by Monica Young | Feb 29, 2024 | Events, Programs
Presidio San Agustin’s Living History Day: Tucson’s Irish Connection, on Saturday, March 9, 2024, 10 am to 2 pm. In 1775, Irishman Hugo O’Conór, a captain of the Spanish army, signed the proclamation to build the Presidio San Agustín. Celebrate Hugo’s...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Events, General, Programs
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, along with the New Mexico Museum of Art, presents their “Winter Lecture Series” that will include some great presentations! On January 30, 2024, Jayne Aubele will talk about “New Mexico’s Geological Landscape and...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Tours
On Thursday, March 14, 2024, you are invited you to spend the day learning about Tucson’s rich Native and Hispanic food heritages. You will visit Mission Garden, the prehistoric agave fields at the base of Tumamoc Hill, San Xavier Coop Farm, and the Tucson...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Events, General, News
The Botanical Blacksmiths Exhibit is open from now until April 12, 2024 at the Tubac Presidio. There will also be a free talk and demonstration on February 24 at 2:00 pm, featuring what life was like for a colonial blacksmith at the Presidio as well as a brief look at...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Events, General
Discover the captivating life and legacy of one of the most important figures in the history of the Southwest and Mexico, Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino at the Tubac Presidio on Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 2:00-3:00 pm. This presentation will be given by SMRC board...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | General, News
Who were the people who lived in the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson between 1776 and 1856? Archaeologist and historian Homer Thiel has completed a new edition of the Pioneer Families of the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson book, adding an additional 150 pages. The new...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Events, Programs
The Southwest Center 2024 Spring Lecture Series launches with Dr. Hsain Ilahiane’s account of one of the most fascinating, and least understood, men in the history of the American Southwest: the Moroccan “slave” known as Estevan de Dorantes in sixteenth century...
by Monica Young | Jan 29, 2024 | Events, General, Programs
Presidio San Agustin del Tucson presents Salon & Saloon: With Padre Kino – On the Trail to Sainthood lecture on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 2:00 pm. With the ongoing process of Padre Kino’s elevation to sainthood in the Catholic Church, this pioneer explorer is...
by Monica Young | Jan 11, 2024 | Events, General, Programs
El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, along with the New Mexico Museum of Art, presents their “Winter Lecture Series” that will include some great presentations! On January 30, 2024, Jayne Aubele will talk about “New Mexico’s Geological Landscape and...
by Monica Young | Nov 9, 2023 | General, News
SMRC is proud to congratulate Dr Michael Brescia who was recently presented the 2023 Al Mérito Award, given by the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) to those “who have made outstanding contributions and serve as role models for preserving Arizona’s rich...