I've found many historic photos of Tucson's early years, many more than I can use here. While doing that, I learned some new things about our city. I'm not surprised but didn't know that Tucson had an Indian school. Such schools are quite controversial today, with good reason. There are a great many pictures related to the school but I want to know more about the lives of their students. Perhaps there are still former students willing to share their stories.
Naturally there are more photos of more recent times but I would like to stick mostly with the WW II years and earlier. I also want to focus on the downtown and the five Historic Preservation Zones but as time passed, these communities were influenced by events outside of those places. Major events in the growing city should not be ignored. There is still a lot of research to be done.
As I filled in the pages with new content some reorganization seemed best. The main two subject areas are history and historic preservation. In some ways, each is distinct but the boundaries become blurred in some cases. The goal is to make it easy for you or me to access material of interest. That's not as easy as I first thought.
My last chore will probably never be entirely completed: finding and fixing broken or erroneous links. It's annoying to click a link and get nothing of use. There are hundreds of links in a complex website and the content they point to can be moved or deleted. Each link must be tested and fixed as needed. A good link today may be bad tomorrow.
If you discover any problem in the blog or website, please let me know at historictucson@gmail.com.
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