Presidio Wall
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 32° 13.450 W 110° 58.545
12S E 502284 N 3565283
This is the NW corner of the adobe wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson.
Waymark Code: WM6RZX
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2009
Views: 36
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PRESDIDO WALL
This marker locates the northwest corner of the adobe wall which surrounded the Royal Spanish Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, In 1776 the new outpost was garrisoned by seventy Spanish cavalry troopers and Indian scouts, transferred from Tubac under the command of Lt. Col. Juan Bautista de Anza. The first fort, a crude wooden palisade, was replaced by adobe walls begun about 1778 and completed in 1783. For 80 years presidial soldiers provided protection for San Xavier mission and for settlers who farmed the Santa Cruz valley.
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NW corner
adobe wall of Spanish
Presidio of Tucson
marked 1826 by D.A.R.
Marker Name: Presidio Wall
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Pima
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and
Arizona Historical Society
Year placed: 0
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