Downtown Tucson Guided Walking Tour by Strolls and Stories Tours - Wednesday
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
Wednesdays from 10am-12pm
Location
Guests are required to book in advance. We start near the YMCA at 60 W Alameda Street.
Details
Join Strolls and Stories Tours to hear the historic stories, fascinating tales, and our interesting tidbits of Tucson History! Scott, your tour guide, has a passion for a good story and really gets into the tales to bring history to life! We begin with an overview of Tucson's founding way back in 1775 and discuss our 4,000+ years of Native American history...and we learn where Tucson gets its name from - that's an interesting story! Then we see a historic Sonoran Row House and discuss these mud adobe structures in detail, and learn of an early pioneer founder who was having a substance shipped in from the Commonwealth of Kentucky - this is quite the tale!
Then we head into the Historic Pima County Courthouse to do the Dillinger Gang Experience...Scott, your tour guide has several interesting side stories to share about John Dillinger. Then we see where our first cathedral sat - it has a storied past, and we learn of a famous gunfighter who partied this night away in Tucson in the 1880s! Plus, we learn of a destination saloon that once sat near this location. From there we discover the history of our Fox Tucson Theatre, a beautiful southwest art deco designed building, and see Tucson's first skyscraper built in 1929!
Then we head down to see the Hotel Congress, plus, we learn the history of the Rialto Theatre. We stroll around our historic Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, and learn of a famous gunfight that occurs along the railroad tracks right behind this depot! Plus, we see a historic steam engine!
We stroll down Pennington Street to see a historic pueblo deco building, and hear the story of a famous dress shop that was frequented by one of the most famous Hollywood actresses of all time – this is quite the tale!
We end the tour on Jácome Plaza to learn the story of the Steinfeld and Jácome families and the shopping scene they built in Downtown Tucson, including a luxury historic hotel - it's quite the story of the grand ole days of downtown shopping! Priced $35 per person.
Book a tour today at www.StrollsAndStoriesTours.com
