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El Presidio in Tucson in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Alameda Street

Calle de las Milpas

— Cemetery Street —

 
 
Alameda Street Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 20, 2013
1. Alameda Street Marker
Marker is mounted horizontally in the sidewalk.
Inscription. Named Calle de las Milpas ("Road Which Leads to the Corn Fields") during Tucson’s Spanish period; the street linked the presidio with adjacent agricultural fields. Renamed Cemetery Street in the mid-1800s, the street was the main thoroughfare between downtown and the local military cemetery. By 1875 the cemetery was moved and the street was renamed Alameda Street ("Tree-Lined Street").
 
Erected 2013 by City of Tucson Historic Preservation Office.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
 
Location. 32° 13.373′ N, 110° 58.519′ W. Marker is in Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County. It is in El Presidio. Marker is at the intersection of West Alameda Street and North Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Alameda Street. Marker is in the sidewalk on the south side of Alameda Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 140 N Main Ave, Tucson AZ 85701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Padre-Eusebio-Francisco-Kino, S.J. (a few steps from this marker); Tucson Old Walled City (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward Nye Fish House (within shouting distance of this marker); Main Gate (within shouting distance
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of this marker); Main Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Southwest Corner of the Presidio (within shouting distance of this marker); Hiram S. Stevens House (within shouting distance of this marker); Presidio Wall Camino Real (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tucson.
 
Alameda Street Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 20, 2013
2. Alameda Street Marker
View north across Alameda Street to Main Avenue.
Alameda Street Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 20, 2013
3. Alameda Street Marker
View east on Alameda Street.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 612 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on May 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 23, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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