.B. Hines. attended. the fifth
national poultry congress De
cember 5 at the Hotel Stevens.
Chicago, which was one of the
greatest gatherings of the poul
try fraternity that has ever been
held.
Among the principal speakers
on the program were Roy G.
Potts, chief of/the market bureau
at Washington. D. c., and S. S.
Knight, disease control special
ist. <. f
A conference between agricul.
tural workers of the country and
the federal farm board that has
called forth a definite statement
of the plans of the national bu
reau was held in connection with
the annual conference of the
Association of Land Grant Col
leges and Universities according
to P. 81. Ross, director of the
Arizona agricultural extension
service. 49,. .
Arizona's representatives at
the conference with the national
board were Director Ross and
DR.. E D. Ball. dean of the col.
lege of agriculture at the Uni.
versity of Arizona. ..-
Miami-Construction of Mo
torists Economy Clubs Super
Service Station to be started
soon at Live Oak street and Cor.
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