Living History Day - Crime in Arizona

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Mar 12, 2022  10am - 2pm

Location

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Details

Included in admission, which can be purchased at the door.

The Presidio Museum comes alive allowing visitors to get a feel for what it would have been like to be in the Presidio at its height of occupation in the late 18th century. Traditional activities include blacksmithing, soldier drills and the firing of a four-pound bronze cannon, children’s games, and tastings of handmade tortillas.

This month, in addition to our traditional demonstrations, Living History will take a look at crime in Tucson from New Spain to statehood. A special activity included in this month’s event is “Solve the Murder Mystery Using History.” Attendees will discover when they arrive that someone in the Presidio Museum has been “murdered.” Clues to solve the murder will be presented at many of the re-enactment stations. Can you solve the murder?

Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet a re-enactor portraying Atanacia Santa Cruz Hughes who will tell the story of her sister Petra Santa Cruz whose husband Hiram Stevens attempted to murder Petra and then killed himself.