TUCSON. The largest city of Arizona, and the county seat of Pima County, 130 miles south east of Plnenix; on the Santa Cruz River, and on the Southern Pacific Railroad (Map: Arizona, C 3). It is the seat of the University of Arizona, opened in 1391, and of Saint Joseph's Academy. The public library has about 3500 volumes. Cat tle-raising and farming are the leading indus tries of surrounding district, which also has considerable mineral wealth. The indus trial establishments of the city are for the most part connected with the mining industry. The water-works are owned by the municipality. Pop ulation, in 1890, 5150; in 1900, 7531.
Tucson was first permanently settled as a presidio by the Spaniards about 1776, though there had been previously a small Indian village, or rancheria (abandoned in 1763), under the con trol of the Spanish authorities. It lies within the territory obtained for the United States by the 'Gadsden Purchase' of 1853. It was the capital of Arizona Territory from 1867 to 1877, and was incorporated in 1877 and reincorporated in 1883. There seems to he no foundation for the belief that Tucson was founded by the Spaniards in 1560, and thus antedates Saint Augustine.
Consult Baneroft, History of Mexico and Arizona (San Francisco, 1880).
t75'koo-miin'. The smallest and most densely populated province of Argentina, bounded by the Province of Salta on the north, Santiago del Estero on the east, and Catamarca on the south and west (Map: Argentina, D 9). Area, 8926 square miles. The eastern portion is rolling. but the western portion becomes quite mountainous. The mountains, offshoots of the Andes. afford extensive forests in the valleys and some mines of gold, silver, and copper, but these are not extensively worked. Sugar and rum are the chief products, but cereals, rice, tobacco, and fruits are raised. The soil generally is fertile, but in some portions use must be made of irrigation. The population, which is largely mestizo, in 1895 numbered 215.742. Tucuman (q.v.) is the capital. Tucuman was originally a portion of the dominion, of the Incas. After the conquest the GobermWion of Tueuman in cluded many of the surrounding provinces and was first subject to the Audiencia of Charcas, and after 1776 to the Viceroyalty of La Plata.