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Mission Garden Earns Historic Honor | Tucson News
Mission Garden in Tucson just earned a historic honor—officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places—celebrating its status as one of the oldest continuously farmed sites in the country, rooted on ancestral O’odham land at the foot of Sentinel Peak. This milestone is part of a broader preservation push fueled by a $500,000 grant from Pima County, managed by the National Park Service. Led by nonprofit Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace and in partnership with Pima County’s Office of Sustainability and Conservation, the team not only submitted the application but also actively…
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