• Sunlight illuminates the top of historic Mission San José de Tumacácori church.

    Tumacácori

    National Historical Park Arizona

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Rare winter storm clouds embrace Mission San José de Tumacácori
Rare winter storm embraces Mission San José de Tumacácori
NPS Photo by Vicki Wolfe

Did You Know?

Mountains above Rancho Arizona

Arizona takes its name from a ranch of the same name, meaning "the good oak tree" in Basque, established by Bernardo de Urrea in 1735 in the rugged, mountain country about forty miles southwest of Tumacácori.