Toscon, Tucson, Tooson, Tosawn, Tosoon
August 16, 2007
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Tucson What’s in a Name?
I mentioned the other day the first of the winter visitors had arrived in Tucson. He is a mighty hunter and he can’t spell. He isn’t alone.
There are a number of ways you can tell when the winter visitors arrive in Tucson.
- A plethora of state license plates appear.
- Traffic on Tucson streets increases exponentially.
- It is difficult to get a seat in a restaurant.
- Preparation H gets harder to find. : )
When the winter visitors get ready to descend on Tucson they start searching the web on Google, MSN, Yahoo, even their local Comcast search. They are searching for market conditions, condo’s to rent, things to do and places to eat.
Somewhere in their search phrase they put Tucson or at least as close to that as they can get, or maybe not.
- Tucson
- Tuscon
- Tucsoon
- Tosan
- Tooson
- Tusawn These are from up north, they cut a lot of wood
- Tosawn
- Toosawn
- Tusan
- Twoson I think this one was from outside the country
- Tucsun
- Toscun
Pretty wild collection of ways to spell Tucson isn’t it?
No matter how you spell it, Tucson is a great place to be in the winter. People want to be here next to the mountains and the great sunsets, without their snow shovels, ice scrapers, salt and sandbags.
Everyone wanting to come to Tucson, Tuscon, Tucsun, Tosawn, come on down. You are more than welcome.
Tucson Bonus Information
This is by no means meant to be an encyclopedia of information, just a few gleanings while you write Tucson a 100 times on a notepad.
One source I found says: “Tucson has been continuously settled for over 12,000 years.” WOW it is amazing the landfill isn’t full. That’s a long time. I wasn’t even born back then.
Tucson, nicknamed the Old Pueblo, is Arizona’s oldest city with a unique blend of Indian, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo heritages. It is the second-largest city in the State. Tucson is a modern city with high tech industries and world-class cultural events, yet it retains the charm of its desert frontier roots.
Yes, we do have charming desert roots here in Tucson, that is about the only thing in Tucson without thorns. But getting to the roots can be daunting. I’m sure someone from the chamber of commerce wrote “Tucson is a modern city with high tech industries and world-class cultural events”. Notice it doesn’t say world class culture, just world class cultural events.
Tucson is an Indian word which translates as “water at black mountain”. Located beside the Santa Cruz River, it has been home of Indian villages and farms for at least 2,000 years. In 1700, Father Kino established the first Spanish mission, San Xavier, at the Indian village of Bac, 10 miles south of Tucson.
Tucson was founded in 1775 as a Spanish presidio or military garrison to protect settlers from Apache raids. It was governed by Mexico from 1821 until 1854 when the Gadsden Purchase made it a part of the United States.
Tucson was once the territorial capital of Arizona.
That should be enough for any history buff wanting a quick glimpse at the Old Pueblo located 10 miles north of the ancient city of Bac which by the way is just North of the second city by the same name Tubac meaning “we were here second we are Bac Too.”
Footnote: For every individual and family effected by the closing of First Magnus here in Tucson our heart go out to you. May rays of hope fill your day tomorrow.
