Arizona The Wonderful Country Tucson Its Metropolis PDF Download

Excerpt from Tucson, Arizona's Metropolis The schoolhouses, churches and other public institutions of Tucson are among her most remarkable features. A few year ago three new school buildings of a very artistic design were constructed, and. It was supposed at that time that they would meet the needs of the city for a number of years to come, but they are already well filled and another new school building is under construction. The Catholic Sisters maintain the St. J oseph's Academy and parochial schools at Tucson. All of the leading denomina tions - Congregational, Episcopal, Meth odist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic - are represented by churches. The Pima county court-house, with the public park adjoining it, is the most inviting spot in the center of the city. The Carnegie free library, erected two years ago at a cost of is sur rounded by well-kept grounds and faces - Tucson has thrown off her out-grown shell and emerged from a somewhat obscure past to find a rapidly growing territory, Washington Park, the military plaza of the old Mexican town, and the largest public park in the city. The Elks, Odd Fellows and United Workmen all own handsome buildings, and the residence of the Owls is the most unique structure in Tucson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.