A Brief History of the Santa Cruz River in Tucson

A Brief History of the Santa Cruz River in Tucson With Mauro Trejo, Trejo Walking Tours Description: This talk will cover the history of Tucson’s water and its relationship with the river. We will discuss what the river looked like before industrialization and how it got to the state it is in today. Bio: Mauro Trejo is a local public historian, and staff and board member of The Tucson Presidio Trust, Los Descendientes de Tucson, and The Anza Trail Foundation. In addition he is a commissioner with the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission. He has spent most of his life studying the history of Tucson and gives numerous talks and walking tours sharing the history of this amazing place. Mauro also runs Trejo’s Tucson Walking Tours and is a 7th generation native with family roots dating back to 1780 in Tucson.