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Findings of artifacts and remenants of their homes provides evidence that a major Hohokam community existed in the Dove Mountain area.
For a more complete history of the Hohokam go to
http://www.cavecreekmuseum.org/hohokam_of_the_southwest.htm For some unexplainable reason, here is a gap in the history of the Tucson Basin from 1500 A.D to the mid 1700’s. This is when the first Spanish visitors found an Akimel O'odham village, at the base of Sentinel Peak - the hill with the large "A" now painted on it. Spaniards adopted the name as "Tucson" when laying out the Presidio of San Agustín del Tucson in 1775.
Attacks by roving Apache made fortifications necessary, so adobe walls 12 feet high and 750 feet long enclosed the new settlement. Mexico inherited Tucson from Spain after the 1821 revolution, but little changed except the flag.
Although Apache continued to menace settlers and travelers, Americans began to arrive in force, and the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach soon opened service to Tucson. To cope with the desert climate, Anglos adopted much of the food, building techniques, and other customs of the Mexicans. You'll see the results of these practices, as well as of Anglo-Mexican intermarriage, in Tucson's cultural mix.
The scrubby cactus land north of Tucson that butts against the Tortolita Mountains – now known as Dove Mountain - used to be populated mostly by cows and a few ranch hands.
The T Bench Bar was one of those ranches. It was purchased by Eugene "Cush" Cayton in the late 1920’s. “Cush” built a stone house atop one of the smallest peaks so that he and his wife Inez, could watch the red desert sunsets. Inez was a concert pianist, and Cush had a grand piano hauled up that rocky slope so his wife could play in the evenings. Most days, just before sunset, the ranch hands would wander in from their dusty day's labor to put up their horses and listen to Mozart and Brahms wafting down from Inez' piano. The Cayton family maintained the ranch until the mid 1980’s.
The Cayton ranch is gone now, along with most of the cows, but the stone house is still there on top of the hill near the eighth and ninth holes of Gallery G.C.
With archaeological evidence that suggests the Tucson Basin is the longest continuously inhabited region - over 10,000 years - in the United States it is no suprise that it continues as a "place to be". Whether for a week end, a "winter season" or to put your stake in this historic ground to make it - YOUR HOME!
The Dove Mountain area and the many amenidites it provides offers one of the premier places in the United States to call home. The Ritz Carlton thinks so, too. Cottonwood Development has just anounced it plans to build on of the largest Ritz Carlton branded resort in the United States. Read the story and view the interview about this exciting project To see our Offical Dove Mountain Informaiton Site - Click Here Then call us to discuss your interests in owning a piece of history and a great place to call home.
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