MAP OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

SPANISH CATTLE GONE WILD AFTER APACHE RAIDS, ROAMED THE RICH GRASS COUNTRY. TO TRAIL WEARY EMIGRANT TRAINS THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED BLESSING OF NEW BEEF TO REPLENISH THEIR LARDERS.

IN ALL OF ARIZONA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WAS PERHAPS THE SCENE OF THE MOST NUMEROUS AND MOST VICIOUS APACHE RAIDS. HERE THEY VENTED THEIR FULL FURY AGAINST THE WHITE INTRUDERS LEAVING BEHIND THEM RAVAGED SETTLEMENTS, TOWNS, MISSIONS, FARMS AND RANCHES, DESTROYING AND CONCEALING MANY OF THE RICHEST SPANISH MINES.

MAGDALENA TOMB OF FATHER KINO IMURIS NOGALES GATEWAY TO MEXICO POTRERO FORTRESS OF PIONEER PETE KITCHEN FOUGHT OFF APACHES FOR ¼ OF CENTURY NOW AN INTERESTING MUSEUM MADERA CANYON RECREATION AREA

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TODAY IS A QUIET BEAUTIFUL LAND. ITS CLIMATE FINE, ITS TOPOGRAPHY A ROLLING MASS OF HILLS, RUGGED MOUNTAINS AND LONG RICH VALLEYS. RANCHING, MINING, AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM ARE ITS MAIN OCCUPATIONS.

NOGALES IS THE KEY CITY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. IT IS THE GATEWAY TO WONDERFUL MEXICO. IT PROVIDES THE VISITOR WITH MANY EXCITEMENTS AND COLORFUL MEXICAN ATMOSPHERE. BULL FIGHTING IN THE OLD TRADITION IS A BIG ATTRACTION.