See also:

• TUCSON (possibly from Piman styuk-son, " dark or brown spring," pronounced Tooson)

TUCSON (possibly from Piman styuk-son, " dark or See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring," pronounced Tooson)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• PIMA

Pima county, See also:

• ARIZONA (from the Spanish-Indian Arizonac, of unknown meaning,—possibly " few springs,"-the name of an 18th-century mining camp in the Santa Cruz valley, just S. of the present border of Arizona)

Arizona, U.S.A., on the See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cruz See also:

• RIVER

river, in the S.E. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 130 M . S.E. of See also:

• PHOENIX
• PHOENIX (Gr. 4oivt )

Phoenix . Pop . (188o), 7007; (1890), 5150; (1900), 7531 (2352 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, chiefly from See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico); (1910), 13,193 . It is served by the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Pacific and the Twin Buttes See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, the latter connecting with the mines of the Twin Buttes See also:

• DISTRICT

district, about 27 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south by See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, and with the See also:

• RANDOLPH, EDMUND [JENNINGS] (1753–1813)
• RANDOLPH, JOHN (1773–1833)
• RANDOLPH, PEYTON (1721-1775)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1523-1590)
• RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1605-1635)

Randolph lines in Mexico . The city lies about 2360 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a broad valley sheltered by mountains 5000-9000 ft. high . Its See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, characteristic of southern Arizona, attracts many invalids and See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter visitors . See also:

• TUCSON (possibly from Piman styuk-son, " dark or brown spring," pronounced Tooson)

Tucson is the seat of the university of Arizona (1891; non-sectarian, coeducational), which is organized under the See also:

• MORRILL, JUSTIN SMITH (1810–1898)

Morrill Acts; in 1909 it had 40 instructors and 201 students . At Tucson also are a See also:

• DESERT

desert botanical laboratory (owning a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of some r000 acres about 1 m. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the city) established by the See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie Institution of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, St See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic); a Roman Catholic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral; the Tucson See also:

• MISSION

Mission (Presbyterian), a boarding school for See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, the See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

Xavier Mission for Indians (Roman Catholic) and a Carnegie library . In 1900 Tucson became the see of a Roman Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is arid and unproductive except where irrigated; but the See also:

• SOIL

soil is very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and Tucson is the centre of one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest farming and ranching districts of the state . The Southern Pacific railway has See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division headquarters and repair shops here .

Tucson is first heard of in See also:

• HISTORY

history in 1699, conjecturally, as an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian rancheria or See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement; and in 1763 certainly as a visita, in that See also:

• YEAR

year temporarily abandoned, of the Jesuit mission of San Xavier del Bac, founded between 1720 and 1732, 9 M. south of what is now Tucson; in 1776 it was made a presidio (San Augustin del Tugison), or military outpost, and although a' few Spaniards may possibly have lived there before, the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Tucson as a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• DATES

dates from this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . It was never after abandoned during the Indian See also:

• WARS

wars . In 1848. it had 76o in-habitants . The See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment by the Mexicans in 1848 of the mission towns of Tamacacori (a visita of Guevavi, a mission founded in the first third of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) and the presidio at Tubac (established before 1752) increased its importance . Tucson See also:

• LAY

lay within the territory acquired by the See also:

• UNITED

United States by the See also:

• GADSDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1724-1805)
• GADSDEN, JAMES (1788-1858)

Gadsden See also:

• PURCHASE

Purchase in 1853; it was occupied by the United States in 1856 . Fort See also:

• LOWELL
• LOWELL, ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1856— )
• LOWELL, CHARLES RUSSELL (1835-1864)
• LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891)
• LOWELL, JOHN (1743-1802)

Lowell, 7 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-east of the city, was built as a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection against the See also:

• APACHE
• APACHE (apparently from the Zuni name, = " enemy," given to the Navaho Indians)

Apache Indians in 1873; it was abandoned in 189r . In the earlier days of Territorial history Tucson was the See also:

• POLITICAL

political centre of Arizona . Here were held in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1856 a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention that demanded a Territorial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government from See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, another in See also:

• APRIL

April 186o that organized a provisional government independently of Congressional permission, and others in 1861 that attempted to See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast in the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of Arizona with the Confederate states . Tucson was occupied by the Confederates in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1862 and by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union forces in May . It was the Territorial See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital from 1867 to 1877 . Its prosperity fluctuated with the fortunes of the surrounding See also:

• MINING

mining country . Tucson was incorporated as a town in 1877, and chartered as a city in 1883 .