Tubac Historical Society

Opening Reception: "If you believe in spirit it is here:" Tubac's Early Art Colonists
2022-09-30 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
Please join us at The Tubac Center of the Arts on Friday, September 30th from 5 pm – 7pm for the opening reception of “If you believe in spirit it is here: Tubac’s Early Art Colonists.”
We are pleased to announce the next collaborative exhibit between the Tubac Historical Society and The Tubac Center of the Arts, featuring the early artists who lived and worked in Tubac between 1948 and 1989. The exhibit has been compiled by The Tubac Historical Society and will be displayed in the Library and Studio Gallery at the Tubac Center of the Arts from September 30th to November 14th.
The artwork for the exhibit was loaned to us by our fellow Tubaquenos following an appeal sent in mid-May to our membership. We’ve included a rich diversity of mediums – paintings, sculpture, jewelry, books, fountains, pottery – nearly 60 items created by more than 20 artists and only half of what was offered. Your enthusiastic responses helped bring to life the camaraderie of this early group of settlers who started Tubac on the road to “Where Art and History Meet.”
Parallel to the exhibit at the Tubac Center of the Arts, The Tubac Historical Society will be offering for sale several paintings by former Tubac artist, Earl Dravis, at our Customs House Visitor Center at 6 Burruel Street, across from the Presidio. And our gift shop also features cards, posters, maps, and books by local artists.
If you can’t make the reception, visit us at The Tubac Historical Society at 6 Burruel Street Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
The hours of operation for the Tubac Center of the Arts are:September – May:
Monday – Saturday 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Art work and quote by Trudi Fletcher.

Bus Tour of Historic Rio Rico - $55 Members, $65 Non Members
2022-04-15 09:30 - 17:00 | Rio Rico Historical Society
Bus Tour of Historic Rio Rico Friday April 15, 2022, 9:30am – 5pm
Hosted by the Rio Rico Historical Society We will Tour these historic sites:
● Calabazas Mission (with Park Ranger tour guide. Includes a 1/3-mile walk each way up a steep dirt road, but you can stay on the bus)
● Hacienda de Corona at the historic Guevavi Ranch (Lunch included)
● Historic Calabasas Cemetery (with special tour guide Veteran David Goodman)
● RRHS Calabasas & 50th Anniversary Rio Rico Monuments – brief stops
● Area Geology –brief stop in Tumacácori with geologist Chris Novak
● Tubac Presidio State Historic Park & Museum – RRHS Calabasas Exhibit ($7 admission fee included)
Note: Good walking shoes, hat, water, sunscreen, snacks are recommended
Tour meets at 9:30 am at Rio Rico Community Center, 391 Avenida Coatimundi
Tour cost: Members $55, Non-Members $65 (Prepaid Reservations Required)
Please mail checks to Rio Rico Historical Society, PO Box 4201, Rio Rico, AZ 85648 For reservations contact President Helen Serras-Herman at helen@gemartcenter.com or call 520.761.9907, or visit us at www.RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org

The Historical Society's Annual Picnic, Members Only, Sold Out
2022-04-03 12:00 | Historic San Cayetano Ranch
SOLD OUT
The Historical Society’s Annual Picnic!
Place: Historic San Cayetano Ranch, formally “Rancho Santa Gertrudis” on Santa Gertrudis Lane, Tumacacori (directions to follow as access is limited).
Date: April 3rd
Time: 12:00
Featuring tours of the Ranch and box lunch.
Cost: $30.00
This is a members only event as space is limited! Please reserve by March 28th. You may pay online. or at the THS during office hours by check or credit card. You can also send a check to The Tubac Historical Society, P.O. Box 3261, Tubac AZ 85646.
We hope you can join us! Click here to get your tickets!
We would also like to inform you of an upcoming event sponsored by the Rio Rico Historical Society, their “Spring 2022 Bus Tour of Historic Rio Rico”. This is a wonderful tour with a knowledgeable guide that we highly recommend! Click here for more information.

Candlelight Vigil in Support of Ukraine
2022-03-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Newby Gallery, 15 Tubac Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
Candlelight Vigil in Support of Ukraine, at K. Newby Gallery. Bring a chair and wear yellow and blue in honor of Ukraine’s colors.

Seal the 2020 Tubac Time Capsule!
2022-02-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Tubac Presidio State Park, Otero Hall, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
AN INVITATION FROM THE TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY!
The Tubac Historical Society invites you to join us at a ceremony to seal the 2020 Tubac Time Capsule! This cache of items is a way to communicate with future generations, giving them insight and understanding into how Tubac viewed itself at this particular time in our history.
The THS asked local community organizations to provide us with items that they felt were representative of their organization in the year 2020. After a year of gathering the items, and researching the correct way to preserve them, we are ready to seal our capsule! The capsule will be sealed for twenty-five years, and will be opened in February of 2047.
We are grateful to the Friends of the Tubac Presidio who have agreed to be the “keepers” of the Tubac Time Capsule. Otero Hall is the perfect venue as it represents a piece of our historic past, and now our historic future!
Date: February 22, 2022
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: Tubac Presidio State Park, Otero Hall
Be a witness to this important event and join us as we send a message to future generation about who we were, and how we saw ourselves in the very eventful year of 2020.
Refreshments will be served after the ceremony. We hope to see you there!

A Harwood Steiger Scrapbook
2021-10-01 10:00 - 2021-11-14 16:30 | Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
In partnership with The Tubac Historical Society, the Tubac Center of the Arts will present the textile art by Harwood Steiger.
The art of textile design radically transformed after World War II as America’s economy boomed and optimism bloomed into a consumer society. In Southern Arizona, artists Harwood and Sophie Steiger were pivotal in this artistic revolution. Incorporating bold dramatic colors and graphic motifs inspired by the plants and animals of the Sonoran desert, mesoamerican graphics, and iconography of the American Southwest.
The Tubac Center of the Arts hours are:
Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 4:30 pm
Sunday: 12 pm – 4:30 pm

Breakfast With History - 2020 Pandemic Video Presentation
2020-11-19 08:30 - 09:30 | Tubac Golf Resort Geronimo Room, 1 AVE DE OTERO ROAD, TUBAC, AZ 85646, Tubac, AZ, 85646
Tubac Historical Society Breakfast with History:
Tubac 2020 Pandemic Video Presentation
Date: November 19, 2020
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place Tubac Golf Resort
Tickets: $25.00 for members
$30.00 for non-members
Seating is limited must reply by October 18, 2020

GADSDEN PURCHASE AND BORDER SURVEYS
2020-03-25 08:30 - 10:00 | Longhorn Grill & Saloon, 28851 S Nogales Hwy,, Amado, AZ, 85645
GADSDEN PURCHASE AND BORDER SURVEYS PRESENTED BY DANIEL JUDKINS
The Tubac Historical Society Breakfast with History
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 8:30 AM – 10 AM at the LONGHORN GRILLE AMADO
Surveys of the new border after the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, from 1849-1853, led to disputes and almost resulted in military action. The problem was solved with the Gadsden Purchase. This led to more border surveys. All of the surveys involved work in and around Tubac and Nogales. This presentation will highlight the many maps, landscape views, Indian tribes, and illustrations of plants and animals made by the surveyors and scientists working on the project.
This event has been postponed.

Who Settled Tubac? When and Why?
2020-02-27 08:30 - 10:00 | Tubac Golf Resort Geronimo Room, 1 AVE DE OTERO ROAD, TUBAC, AZ 85646, Tubac, AZ, 85646
Click HERE to purchase tickets online or call THS at 520-398-2020.

THS Annual Meeting
2020-01-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
THE TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
9:00 AM, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 at the Tubac Community Center.
Learn a little history and learn about the 2019 activities of The Tubac Historical Society.
A video recording of a presentation by Will Scott, legal council for the original developers of the Tubac Golf Resort and the Tubac Valley Country Club Estates, will be shown. Find out what Bing Crosby really had to do with this development. Tour of the THS Brownell Research Center will be available after the meeting.
Call 520 398-2020 for more information.
Click here to download a proxy form.

The Bottom of the Bottle
2019-12-13 15:00 - 17:00 | AZ
Sold Out

November Breakfast with History
2019-11-15 08:30 - 10:30 | AZ
Tubac Historical Society Breakfast with History:
Daniel Judkins, author, historian, former president of the Tubac Historical Society board presents “Early Farms, Ranches and Roads near Tubac, 1740-1861”.
Date: Friday, November 15th, 8:30 am.
Location: Tubac Golf Resort. Geronimo Room.
ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY
Tickets are no longer available for this event.

Breakfast With History - Day of the Dead
2019-10-15 08:30 - 10:30 | Wisdom’s Cafe, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona, 85640
Gloria Fraser Giffords graduated from the University of Arizona with a BFA and MA in art history, specializing in Spanish colonial art. Her master’s thesis “Mexican Folk Retablos” was first published by the University of Arizona Press and later reissued by the University of New Mexico Press.
The fruit of more than 30 years of studying and photographing religious structures in Northern New Spain resulted in “Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone and Light”, published by the University of Arizona Press. Besides her interest in art and architecture in the area , she is also an art conservator and Fellow with the American Institute for Conservation with principal interest in polychrome statuary and oil on canvas and metal surfaces. She recently closed her studio for art conservation after 50 years, and is now interested principally in revising her folk retablo tome.
Speaker: Gloria Giffords
Author, Art Conservator, Collector, Art Historian and leading authority on Spanish Colonial Art
Cost per ticket: $20 members; $25 non members at www.ths-tubac.org 508 398-2020
Get Tickets – Click here.

2019 Annual Picnic
2019-03-31 12:00 - 15:00 | Hacienda Corona de Guevavi, 348 S. River Road, Nogales, AZ, 85621, United States
Click Here to download the pdf flyer.
Click HERE to purchase tickets online.

A Charles Poston Christmas
2018-12-05 16:30 - 18:00 | Tubac Presidio Park Schoolhouse, 1 Burrel Street, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
A showing of a rare video of “A Charles Poston Christmas” at the Tubac Presidio Schoolhouse. The late Shaw Kinsley stars in this play created by Shaw and Polly Schilitz in 2009. (Also appearing in this production are some familiar Tubac children: Cynthia Topping, Sasha & Griffin Wisdom, & Mitchell Riley).
There will be a reception from 4:30-4:45 pm. in Otero Hall. At 4:45 guests will be escorted into the “parlor” (the Tubac Schoolhouse) to enjoy an evening with Mr. Poston.
Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members. Group rates available. Call: 520-398-2020
For reservations call: 520 398-2020,
Purchase tickets online (Click Here)
or mail a check payable to THS to PO Box 3261 Tubac, AZ 85646-3261

Breakfast with History - Friend of Cochise
2018-11-14 08:30 - 10:30 | Wisdom’s Cafe, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona, 85640
Breakfast With History, November 14 at 8:30 a.m. at Wisdoms Café in Tumacácori will feature Tucson actor, Van Fowers impersonating Tom Jeffords. According to Wikipedia, Tom Jeffords was a United States Army scout, Indian agent, prospector, and superintendent of overland mail in the Arizona Territory. His friendship with Apache leader Cochise was instrumental in ending the Indian wars in that region.
Please join us for this entertaining and informative presentation.
Cost: $25 for members, $30 for non-members
Request reservations by calling 520 398-2020
Purchase tickets online or mail a check payable to THS to PO Box 3261 Tubac, AZ 85646-3261

Breakfast with History: Padres, Protectors, Promoters, and More!
2018-10-31 08:30 - 10:30 | Wisdom’s Cafe, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona, 85640
Breakfast with History: October 31 – New location: Wisdom’s Cafe.
Padres, Protectors, Promoters, and More! – Guest speaker, John Cloninger, former THS Board President: An overview of the history of Tubac and the Santa Cruz Valley from the late 1600s to the 1920s with key dates, events, and lesser-known stories about the people who lived there. Featuring images from the book Historic Tubac, Arizona by Patty Hilpert and Roberta Rogers.
Cost: $25 for members, $30 for non-members. Reservations requested by calling 520 398-2020 or purchase tickets online or mail a check to:
THS – Oct. 2018 Breakfast
PO Box 3261
Tubac, AZ 85646-3261
Due to the recent flooding at the Cow Palace, the venue for this event has changed to Wisdom’s Cafe.

THS 2018 Annual Picnic - Sold Out
2018-03-24 12:00 - 15:00 | AZ
THS annual picnic will be held at the Rio Rico Golf Club, which is located on the historic Calabasas townsite, on Saturday, March 24 from 12 to 3. Historian Dwight Thibodeaux, Public Affairs Representative of the Rio Rico Historical Society, will be our guest speaker. Dwight will talk about the original Calabasas townsite, its connection to early ranching and railroading, the Calabasas Mission and the Santa Rita Hotel. Dwight will also lead a tour of the different sites on the property.

We hope you will join us to celebrate another great year at THS and as a “thank you” to all our members and volunteers. Remember, March 24, 12 to 3 for delicious food, good friends, and interesting history. Price for Members is $30. Price for non-members is $35 – This event is SOLD OUT.

Rio Rico Golf Club is located at 1123 Pendleton Road, Rio Rico, AZ 85648​

Oral History Workshop
2018-03-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
Presented by Nancy Krieski, Museum Curator for the Henry F. Hauser Museum in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Have you always wanted to preserve your family’s history by interviewing a family member but didn’t know where to start? Nancy Krieski’s workshop will give you the tools to organize and perform an engaging, successful interview. The Tubac Historical Society sponsored this workshop two years ago and it received rave reviews! It was so popular that we asked Nancy back so that more people would have the opportunity to learn how to conduct these important family history interviews.

When: Saturday, March 10, 2018, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
Where: The Tubac Community Center, Tubac AZ.

There is no charge for this workshop but please call 520-398-8080 to reserve your seat, or if you have any questions!

We look forward to seeing you!

Breakfast With History: Feb. 2018
2018-02-21 08:30 - 10:30 | AZ
Breakfast with History: February 21 at the Cow Palace restaurant. Guest speaker Rick Collins, National Park Ranger at Tumacacori, and volunteer at the Tubac Presidio State Park, will talk about “Contrary History and Frontier Tidbits”, a re-look at popular Southern Arizona history.
Cost: $20 for members, $25 for non-members. Reservations requested by calling 520 398-2020 or purchase tickets online or mail a check to:
THS – Feb. 2018 Breakfast
PO Box 3261
Tubac, AZ 85646-3261

Tubac Historical Society Annual Meeting
2018-01-25 08:30 - 11:00 | Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, AZ, 85646, United States
The Tubac Historical Society (THS) Annual Meeting will be held on THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018, at the TUBAC COMMUNITY CENTER. Coffee and rolls will be served from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.
The meeting will begin at 9:00. Election of new board members, financial statement from 2017, secretary minutes and committee reports will be presented.
We hope that you will come and meet the members of the Board of Directors as well as a “meet and greet” of all the THS members. See you there!

Breakfast with History
2017-12-14 08:30 - 11:00 | AZ
Celebrate the Holidays with the Tubac Historical Society on December 14, 2017, for breakfast and a docent-led Tour of the Historic Hacienda de La Canoa Ranch in Green Valley. The event is limited to 50 guests so please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible. The cost for breakfast and tour is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. This cost includes a $5 entrance fee to the Hacienda. If you wish to attend please call 520-398-2020, and send your payment to THS, P.O. Box 3261, Tubac, AZ 85646, OR purchase tickets online. Select your ticket option below and click the “Buy Now” button to complete your purchase through PayPal..

Breakfast Ticket Options

THS Member $20.00 USDNonmembers $25.00 USD

The breakfast will be catered by The Tubac Market and will include scrambled eggs, bacon, fruit, pastries, coffee, and juice. Breakfast will be served from 8:30– 9:30. We will have two tour groups of 25. The tour takes about 90 minutes. We suggest that you wear comfortable walking shoes and a sun hat.
This wonderful historic site will be festooned in holiday splendor. What an appropriate way to celebrate our history! Hope you can join us!

Historic Adobe Tour in Old Town Tubac
2017-11-11 | AZ
Some of Tubac’s oldest historic buildings will be welcoming visitors for a rare opportunity to tour inside during the Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour on Saturday, November 11, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The tour includes buildings believed to have garrisoned Spanish Colonial Soldiers in the mid-1700s, housed some of Arizona’s earliest 19th-century settlers, homes built on existing foundations by Tubac’s Hispanic Heritage Families and where Tubac’s artist colony had its beginnings and continues to this day.
Tickets are limited and registration in advance is recommended. Tickets are $40 per person. Children with adult supervision and students with identification are free. For members of the Tubac Historical Society tickets are $35.
Click HERE to purchase tickets on our web site,
or send checks to THS P.O. Box 3261, Tubac AZ 85646
Call THS at 520-398-2020 for additional information.
Proceeds support the missions of The Tubac Historical Society and Lowe House Project Artist in Residency Program.
“Cabot Pennington House,” Watercolor by Roberta Rogers.
For more information and registration call THS at 520-398-2020 or email us at info@ths-tubac.org. Please note access to these historic private homes might be problematic for those with mobility issues

Breakfast with History - October 17, 2017
2017-10-17 08:30 - 10:30 | Wisdom’s Cafe, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona, 85640
Tubac Historical Society’s Breakfast with History Event:
The Tubac Historical Society is excited to announce our next “Breakfast with History” event with featured speaker Herb Wisdom of the famous Wisdom’s Cafe restaurant in Tumacacori, AZ. Herb grew up in Nogales, joined the Navy and after a career in law enforcement in California, he returned to Arizona to run Wisdom’s Cafe, his family’s business founded in the 1940s. Herb is a wonderful story teller and has a lifetime of local lore to share. Reserve your ticket early as this is sure to be a popular event that you won’t want to miss.
Reserve your ticket early as this is sure to be a popular event that you won’t want to miss.
When: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Where: Wisdom’s Café, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori AZ. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Tickets: This event is sold out. Call THS at 520-398-2020 for additional information.

Annual Picnic
2017-04-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Kenyon Ranch, 80 Kenyon Ranch Rd, Tumacacori, ARIZONA, 85640

Breakfast with History
2017-03-15 08:30 - 11:30 | Wisdom’s Cafe, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona, 85640
Join us for this breakfast with history and dine with Van Fowers in the character of Pete Kitchen, Arizona’s most famous pioneer and Indian fighter.
To reserve your space: Send a check payable to THS for $20 pp members; $25 pp non-members to PO Box 3261,Tubac, AZ 85646
or call THS at 520-398-2020 for information.
