"Presidio of San Ignacio de Tubac (1752-1848) – Also called Fort Tubac, this Spanish built presidio was established by the Spanish Army in 1752 at the site of present-day Tubac, Arizona. For some 50 years prior, the Catholic Church and the Spanish military had been the vanguards of Spanish frontier expansion throughout New Spain. The Jesuit, Eusebio Francisco Kino, established missions from 1687 to 1711 in an attempt to Christianize and control the native peoples in the area. He established the Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori nearby in 1691. At that time, Tubac was a small Piman village, which soon became a mission farm and ranch. In the 1730's, Spanish Colonists began to settle the Tubac area, irrigating and farming the lands along the Santa Cruz River, and raising livestock.
However, many of the native peoples in the region were not happy with their gradual loss of autonomy and territory. In addition, a number of treaties which allowed the Spanish to mine and herd on Native lands led to an influx of new settlers that often culminated in low-level violence by the local Spanish settlers against Indians. As a result, a Pima chief named Luis of Saric, stirred by many grievances, led a bloody uprising, known as the Pima Revolt, in November, 1751, destroying the small settlement at Tubac.
Following a major battle and the subsequent surrender of the Piman Indians, the Spanish founded the Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac in June, 1752. Located about four miles north of the Tumacacori Mission, a garrison of 50 soldiers, commanded by Captain Juan Thomas de Belderrain, were made responsible for protecting the Tumacacori and Guevavi Missions, the Rancheria of Arivaca, and even points as remote as San Xavier…"
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