Tumacacori National Historical Park

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Encompassing mission ruins, the church of San Jose de Tumacacori,and a portion of the Anza Historic Trail, Tumacácori National Historic Park became a national monument in 1908. Guided tours of the beautiful church and grounds are available daily October through March, and information on both the mission and the historic trail is available at the visitor center. A small museum displays some of...

Founded in 1691 by Jesuit missionary and explorer Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, San José de Tumacácori mission was one of the first Anglo settlements in what is today Arizona. Father Kino's mission was to convert the Pima Indians, and for the first 60 years, the mission was successful. However, in 1751, during the Pima Revolt, the mission was destroyed. For the next 70 years, this mission...

Tumacacori National Historical Park protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona: Tumacacori Guevavi, and Calabazas. The adobe structures are on three sites, with a visitor center at Tumacacori These missions are among more than twenty established in the Pimera Alta by Father Kino and other Jesuits, and later expanded upon by Franciscan missionaries.Tumaccori National...

Tumacácori NHP protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona: Tumacácori, Guevavi, and Calabazas. The adobe structures are on three sites, with a visitor center at Tumacácori. These missions are among more than twenty established in the Pimería Alta by Father Kino and other Jesuits, and later expanded upon by Franciscan missionaries.