The mesquite tree growing near my grandmother’s chicken coop 70 years ago was huge, and it remains so: a silent sentinel to watch over us.
German Quiroga
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South32 Proposes Patagonia Train Track Trail Relocation
The mining company has released details on its proposal to relocate the trail where it can more safely cross the new Cross Creek Connector road.
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What Is That?? Curios From the Patagonia Museum (Aug 2023)
Can you identify this mystery object on display at the Patagonia Museum? Hint: it’s on loan from the Arizona Geological Survey.
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What Is That? Curios From the Patagonia Museum — May 2023
Photo by German Quiroga The Santa Cruz County Seal and a few cowbells are from the George Proctor Collection at the museum. Proctor served as Santa Cruz County Supervisor from 1980 to 1984 after retiring from the U.S. Forest Service in 1976. The use of cowbells, which were tied around the livestock’s neck to keep […]
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What Is That? Curios From the Patagonia Museum – April 2023
This photo is part of the Centennial Collection at the museum. Valentin Valenzuela was born in Los Angeles, California in 1851 on February 14. He spoke English, Spanish and French. He made his way eastward working for a time on the Colorado River operating steamboats. He eventually would settle in Crittenden and operated a stage […]
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What Is That?: Curios From the Patagonia Museum (March 2023)
This contraption was donated to the museum by the Dr. Mock family. What is it?
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The Quiroga Family in Patagonia
Ramon S. and Joaquin N. Quiroga, first cousins and grandsons of family patriarch Joaquin Quiroga, circa 1935. According to the Patagonia 1900 U.S. Census, Joaquin Quiroga (1844-unknown) and Francisca Guevara Bustamante (1853-1929) arrived in the United States in 1898. Family history recounts that they arrived from Imuris, Sonora. Quirogas had settled in Sonora during the 1770s […]