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Glimpses Into Our Past: The Valenzuela Family – Part 1
Valentine (Val) Valenzuela, Sr. (1851-1945), the patriarch of Patagonia’s Valenzuela family, moved from California to Crittenden 145 years ago. He married Luz Rabago (1828-1909) about 1881, and they had 11 children (six boys and five girls). The family lived for many years on land they homesteaded south of Crittenden. Sometime in the early 1900s they built and moved to a two-story adobe home at 289 Duquesne Rd. in Patagonia. Val Sr. was a consummate businessman, engaging in ranching and mining, and he owned and operated a stage line and meat shop. [Patagonia Regional Times, May 2018]. This article reviews the lives and contributions of his six sons. Next month, Val and Luz’s daughters will be featured.
Patagonia Town Council Notes – Oct. 2024
Manager Ron Robinson explained features of the upcoming town road resurfacing project, where a total of about two miles of dirt roads will be paved with chip-seal, and much of it widened and given curbs. Engineering design will include dust control, attention to storm water drainage and mitigation of possible damage.
New $40-60 Million Sonoita Dude Ranch Gets First Permit
A proposed dude ranch in Sonoita cleared its first hurdle Sept. 26 when the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to issue a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) by a vote of five ayes, with four members abstaining. The Babacomari Ranch Company had applied for the permit as the...
Sonoita Therapist Helps Horses Heal
“What the horse has to say” is the mantra of Sonoita resident and longtime equine therapist Marie Eastman. Arriving in the area from Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin at the end of 2023, Eastman brings with her a lifetime of equine experience. “Starting at the age of five, I...
Patagonia Pool Update (Oct. 2024)
The public pool in Patagonia has seen a lot of activity and changes this year. It was used for swim lessons, laps, water aerobics, and physical therapy, as well as free swim time. It also provided employment for student lifeguards. The pool, although located on the school campus, is funded...
The 2024 Santa Cruz County Fair 4-H/FFA Grand Champions
Members of the Rio Rico Rattlesnakes 4-H Club, Sonoita Mustangs 4-H Club, and Benson High School and Rio Rico High school FFA programs competed in the 2024 Santa Cruz County Fair Livestock Show. The Junior Livestock Auction sales totaled $257,628, with $10,415 raised for scholarships. Grand Champion Bred ‘N Fed...
Letter to the Editor (Oct. 2024)
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Finally! New Road to Meadow Valley on the Way
As reported by the PRT in May of 2019, public access to 34,000 acres of Forest Service land in Meadow Valley and the Boghole Cienega area located at the north end of the San Rafael Valley had been blocked by private landowners since July of the previous year. Numerous attempts...
A Painting, Pizza and Prayers: Velvet Elvis’s Recipe for Success
Velvet Elvis at La Misión, 359 W. McKeown Ave., Patagonia. Open 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more, required for parties of 20-plus. (520) 394-0069, velvetelvislamision.com. Unexpected miracles: Cecilia San Miguel’s life has been filled with...
Ocelot spotted on new trail-cam video moving through Southern Arizona
A wild ocelot has been making tracks in the Sky Islands of Southern Arizona. Appearing twice this summer on wildlife cameras, the latest detection — first announced today — challenges prior understanding of what the ocelot range is in the region.
Patagonia Volleyball Looking for Confidence Booster
The way first-year coach Andres Cuevas sees it, the Patagonia High School volleyball team is lacking one key ingredient to compete against the top Class 1A schools in the state. Confidence. “We have improved,” Cuevas said. “Our weakest point is about our mind set. I don’t think the ladies have...
Metal Sculptor Finds Freedom in the Flow
At the old P.I.G.S. gas station in Patagonia, behind the red Tamales y Tacos Elisa food truck and festive seating area, new art takes form at Dan McCabe’s metalworking studio. McCabe bends, rolls, welds, and assembles striking pieces that feature organic forms in clean-line settings. McCabe and his wife,...
A Visit to the Principal’s Office
“I am honored and excited to be the Superintendent of the Elgin School and am looking forward to serving the kids and the community,” said Dan Erickson, new Superintendent-Principal of the Elgin School, which serves the communities of Elgin and Sonoita. Erickson assumed his position on July 6 in...
Elgin Mammoth Returns to Fairgrounds
In 1968, Elgin resident Juan Padilla made a discovery that many archaeologists would give their eye teeth for. That discovery was mammoth fossils protruding from an arroyo on a ranch owned by Richard Telles near the then-Elgin school where the sixth grader attended. Mammoths migrated to North America from Asia...
Notes From SEFD: Follow the Money
News of the nearly $40 million missing from Santa Cruz County funds shocked all of us at Sonoita Elgin Fire District. Our financial services firm has reviewed the past five years income from property taxes via the County and has not found discrepancies. The caveat to that is that the same entity advising us what we should receive in property tax revenue is also the entity that makes the payment. We have no means of checking the accuracy of the initial figure of what we should receive, and it is certain that we have losses.
Residents Continue to Push for Limiting Access to Cross Creek Connector
Santa Cruz County and South32 have addressed some of the safety concerns expressed by residents of Red Rock Acres Homeowners Association regarding the Cross Creek Connector (CCC), but one key issue remains: Whether the CCC will be open to the general public. “We want the road closed to the general...
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