Several special events are taking place this month at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, and no doubt people from Tucson will want to travel the short distance there to participate in one or more of these activities.
One is on the history of chocolate, where attendees will learn how pre-Columbian Native Americans and the Mayans made their chocolate, and try samples of a cacao bean and their ancient drink. This event will take place this Friday, January 8, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, and again on January 22.
Tours of the original town site of Tubac will be given by experts in the local area, who will discuss the Spanish colonial archaeological site that includes a plaza area, a partial irrigation ditch, and foundations of residences. Two tours are scheduled: one on Tuesday January 12, and the other on Friday January 29, with both running from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
There will be a series of talks by historian Dwight Thibodeaux on prehistoric Rio Rico. The first will be on how the Rio Rico area and the Santa Cruz River were created by Mother Nature. The second will be on prehistoric plants and animals and the third will be on the people in prehistoric times who lived in the villages in the area of Rio Rico. The dates for these talks are January 10, 17, and 24, beginning at 2:00 pm.
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