Photo by David Yubeta

Emory Oak - planted on November 5, 2007 - to be dedicated in special centennial kick-off ceremony March 8, 2008

On This Spot

on March 8, 2008

In front of the visitor center/museum, to begin the celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the creation of  Tumacácori National Monument (now Historical Park), and in anticipation of the Arizona statehood centennial in 2012, a native Emory Oak will be dedicated to honor the name of the state.

Arizona is a Basque word meaning “the good oak tree.” The name had its origin as a ranch named Arizona thirty-five miles southwest of Tumacácori in Mexico which played a prominent role in the legendary silver strike of 1736.

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