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Catalina Foothills, Arizona Area DemographicsCatalina Foothills, Arizona real estate is a suburb of Tucson, Arizona and is located in the northeastern corner of Pima County, whose southern border forms part of the international border with Mexico. Catalina Hills is an unincorporated community immediately north of Tucson, yet with a population of 53,794 (2000 U.S. census) and growing, it is the third-largest community in Pima County, after Tucson, which has a population of 521,605. Just next door to the west is another unincorporated community, Casas Adobes, which had a 2000 population of 54,011, making it the second-largest community in Pima County. Catalina Foothills sits just west of the Coronado National Forest, Pusch Ridge Wilderness and Mount Lemmon Recreational Area, and east of the large Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, which covers nearly 4,000 square miles and is home to about 20,000 people.
Pima County is home to 957,635 residents, making it the second largest county in Arizona, after Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and eight of the other 10 largest cities in the state. Tucson, known as “The Old Pueblo,” is the second-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix (population: 1,388,416), which is the state capital and lies about 110 miles northwest of Tucson. Tucson is the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. and the 52nd-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.
Pima County contains about 30 cities, towns and unincorporated communities. In addition to Catalina Foothills and Casas Adobes, another unincorporated community northwest of Tucson, Marana (population: 23,520), was the fourth fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size from 1990-2000.
Catalina Foothills is situated along the Rillito River and is surrounded by five minor mountain ranges: the Santa Catalina Mountains and Tortolita Mountains to the north, the Santa Rita Mountains to the south, the Rincon Mountains to the east and the Tucson Mountains to the west. Collectively, these mountains are known as the Sky Islands.
Temperatures are wide-ranging from an average high of 100 degrees in June to 64 degrees in January, with an all-time high of 117 degrees; and an average low of 74 degrees in July to 39 degrees in January, with an all-time low of 16 degrees. Rainfall averages 11.7 inches per year, although the ski resort at Mount Lemmon in the Catalina Mountains just east of nearby Oro Valley receives 180 inches of annual snowfall.
Catalina Foothills, Arizona History and CultureCatalina Foothills, Arizona real estate has been continuously inhabited for at least 2,000 years, thanks to its location in a valley of the eastern Sonora Desert surrounded by five mountain ranges, including the Catalina Mountains, from which the community of Catalina Foothills draws its name. (Catalina is Spanish for Catherine; St. Catherine of Alexandria was a Catholic saint who died at age 18 in 305 A.D.) The community of Catalina Foothills should not be confused with Catalina, Arizona (population: 7,025), which lies about 20 miles north of Catalina Foothills, Arizona.
About 1,500 years ago, the Native American Hohokam tribe lived in what archeologists now call Honeybee Village, located in the foothills of the Tortolita Mountains north of Catalina Foothills. Hohokam artifacts are still being discovered at the Honeybee Village site where the Hohokam lived continuously for nearly 700 years.
Early in the 16th century, the Apache Indians arrived in the southern Arizona area, including what is now Catalina Foothills. These tribes inhabited the region only a few decades prior to the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, including Francisco Coronado. Father Kino, a Jesuit priest, developed a chain of missions throughout Arizona and established the San Xavier Mission south of what is now Tucson in 1700. Settlers arrived and often fought the Indians (particularly the Apache) until fortified presidios were built at Tubac in 1752 and Tucson in 1775.
All of what is now Arizona became part of Mexico’s northwest frontier when Mexico asserted its independence from Spain in 1810. The U.S. took possession of most of Arizona at the end of the Mexican War in 1848, after paying the Mexican government. In 1853 the land below the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.
Pima County was created in 1864 as one of the four original counties in Arizona. The original county included all of southern Arizona from the western Colorado River to the Gila River in the north to the Mexican border in the south and east to the New Mexico state line. Soon thereafter, the counties of Cochise, Graham and Santa Cruz were carved from the original Pima County.
Beginning in the 19th century, Americans increasingly settled in the Arizona Territory, following the Mexican-American War and the subsequent Gadsden Purchase that included the area of southern Arizona.
A stagecoach line that ran from California to Texas stopped at Tucson beginning in 1857 and Tucson was the territorial capital from 1867-77. The Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1880 and the University of Arizona was founded in 1885. Tucson became Arizona’s largest city and retained that distinction until Phoenix surpassed it in 1920. Arizona was the last of the contiguous 48 states to gain statehood, in 1912.
The development of air conditioning and a more reliable water supply helped to more than triple the state and county populations in the past three decades. Dude ranches became popular in the 1950s, but ritzy resorts have claimed a significant share of the tourist trade. Agriculture remains an important industry, but tourism has grown to rival it.
Catalina Foothills, Arizona Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesCatalina Foothills, Arizona real estate offers a full range of housing options in a place where the heritage of the Old West converges with a “Southwestern chic” lifestyle.
Recreational opportunities abound. Golf is not only extremely popular, but also world-class, with magnificent views of the surrounding mountains.
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is a popular attraction in the Coronado National Forest, just minutes east of Catalina Foothills. Swimmers gather at Hutch’s Pool and The Crack. Visitors who follow the road into the canyon will see views of the creek, the riparian vegetation, magnificent saguaros (cacti) on the canyon walls and towering rock formations. Picnic areas are scattered along the road, as are trailheads leading to other sections of the National Forest or paralleling the road. Within the canyon, visitors travel by foot or horseback and bicycles are permitted on certain days and times.
Biosphere 2 Center, near Oracle about 30 miles north of Catalina Foothills, is a three-acre glass and steel research structure that recreates five distinct habitats: rain forest, ocean, savanna, desert and marsh.
Near Catalina Foothills, the Casas Adobes Plaza is a historical retail destination, dating back to 1948. The plaza features some of the most authentic Mediterranean architecture in the area, with original Italian vignettes, statues and fountains part of the design, as well as a historical Mediterranean observation tower, creating a unique shopping experience for the visitors of the center’s upscale boutiques and eateries.
Westward Look Resort is another historic venture in Casas Adobes. Originally a dude ranch built in 1912 and now a resort, the 80-acre attraction remains a rustic getaway north of Tucson. Casas Adobes also boasts one of southern Arizona’s largest and most biologically-diverse nature parks, Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre private nature preserve established in the 1980s where nature, art and desert culture connect.
Nearby Tucson offers a vibrant downtown that successfully melds the old with the new. La Placita Village blends fountains with territorial architecture and contemporary, modern buildings. The adjoining community center can accommodate conventions, sports, theater and entertainment. Major venues are connected by plazas, parks, walkways and bridges and framed by 19th-century homes to form an inviting, compact downtown.
Tucson hosts a wide assortment of fairs and festivals throughout the year, including: the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, one of the largest shows of its kind in the world, held each February; the Tucson Folk Festival, a musical celebration of local and national acts held each May; the Fourth Avenue Street Fairs, held in December and March; the Tucson Rodeo (Fiesta de los Vaqueros), held in February; and All Souls Procession, a costume parade held each November.
Fourth Avenue, located near the University of Arizona, is home to many shops, restaurants and bars. University Boulevard leads directly to the university’s main gate and is also populated by bars, retail shops and restaurants.
Tucson has more than 120 parks, including Reid Park Zoo. Several scenic parks and points of interest are also located nearby, including the Tucson Botanical Gardens and Saguaro National Park.
The Tucson area is one of the leading places in the world for astronomy. The Kitt Peak National Observatory on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation west of Tucson is a stargazing center that includes the world’s largest solar telescope.
Old Tucson Studios, about 12 miles west of downtown Tucson, is a replica of an 1860s Old West town where visitors are taken back in time with stagecoach rides, gunfights, movie stunts, Western music revues and a museum.
A large number of museums provide perspective on Tucson’s past, among them: Arizona Historical Society/Downtown History Museum; Sosa-Carrillo Fremont House, an original adobe house in the Tucson Community Center; Fort Lowell Museum, on the grounds of a military fort established in 1873; Tucson Museum of Art, which includes La Casa Cordova (a one-story adobe house built possibly as early as 1848, is the oldest residence in Tucson), the J. Knox Corbett House, the Edward Nye Fish House and the Stevens/Duffield House; The University of Arizona Art Museum includes works by Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko as well as Samuel H. Kress Collection of European works from the 14th to 19th centuries and the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Collection of American paintings; the Center for Creative Photography on the University of Arizona campus, with works by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston; The Mission San Xavier del Bac south of Tucson, where Father Kino taught Christianity to the native people; the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a non-traditional zoo devoted to animals and plants of the Sonoran Desert; the Pima Air & Space Museum, featuring over 250 modern and historic aircraft; the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC), where the federal government stores decommissioned aircraft; Titan Missile Museum, a Cold War era Titan nuclear missile silo; Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum, which includes 150 buggies, wagons and coaches; and the Museum of the Horse Soldier, which honors the Western cavalry.
Performing arts are represented by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1921, the Arizona Opera Company, founded as the Tucson Opera Company in 1971, the Tucson Boys Chorus, Tucson Girls Chorus, Southern Arizona Symphony and Civic Orchestra of Tucson. Theater groups include the Arizona Theatre Company, Invisible Theatre and Gaslight Theatre.
Nineteen Indian reservations dot the entire Arizona landscape and account for about one-quarter of the state’s lands, including Pima County’s Tohono O’Odham Indian Reservation, which is home to about 20,000 people.
Tucson is the spring training home of three Major League Baseball teams, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and Colorado Rockies. Another nine MLB teams help to comprise the spring training Cactus League, including the Chicago Cubs (Mesa), Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers (Surprise), Los Angeles Angels (Tempe), Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland A’s (Phoenix), San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners (Peoria) and San Francisco Giants (Scottsdale). The Diamondbacks, who won the World Series in 2001 in just their fourth year in existence, also operate a minor-league team, the Tucson Sidewinders, who were preceded by the Tucson Toros since 1969.
The University of Arizona has its main campus at Tucson, with an enrollment of about 28,500 undergraduates and 8,500 graduate students. The Arizona State Museum, on the University of Arizona campus, includes anthropological exhibits, including the largest collection of Hohokam artifacts anywhere, as well as examples of Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Tohono Indian and Mexican cultures, a 20,000-piece collection of Native American pottery and a full-size replica of a 700-year-old cliff dwelling.
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