Salon & Saloon Lecture Presented by the Presidio Museum: The Munguía Ranch
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Dec 16, 2023 2pm - 3pm
Location
**Lectures are held in the Monsoon Room at JoJo’s Restaurant, 201 N. Court St., across the street from the Presidio Museum. Food and drink will be available for sale during the lecture.
Details
Presenters: Filmmaker & Site Steward Kiersten Dunbar Chace & Presidio Museum Board Member Monica Smith
Saturday, December 16, 2 pm
$5/person at the door, or pre-register online.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, mestizo families from the Tucson Presidio area populated and developed ranches near the San Pedro River, which provided cattle and produce to Tucson and surrounding forts. Surnames such as Soza, Apodaca, Gamez, Araiza, Pacheco and Vasquez are just a few of the families that thrived and prospered along the beloved river and contributed greatly to the development of Tucson. One of these ranchers was Don Tomás Munguía, whose home still stands along the San Pedro River after 135+ years. In 2005, preservation archaeologist Jacquie Dale submitted the Munguía homestead to the Arizona Site Steward Program for protection and monitoring. Seventeen years later, filmmaker and site steward Kiersten Dunbar Chace visited the Munguía site to monitor and document the home and learn of Munguía’s rich Arizona ancestry, dating back to the 18th century. Dunbar Chace and Presidio Museum board member Monica Smith will share their findings.
