Historically, Santa Cruz County is interesting, for it encompasses early explorations and missionizing by the Spaniards as well as later explorations by Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. Emigrants hustling to the West Coast during the California Gold Rush left their imprint on the future Santa Cruz County. Its story is replete with tales of mining and Apache warfare. Santa Cruz County counts agriculture and mining among its industries. Its county seat, Nogales, is the major Arizona port of entry from Mexico."
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.). Arizona
Place Names. University of Arizona Press. 1960
P. 312
"Created by Legislature March 15, 1899 out of Pima and Cochise Counties. Nogales county seat. Name, of course, came from river."
Barnes, Will C. Arizona
Place Names. University of Arizona Press. 1997
P. 389
Websites
County Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/county/santacruz.pdf
Local Government Website
http://www.cityofnogales.com/
Arizonan.com-Santa Cruz County
http://arizonan.com/SantaCruz/
Sites to See
Santa Cruz Public Library District
http://www.santacruzpl.org/
Pimeria Alta Historical Society
136 North Grand Avenue Nogales, Arizona
(520) 287-4621
http://www.dakotacom.net/~museum/main.htm
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
P.O. Box 1296 Tubac, Arizona 85646
(520) 398-2255
http://www.pr.state.az.us/parkhtml/tubac.html
Tumacácori National Historical Park
520-398-2341
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/
Cities of County
Green Valley
Nogales-County Seat
Patagonia
Rio Rico
Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog
Open range and hidden silver; a saga of cattlemen and miners and other
men who madeArizona's Santa Cruz County. [Words and pictures by Alma Ready]
F817
.S3 R42
