Tucson Food Tours on Instagram: "It’s Tucson’s 250th birthday! The word Tucson comes from the O’odham word “S-cuk Șon”, referring to the black rock covered hills on the West side of town, where the Native American village had been located for thousands of years. The Santa Cruz River (now a dry wash), was used for irrigation to help the Native Americans grow the “three sisters” (beans, corn, and squash). The Spanish missionary Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, a Jesuit, is credited with founding the

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