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Tucson AZ: Senior Travel Destination
Tucson, Arizona is a popular senior travel destination. Senior Travel Genie offers information on Tucson restaurants, hotels and more. Besides being a great place to visit, Tucson has a fascinating history.
Tucson, AZ History
Some historians believe Tucson to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the United States. Tucson's first inhabitants roamed the area hunting mammoth and bison between 12,500 and 6,000 B.C. Following them were the Cochise culture, who built pit houses and used stone tools, and the Hohokam, who began farming the valley floor in 300 A.D. The Pima and Tohono O'odham are the descendents of that advanced civilization, and have inhabited the region since the Hohokam decline.
Around 1540, the Coronado Expedition crossed Arizona in search of the "Seven Cities of Gold." The first Spanish settlers arrived in the late 17th century and in 1700, Father Eusebio Kino founded a Mission 9 miles south of the Native Indian village of Tucson.
In 1775, Hugo O'Conor established the walled Tucson Presido. That same year the city of Tucson was founded. Over the years, the city has flown the flags of three different countries (Spain, Mexico and the U.S.) and flags from both sides in the Civil War. After the Gadsden Purchase in 1854, Tucson came under the jurisdiction of the United States. Battles between the settlers and the Apaches paralyzed Tucson for several decades, distracting it from the War Between the States taking place. The 1860’s were the days of the Wild West in Tucson, with arguments frequently ending in gunfire.
Tucson, Arizona – Senior Travel and Retirement Community
Today, Tucson Arizona is a well-known senior travel destination. Senior Travel Genie helps seniors find a wide range of information about Tucson’s restaurants, hotels, resorts and much more.
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