Week 3 Timeline - Timeline

Miguel got a job at the Silver Bell mine near Tucson

Mexican Revolution created influx of Mexicans into Tucson

1900-1910 Only 270 foreign born persons with Hispanic surnames were in Tucson.

23% of marriages were between Anglo-Americans and ethnic Mexicans in Tucson

Only 10% of marriages involved mixed ethnic Mexican and Anglo partners

Presbyterians established their first permanent mission in South Tucson

Alianza Hispanico Americana was formed by members of Tucson’s declining elite

Mexican troops withdrew from Tucson

Anglos constituted less than 20% of Tucson’s population but controlled 87% of the wealth.

Shift in economic power became more imprinted on the landscape when Tucson was formally incorporated as a federal survey township

Lower classes of Tucson’s Mexican Americans’ were to seek refuge from the influx of Anglo Americans as they acquired land and asserted their power.

San Augustin Church named after Tucson’s patron saint was built

German Valdes “Tin-Tan” brought urban humor to Tucson

1938-1965 – La Hora Mexicana blared from radios in Tucson

Doug Ducey signs law that prevents cities from banning short term rentals.

William Oury arrived in Tucson

William Oury led a vigilante group of 140 anglo-mexicans that became the Camp Grant Massacre

William Oury died in Tucson