I-19 MP 022
TUBAC

FLAG OF SPAIN PLANTED 1737
GARRISONED 1752 TO PROTECT
CHURCH MISSIONS. LATER LOST
TO MEXICO. SETTLED BY THE
MORMONS IN 1852. AMERICAN
MINING CENTER BY 1856. WAS SELF
GOVERNED POST ON LAWLESS
FRONTIER. ISSUED OWN PAPER
MONEY BOLETOS REDEEMABLE
IN SILVER. FIRST AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER IN REGION. APACHE
RAIDS CAUSED ABANDONMENT
1861-64 OR THERE ABOUTS.