Tucson: A History of the Old Pueblo from the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, 2d ed.

At the 250th anniversary of Tucson's official founding on August 20, 1775, the city is now an environmentally attractive, if economically poor, major college town with a large military base onto which numerous rapidly growing suburban communities have been grafted. Tracing Tucson's history since the 1854 Gadsden Purchase brought Southern Arizona into the United States, this book's second edition contains significant updates and revisions including extensive coverage of the 2015-2024 period...