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- Commerce Bank of Arizona Earns BauerFinancial's Superior Five-Star Rating
The rating designation indicates Commerce Bank of Arizona is one of Arizona's premier banking institutions, as only eight out of 86 statewide currently hold the prestigious title.
- Real People
ArtCulture Partnership Gallery Icons of Intimacy: Smbolos de Intimidad, featuring the work of Cristina Cardenas and Xchitl Gil-Higuchi, continues through Saturday, Jan.
- Illegal immigration hitting the heart of Green Valley
The U.S. Border Patrol has reportedly apprehended nearly 6,000 illegal immigrants in Green Valley since October of 2007, down from nearly 8,000 in the previous fiscal year.
- 12 must-do Arizona trips for 2009
An uncertain economy squeezes travel budgets. Yet that shouldn't prevent exploration of Arizona's magnificent diversity.
- Trying to Find Love
Galeria Mistica Reconciliation: Change, Vindication, Spirituality, featuring new works by muralist David Tineo, continues through Dec.
- Giffords Praises Finkelstein
Retiring after serving 10 years as executive director of the Green Valley Community Coordinating Council, Joyce Finkelstein was lauded by Executive Board President Stan Riddle, former presidents Jud Richardson ...
- Tiny beads artistically bridged big cultural divide
On StarNet: Did you know Charles "Chuck" Smith? Add your remembrance to this article online at azstarnet.com/lifestories Find a photo gallery of this Life Story at azstarnet.com/slideshows Life Stories This ...
- Beads, beads and more beads: The art of beadwork flourishes in Tubac
Beadwork dates back thousands of years and is still very popular today, thanks to bead artists like Tubac's Margaret Rose Chitwood, owner of Beads of Tubac.
- Memorial to Maynard
UA Student Union Gallery An exhibition of works by graduate students at the UA School of Art continues through Thursday, Dec.
- Memorial to Maynard
Galeria La Sirena Angels, Saints and Santos Bring Good Cheer continues through Saturday, Jan.
- Holiday bargains galore
Move over, Santa! Save your mass-produced bag of goodies for the other good boys and girls this year.
- Locals say area would gain if it dumps Pima for SC County
People wanting to change Santa Cruz County's boundaries to include Green Valley and Sahuarita could be collecting signatures on petitions "by this time next year," says a proponent of the idea.
- Parts of Santa Cruz River get top protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided that two stretches of the Santa Cruz River in Pima and Santa Cruz counties that are mainly fed by water from sewage treatment plants deserve the highest ...
- Illuminations Gallery lighting the way
As many professional photographers will tell you, lighting is a crucial factor in getting that perfect shot.
- Lamb on the Run: Think about visiting Cascabel next weekend
Runway of dreams ... sort of ... Checking the plates on Interstate 19 ... "L TICIA" ... "DSNY 55" ... and from the Internet ... "O2 BE ME" ... "10SNE1" ... "22 NICE" ... "2M80S" ... "2N2R4" "on a math teacher's ...
- Luminaria Nights and Fiesta in Tubac
You don't want to miss Tubac's annual Luminaria Nights and Fiesta de Navidad from dusk to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
- Border Patrola s checkpoint set for a upgradea in 2009
A $1.4 million upgrade of the U.S. Border Patrol's temporary Interstate 19 checkpoint is set to be built near Tubac in the spring of 2009, a spokesperson for the Tucson Sector Border Patrol said Friday.
- Agents seize more than a ton of pot
Federal agents say they discovered 107 bundles of marijuana hidden inside a semitrailer loaded with watermelons during a checkpoint stop south of Tucson.
- Plein Air "Paint Outs" on November 28 and 29 at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
Plein Air "Paint Outs" on November 28 and 29 at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park - Arizona State Parks and Arizona Plein Air Painters will host "Plein Air" Artist events on Friday, November 28th and ...
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City DescriptionTubac is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 949 at the 2000 census. The name is a Spanish corruption of O'odham phrase "s-cuk baʼa", or perhaps "cu wa", meaning "black water" or "low place", respectively Tubac is situated on the Santa Cruz River.
Tubac was the original Spanish colonial garrison in Arizona. It was depopulated during the O'odham Uprising in the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century, the area was repopulated by miners, farmers and ranchers, but the town of Tubac is best known today as an artists' colony.
Tubac is located at 31°37′32″N 111°3′7″W / 31.62556, -111.05194 (31.625462, -111.051921).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.2 km²), all of it land.
Established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio, the first Spanish colonial garrison in what is now Arizona, Tubac was one of the stops on the Camino Real (the "Royal Road") from Mexico to the Spanish settlements in California.
Tubac's most famous Spanish resident was Juan Bautista de Anza. While stationed at Tubac (1760-1776), de Anza built the chapel of Santa Gertrudis, the foundations of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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