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6TH AVE. 15TH ST. 6TH ST. 30 29 27 28 4TH AVE. 9TH ST. 7TH ST. 10TH ST. 8TH ST. BEAN AVE. OTT AVE. For more information on these sites and Click on the Maps tab at pima.gov/theLoop for: additional historic districts, visit: • Loop Art Map • Loop Pathway System Map • Tucson Metro Bike Map pima.gov/LoopHistory • Downtown Murals Map • Loop Interactive Map

Tumamoc Hill • Santa Cruz River Pima County Courthouse • Santa Cruz River Los Morteros • Santa Cruz River Pima Air and Space Museum • Julian Wash Tumamoc Hill or Chemamagi Do’ag, a Tohono O’odham place name meaning Hill of the Built in 1929 by prominent local architect Roy Place, the iconic Pima County Courthouse is Named for its bedrock mortars, where mesquite was once milled by the ancestors of pres- In 1966, while celebrating the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, members of what is Horned Lizard, has attracted humans for over 2,000 years. Since the early 1900s, this area perhaps the most outstanding Spanish Colonial Revival building in Arizona and features a ent-day Native American Tribes, Los Morteros was settled near reliable water over 1,000 now the 309th Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group lamented the loss of America’s has been recognized for its value related to science, art and invention. In 1903, the Desert brilliantly colored tile mosaic on the roof of the central dome. The 1929 Courthouse replaced years ago. Villagers were artisans and farmers who built a communal plaza, irrigation sys- aviation heritage as they watched historic World War II and 1950s-era aircraft taken from Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution opened on Tumamoc Hill, focusing research on the 1881 County Courthouse building, and operated until 2015 when Justice Court and oth- tem and an oval ball court, interacting with neighboring villages and trading as far south as storage and fed into smelters. arid-land plants. er services were moved into the Pima County Public Service Center. By 2020, it will be home the California Gulf. Acquisition was done with Open Space Bonds. Base officials began setting aside aircraft stored in military yards that was representative of Research at the hill continues today and the road leading to the laboratory buildings near to the Southern Arizona Heritage and Visitor Center and the Gem and Mineral Museum. Los Morteros again became an important place in historic times. Juan Bautista de Anza’s the nation’s aviation history. In 1976, the museum opened its gates to the public and today, the peak serves hikers and wildlife. Mined volcanic rock from the hill was used to construct One notable court case tried in the 1929 Courthouse was the extradition trial of John 1775 Spanish expedition had 240 travelers and 1,000 animals camp here. A century later military and commercial planes stored at the museum communicate the history of Ameri- the laboratory buildings and some residences in nearby historic neighborhoods. Dillinger, a notorious gangster captured in downtown Tucson in 1934. The “Dillinger Court- came the 1858 “Point of Mountain” stagecoach station and a Pascua Yaqui village. can aviation, a history specific to the growth of Tucson. Partial acquisition was done with Open Space Bonds. room” remains unchanged since his trial.

Fort Lowell Area • Pantano Wash Binghampton Rural Historic Landscape- Steam Pump Ranch • Cañada del Oro Romero Ruin/Catalina State Park Located at the confluence of Pantano Wash and Tanque Verde Creek, where the Rillito River Brandi Fenton Memorial Park • Rillito River Steam Pump Ranch houses the remains of an 1870s blacksmith shop and adobe building Cañada del Oro forms, is Fort Lowell Park. Where the pithouse villages of ancestral Native Americans stood, The Binghampton Rural Historic District is significant in Tucson history as the first Mormon once protecting a prized groundwater pump driven by steam power, its water used to fatten One of several large Hohokam villages in the Tucson Basin, the Romero Ruin is the largest the United States Army built a supply base between 1873 and 1891 during the “Apache agrarian settlement, founded in 1898 on the floodplain north and south of the Rillito River. cattle for railroad shipping and raise chickens for eggs that would supply the Pioneer Hotel archaeological site in Catalina State Park. Decorated pottery found at the site suggests the Campaigns” to protect settlers, freighters, and ranchers. Over two decades, Mormon settlers transformed the land into a patchwork of irrigated in Tucson. This place played a key role in the burgeoning ranching and food production Hohokam lived at this settlement continuously for 1,000 years. The base location was selected in part to avoid malarial conditions near the Tucson Presidio crops, orchards, dairies, and pasture fields and built a one-room schoolhouse that still businesses of the region and the development of Oro Valley. Four centuries after the Hohokam left this place, Francisco and Victoriana Romero made this on the Santa Cruz River and there, soldiers built Officers’ quarters, barracks, stables, a com- stands today. Today, Steam Pump Ranch contains adobe buildings and structures that supported the site their home. They built several structures on top of missary, hospital, kitchens, a bake house, all surrounding a parade ground. Today, the ruins From the 1920s to the 1950s, the area served as owner-occupied ranches and farms. working ranch and agricultural enterprise – an architecture reflective of two eras of own- the Hohokam settlement, within the wall that had have been acquired for future restoration. Residents pastured prized horses and cattle and built residential complexes in Southwest- ership, the (a) Pusch era (c. 1874-1931; and (b) Procter/Leiber era (c. 1933-2005). Mature enclosed the last phase of the ancient village. Important landmarks: San Pedro Chapel, Officer’s Quarters (no. 3). Building rehabilitation ern Revival architectural styles with exotic and native landscaping. Today, horse culture trees surround residential ranch houses, bunk houses, outbuildings, a barbecue, outdoor The walls of this mid-1800s was done with Historic Preservation Bonds. remains important in the rural landscape. Building rehabilitation was done with Historic stage, and chicken coops. Building rehabilitation was done with Historic Preservation Bonds. settlement are still standing today. Preservation Bonds.