Tucson : a history of the old Pueblo from the 1854 Gadsden purchase /
"Approaching the 250th anniversary of Tucson's official founding on August 20, 1775, the city is now an environmentally attractive, if economically poor, major college town with a large military base onto which numerous rapidly growing suburban communities have been grafted. This second ed...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2025]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acquisition and railroad jubilation followed by economic
- recession, 1854-
- Diverse and often divided community, 1890-
- Community advancements and tossing the mayor, 1900-
- Statehood, the "White Plague," and a serious census setback, 1910-
- Aviation and athletic accomplishments, 1920-
- Tough times, discrimination, and more subways, 1930-
- War, growth, and entertainment, 1940-
- Ever increasing expansion, 1950-
- Crime, downtown decline, and urban highways, 1960-
- Social Change Mixed with Political Turmoil, 1970-
- TCE/AIDS/TEP, 1980-
- Sports highlights and water lowlights, 1990-
- Economic decline but transportation improvements, 2000-
- Shootings and squabbles along with much slower population growth, 2010-
- Approaching Tucson's August 20, 2025, Semiquincentennial, 2020-