Presidio Real de San Agustín del Tucson:
Old Walled City Gateway - South Entrance
Marker:
Old Walled City Gateway – South Entrance of the Spanish Presidio
Location:
Plaza de la Mesilla
123 W. Broadway Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Please note that some maps refer to this location as La Placita Park.
32.221235, -110.973258
Historical Significance:
This marker commemorates the south entrance to the Old Walled City, which was founded by Spanish Government as a Presidio. Also known as the Old Walled City of Tucson, it became part of the United States with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 as the largest city within the Gadsden Purchase.
This marker was dedicated on the same day as the marker at the north entrance and has the same wording: “DAR / Tucson Old Walled City / Founded 1776 by Spanish Government as a Presidio / Became Part of U.S. after Gadsden Purchase 1853 / Erected 1936.”
This marker was never placed at the site of the gateway.
Dedicated:
January 16, 1937
Sponsor:
Tucson Chapter, NSDAR
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