Tucson, capital of Pima county, Arizona, on the Santa Cruz River, 978 miles by rail SE. of San Francisco, with some trade in wool, hides, stock, and gold-dust. Founded by the Jesuits in 1560, it was the capital of Arizona from 1867 to 1877. Pop. (1880) 7007; (1890) 5150.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 318
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