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Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e finest Havana leaf to thevilest skunk-cabbage used as a substitute by some im-pecunious Mexican or besotted Indian. Everybodydrank and the liqueurs and mixtures ranged from genuinetarantula juice, coffin varnish, or liquid lightning, tobrands of rarest liquors or choicest vintages. Everybodygambled, either in the flaming gambling dens or in thequieter rooms of private residences set apart for this pur-pose. When I use the word everybody in these connec-tions, it does not imply there were no exceptions. Therewere a few — just enough to prove the rule. This wasin the fifties, sixties, and seventies. The very first building used as a hotel in Tucson is stillstanding. It is a quaint old building, two stories high, ofadobe, with flat roof, and a large inner court or patio.When built, in 1859, ft was but one story high, and wasknown as the Phillips House, from its builder. It had awall up to and connecting with the stockade of FortLowell, where the soldiers were stationed to protect the
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Old — Tucson — New 299 citizens and settlers from the raids of the Apaches. Thesouthwest corner stands on ground that was embraced byan older wall which surrounded Tucson when it was awalled city. Many notables have made this their head-quarters when in Tucson, such as Governor Fremont,General Miles, Buffalo Bill, etc. In the course of time itwas enlarged, and another story built on. Then its namewas changed to the Cosmopolitan, later to the SantaCruz, and finally to the OrndorfL It is still used as a hotel and is under the managementof F. J. Wharton, the editor of the Tucson Signal, a.weekly paper devoted to reform movements and the gen-eral welfare of the city. To go back for a little while to Tucsons earlier history.It was on the ioth of March, 1856, that the Gadsden Pur-chase was made effective, and all the Mexican authoritiesand troops evacuated the place. Prior to that time it had been a somewhat sleepy Mex-ican pueblo, occasionally stirred by some great event, ora raid by t

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