Fort Lowell Neighborhood Walking Tour

November 18, 10 am-12:30 pm
$20/member, $30/non-member

FORT LOWELL AND THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA

 If you understand the history of the Fort Lowell area, you understand much of the history of Arizona. The Fort Lowell area is more than just the territorial fort and staging area for the final Indian campaign against Geronimo. Most of the cultural layers of Tucson are present here because of the oasis of water and trees at the confluence of the Pantano Wash and the Tanque Verde Creek which became the Rillito (little river). As early as the first century AD, the Hohokam and later historic agriculturalists farmed the area. In the 19th century, water again brought settlers from Mexico and the United States military in 1873. The last years of that century and the first decades of the 20th century brought a new wave of farmers and the formation of a small community called El Fuerte. Artists and dreamers would join in the 1920's and 1930's to restore adobe ruins from the fort as the early farmers had done. By the 1950s, the automobile and air conditioning would bring huge population growth and pressures for change. Preservation of the Fort Lowell region began in this same decade which led to the historic district status that continues to help preserve this unique area of the city.

***This tour is 1.5-miles long and begins at Fort Lowell Park, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd.

Cancellation Policy:  
Cancellations received more than 24 hours in advance will receive a refund. Cancellations received less than 24 hours in advance will not receive a refund.