{"id":701,"date":"2023-07-21T21:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/?page_id=701"},"modified":"2024-02-03T23:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T23:00:38","slug":"1937-tucson-old-walled-city-gateway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/index.php\/1937-tucson-old-walled-city-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"1937 Tucson Old Walled City Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h2>Tucson: Old Walled City Gateway<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<style>\/*! 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Church Street<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Tucson, Arizona 85701<br style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #5b72dc; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: 'Gentium Basic'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;sxsrf=ACYBGNSb0FYORJclAoSFJRH6vPHB08rq-w%3A1570232869799&amp;ei=JdqXXcW0MOrK0PEPra6XSA&amp;q=32.220970%2C+-110.973215&amp;oq=32.220970%2C+-110.973215&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...61240.64584..66283...1.0..1.117.1798.19j2......0....1j2..gws-wiz.....10..35i39j0i30j0i273j0i131i273j0j35i362i39.6f6YEMZnFm0&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiF26yj5YPlAhVqJTQIHS3XBQkQ4dUDCAo&amp;uact=5\">32.220970, -110.973215<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Historical Significance:<\/strong><br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">This marker commemorates the south entrance to the Old Walled City, which was founded by the Spanish Government as a Presidio. The Old Walled City of Tucson became part of the United States with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 as the largest city in the Gadsden Purchase.<br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Dedicated:<\/strong><br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">January 16, 1937<br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Sponsor:<\/strong><br style=\"color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.arizonadar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: rgb(91, 114, 220); transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; font-family: &quot;Gentium Basic&quot;; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucson Chapter, NSDAR<\/a><\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-original-marker-base-tucson-gateway.jpg\" alt=\"A vintage snapshot of a brick marker base with \u201cDAR\u201d at the top and a decorative iron fence on at least two sides in a parklike setting.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-original-marker-base-tucson-gateway.jpg 497w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-original-marker-base-tucson-gateway-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption>Original marker with plaque at the south entrance to the Old Walled City of Tucson, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-replacement-stone-base-tucson-gateway.jpg\" alt=\"A snapshot of a concrete and stone marker base with a plaque situated in river rock. Marker text is in the body of this page.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-replacement-stone-base-tucson-gateway.jpg 524w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1937-plaque-on-replacement-stone-base-tucson-gateway-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><figcaption>Replacement stone marker base with plaque at the south entrance, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1922-marker-s-entrance-el-presidio.jpeg\" alt=\"A snapshot of the plaque on a concrete and stone base. Marker text is in the body of this page.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1922-marker-s-entrance-el-presidio.jpeg 974w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1922-marker-s-entrance-el-presidio-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tempazmarkers.arizonadar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1922-marker-s-entrance-el-presidio-768x575.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Original plaque on the replacement stone marker base, undated image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucson: Old Walled City Gateway Marker:Old&nbsp;Walled City GatewayLocation:La Placita Park110 S. Church StreetTucson, Arizona 8570132.220970, -110.973215 Historical Significance:This marker commemorates the south entrance to the Old Walled City, which was founded by the Spanish Government as a Presidio. 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