Tucson: The Old (New) Pueblo

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS VOL. XXXIV NO. 2 FEBRUARY 1958

RAYMOND CARLSON, Editor GEORGE M. AVEY, Art Editor JAMES E. STEVENS, Business Manager ERNEST W. McFARLAND Governor of Arizona

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FOR SUNNY FEBRUARY ARIZONA HIGHWAYS PROUDLY PRESENTS: TUCSON Sunshine City in the Desert Tucson New the Old AWA Pueblo

Tucson, one of the oldest communities in the United States, wears with pride and distinction its sobriquet, "the Old Pueblo." It was an ancient Indian village long before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, and it was a bustling outpost in Spain's Colonial Empire before the American Revolution. Authorities tell us the name came from the Piman "sluyk-son," meaning "dark or brown spring," or from the Papago words "stuyk" for "black" and "zone" or "son" for foot or base of a hill, or near a spring.

This tremendously interesting community, to which we devote all of our pages this month, will always be the Old Pueblo because it wears with charm and dignity its mantle of time and history, but the visitor will find it the New Pueblo, new as a bright, polished penny gleaming in the sun, building and growing in every direction. Statistics of population and industrial growth during the past decade, quoted elsewhere herein, indicate that Tucson is truly a miracle city in the desert.

How can we describe Tucson? The forty modest pages we devote to the subject this month, are, we might say, notable not for what they say but for what remains unsaid.

We met a man not long ago who moved to Tucson with his family last spring. His only regret was that he had not made the move years before.

"Why do you like Tucson?" we asked. His answer: "Because Tucson is a big modern city with the friendliness and easy informality of a small town."

Rather a nice thing to say about a community . . . R.C.

FRONT COVER

"AIR VIEW-TUCSON" BY RAY MANLEY AND NAURICE KOONCE. 5x7 Linhof camera; Anscochrome; f.6.3 at 1/475th sec.; 210 mm. Symar lens; July 15, 1957. Bright sunlight. ASA reading of 400. The view shows downtown Tucson with the University of Arizona in middle area and residential and Catalina Foothills homes in background beneath the Santa Catalina Mountains. Film was developed to one "f" stop greater speed to allow for necessary shutter speed and also to increase color contrast. "The University of Arizona had been seeding clouds over Mt. Lemmon and we were able to make the photograph when one of the seeding periods billowed one of the small clouds hanging over the mountain," the photographers explain.

OPPOSITE PAGE

"IN SABINO CANYON-TUCSON'S PICNIC AREA" BY RAY MANLEY. 5x7 Linhof camera; Anscochrome; f.8 at 1/50th sec.; 210 mm. Symar lens; May, 1957. Bright sunlight. Meter reading ASA 450. View shows picnic area in upper Sabino Canyon, recreational area for Tucsonians. Water fills the stream bed during spring thawing of snows in the Catalinas and also after summer showers and cloudbursts. It is quite a pleasant clear stream during February to April when winter tourists visit the area. Wranglers from various guest ranches near Tucson take individuals and groups up the canyon to the top of Mt. Lemmon and return by Bear Canyon, which is a very beautiful 20 mile ride. 35 mm. slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40 each; 16 to 49 slides, 35 each; 50 or more, 3 for $1.00.

COLOR CLASSICS FROM ARIZONA HIGHWAYS This Issue

TC-22 Air View-Tucson-cover 1; SC-8 In Sabino CanyonTucson's Picnic Area, cover 2; SX-17 Architectural DetailSan Xavier Mission, cover 3; TC-23 Play Map of Tucson and area, cover 4; TC-24 University of Arizona Campus Scene, p. 17; V-36 Desert Spring-Tucson, p. 18; NM-12 Tucson's Desert Garden-Saguaro National Monument, p. 19; NM-13 Saguaro Landscape, p. 19; TC-25 Tucson Panorama-A Desert Evening, center spread; TC-26 February Is Rodeo Time in Tucson, p. 22; TC-27 Thousands Winter Under the Warm Sun, p. 22; TC-28 All the Champs Gather During Golf Tourney Time, p. 23; TC-29 Batter Up! Major League Spring Training in Tucson, p. 23; TC-30 Ranch Happy Guests at a Tucson Ranch, p. 24.

TUCSON-calendar of events FEBRUARY

Jan. 30 through Feb. 2 (tentative)-12th Annual Tucson $15,000 Open Golf Tournament, on major circuit, attracts biggest names in golf-Del Rio Country Club.

8th-"Fiesta of Fashions"-Tucson Festival Society original production featuring Southwestern Fashions of 1958 by the state's leading designers, based on the history of various fiestas and rodeos throughout the state of Arizona with a musical theme.

8-9-University of Arizona Annual Rodeo.

14-15-Sixth Annual Tucson Photography Workshop, themeHow To Do It. All-day symposia concerning various aspects of photography.

20-23-La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros. Rodeo. Highlight of the winter season, opens with a large parade (no motorized vehicles permitted to compete for prizes in the many categories) morning of the first day. Afternoon performances when top notch riders compete for large purses in brone busting, bulldogging, steer riding and roping.

Feb. 28 through March 9-Arizona Gem and Mineral Festival. Opens with Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Pima County Fair Grounds Feb. 28 March 1 and 2. March 1 an open day; March 4, field trip out of Tucson (Tucson Mineralogical Society); March 5 joint field trip (Tucson and Phoenix societies); March 6, field trip out of Phoenix (Arizona Mineralogical Society-Phoenix); March 7, 8, 9 annual Phoenix Gem and Mineral Show, Phoenix County Fair Grounds, in conjunction with Rocky Mountain Fed-eration of Mineralogical Societies convention.

15-Cleveland Indians arrive and remain for spring training through the month of March. Spring training games at Hi Corbett Field. Practice games open to the public free of charge. Ten or twelve exhibition games have been scheduled.

MARCH

6-7-8 (tentative)-Tucson-Fourth Annual Arizona Industrial Development Workshop sponsored by Bureau of Business Research, U. of A. College of Business and Public Administration; morning and afternoon sessions-"Progress Problems and Prospects of Industrial Development in Arizona"-national and state speakers, lunchcons, and annual banquet.

NOGALES, MEXICO-Bullfight season usually opens in March in the Sonora bullring, Nogales Sonora (capacity 5,000). Prices differ according to the occasion, which determines the quality of the event. Special bull-fights are put on, on each of the Mexican holidaysMay and Sept. 16-and top matadors participate in these events.

Early March-Old Tucson Fiesta Days, sponsored by the Jaycees, opens with a street dance (downtown Tucson). The Fiesta Show at Old Tucson is Spanish in theme and takes place at Old Tucson. Tucson Livestock Show, Pima County Fairgrounds. Arizona Hereford Association show and sale of state's finest Herefords; Southern Arizona Horse Show; one of nation's finest cutting horse contests with entries from many states. Date to be set.

APRIL

2-6 (Easter Week)-One of the most primitive celebrations in Arizona, at Pascua, the Indian village on E. Grant Rd. Here the little colony of Yaqui Indians and their descendants who fled persecution in Mexico many years ago, yearly enact an Easter pageant. It is the most important event in their religious calendar-a combination of 17th century Spanish and ancient Yaqui tradition. It is their dramatization of the Passion of Christ. The sorrowful procession along the way of the Cross, under the starry Arizona skies, portrays their faith in the triumph of life after death and good over evil, by the culminating symbolic battle (with flowers) on Holy Saturday, against the masked long-nosed chapieka who have tried to prevent their rituals.

7-27-The Tucson Fine Arts Association presents the Tucson Festival Art Show, a triple juried show (southwest area). Prints of all Media-Drawings-Watercolors-Tucson Art Center.

11 (evening)-SAN XAVIER-Tucson Festival Society presents the San Xavier Fiesta-Tucson's precious heritage from the Papago, Yaqui and Spanish-pageant to commemorate Father Kino's founding of the White Dove of the Desert. The tolling of mission bells at eventide echoed by the distant trumpet of the conquistadores . the Matachini reverently dance in the procession of the Virgin . in the glow of bonfires and fiesta fireworks the Indians invite their new brothers to share the ancient social dances.

12-13-FIESTA DE LAS FLORES-brilliant display of flowers from Tucson gardens and nearby desert and foothills, co-sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs, Tucson and the Tucson Festival Society, YWCA, 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Also participating-the University of Arizona, local florists and nurseries.

19-20-FIESTA DE LA PLACITA-two colorful days of a real Mexican fiesta-Tucson's old square, Broadway and Avenida San Augus-

MAY

5-Nogales-CINCO DE MAYO. Although this holiday is celebrated in all border towns, the Nogales event is the largest. The 17th Annual "Fiesta de Mayo," sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce of Ambo Nogales, commemorates the defeat of the French by the Mexicans in 1862. The fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo) opens with a parade of floats, military bands and marching units from Mexico and United States. During the three day festival, Indians from isolated areas of Mexico perform tribal dances, and school children do folk dances in native costume, and both towns take on a fiesta air, and there is a special bullfight.

11-SONOITA-22nd Annual Quarter Horse Show, one of the best known in the southwest-capacity crowds. Complete showhorses from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California competing in all classes; men's, women's, and children's riding, bending races, cutting horse contest and calf roping. Show recognized by the Quarter Horse Breeders Association and the American Quarter Horse Association.

MEXICO-Guaymas, Sonora-International Fish Rodeo attended by sports fishermen from all over the world; year-round sports fishing in Gulf of California at Guaymas, Rocky Point and La Paz. Sailfish, marlin, dolphin, etc.

AUGUST

One of the biggest events of this year, 13th International Jaycee Golf Tournament, El Rio and Randolph Municipal golf courses. At least 250 young golfers and escorts expected from every state in the union plus 16 or more foreign countries. Eight day program arranged so that, in addition to the tournament, visitors will see places of interest and have outstanding entertainment.

SEPTEMBER

16-NOGALES, MEXICO-Diez y Seis sponsored by the Mexican Patriotic Board of Nogales, Sonora, commemorates Mexican Independence Day and it includes the "Grito" or war cry voiced by Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, called the Father of Mexican Independence, at midnight on Sept. 15. 1810 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, to rouse the populace to their fight for independence. On Sept. 16 parades take place, along with other scheduled events including a special bullfight.

WILLCOX-Annual Rex Allen Days festival, honoring Rex Allen, local cowboy well-known in entertainment field. Two day affair begins with a parade and includes a personal appearance of Allen, a stage show for young and old, and a rodeo and horse show for the many Allen fans who attend.

OCTOBER

At San Xavier Mission, just south of Tucson, the Papago Indians annually celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Assisi with religious ceremonies in the church and a night processional in the plaza, well worth attending.

4-MEXICO-At Magdelena, Sonora, some 60 miles south of the border town of Nogales, the Feast of St. Francis Assisi is celebrated. Many Papago families from Southern Arizona make the yearly pilgrimage and the town is jammed.

17-18-19-TOMBSTONE-Annual Helldorado; early Friday a fashion show of early day styles; Saturday morning the annual parade; Sunday night humorous show "Pages of the Past." Helldorado held in the streets and each act repeated every day to accommodate crowds who come.

NOVEMBER

Old Tucson Daze, sponsored by the Jaycees, opens the winter visitor's season with a big parade and street dance in downtown Tucson, followed by a "western" show at Old Tucson.

29-30-Florence-Annual Junior Parade, rodeo for teenage performers.

DECEMBER

3-At San Xavier Mission-one of the highlights of the year to the Papago Indians, is the pre-Christmas celebration of the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, patron saint of Padre Kino.

15-Las Posadas commemorates the search of Mary and Joseph for lodgings, beginning ten days before Christmas. Processional has been sponsored and done by Carillo School.

JANUARY

17-18-Tucson-Square Dance Festival, evenings at Pima County Fairgrounds, Saturday afternoon at Student Union ballroom, University Campus. Draws people from all over the Southwest, usually 1200 or more participate.

Fine. Children's Parade afternoon of April 19. prizes for best costume-concluded by the breaking of the piñata. Night programs each day feature 13 and more native Mexican dances. April through June-Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Museum wildlife blind (for animal observation and photography) open to museum family members (moderate membership charge) functions at its best at this time. Also functions well from October to December.