Dry River: Stories of Life, Death, and Redemption on the Santa Cruz

Timeline

Timeline 1536 Estevanico (Black Steven) and Cabeza de Vaca in Sonora. Chapter 2 1539 Fray Marcos de Niza and Estevanico enter San Rafael Valley. Chapter 2 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado enters Arizona. Chapter 2 1637 Juan Munguia Villela and General Pedro de Perea come to Santa Cruz, Sonora. Chapter 3 1645 Father Eusebio Francisco Kino born in Segno, Italy. Chapter 3 1681 Father Kino arrives at Vera Cruz, Sonora. Chapter 3 1687 Father Kino establishes first mission, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, on March 13. Chapter 3 1691 Father Kino establishes visita at San Lázaro and visits Tumacácori and Guevavi. Chapters 3, 4 1692 Father Kino establishes mission at San Xavier del Bac. Chapter 7 1693 Father Kino establishes mission at Santa Cruz, Sonora (Santa María Suamca). Chapter 3 1697 Father Kino visits Pima tribes at Gila River. Chapter 9 1698 Father Kino establishes a visita at Tucson. Chapter 8 1701 Father Kino establishes mission at Guevavi. Chapter 4 1701 Father Francisco Gonzalvo at San Xavier. Chapter 8 1711 Father Kino dies at Magdalena. Chapter 4 1726 Father Joseph Agustín visits Tubac (Tchoowaka). Chapter 5 1732 Father Ignacio Xavier Keller comes to Santa Cruz, Sonora (Santa María Suamca). Chapter 3 250 timeline 1732 Father Johann Baptist Grazhoffer reestablishes Guevavi mission. Chapter 4 Tubac becomes visita to Guevavi mission. Chapter 5 1736 Juan Bautista de Anza born in Sonora. Chapter 5 1750s Father Joseph Garrucho builds mission at Guevavi. Chapter 4 1751 Pima Indian Revolt. Chapters 4, 5 1752 Presidio at Tubac established under Captain Juan Tomás Belderrain. Chapter 4 1756 Calabasas becomes a visita under Father Francisco Pauer. Chapter 4 1767 Jesuit expulsion. King Charles III banishes Jesuits from Spanish lands. Chapters 3, 4 Franciscans arrive in Sonora. Chapter 4 1768 Apaches burn the church at Santa Cruz, Sonora (Santa María Suamca). Chapter 3 1771 Father Francisco Garcés begins building project at Tucson. Chapter 8 1775 August 20, Tucson is born when Colonel Hugo O’Conor orders the Tubac presidio to Tucson. Chapter 4 Juan Bautista de Anza leads colonizing expedition through Arizona. Chapter 4 Father Pedro Font writes about lower Santa Cruz River. Chapter 9 1776 The presidio of Santa Cruz de Terrenate established at the San Pedro River. Chapter 3 1776 Tubac presidio transfers to Tucson. Chapter 4 1777 Father Juan Bautista Belderrain at Mission San Xavier. Chapter 7 1778 De Anza becomes governor of New Mexico. Chapter 5 1778 Father Francisco Garcés begins Convento at Tucson. Chapter 8 1779 Spanish abandon the presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate. Chapter 5 1781 Tubac abandoned. Chapter 5 1781 Father Francisco Garcés martyred at Yuma. Chapter 8 1782 “May Day”Apache attack at Tucson presidio. Chapters 7, 8 timeline 251 1783 Father Belderrain begins construction of present mission at San Xavier. Chapter 7 1787 The presidio of Santa Cruz de Terrenate moves to Santa Cruz, Sonora (Santa María Suamca). Chapter 3 1787 Tubac receives detachment of Pima Indians, San Rafael Company. Chapter 5 1788 De Anza dies at Arizpe. Chapter 5 1789 Toribio Otero receives Spanish land grant at Tubac. Chapter 6 1790s Father Juan Bautista Llorens begins Convento expansion. Chapter 8 1797 Father Juan Baptista Llorens completes San Xavier Mission. Chapter 7 1800 Franciscans under Fray Narciso Gutierrez begin construction of present church at Tumacácori. Chapter 5 1814 Father Juan Bautista Llorens departs Bac and dies in 1815. Chapter 8 1821 September 27: Mexico wins independence from Spain. Chapter 4 December 15: Ignacio and Tomás Ortiz receive La Canoa Spanish land grant. Chapter 6 1822 Present church at Tumacácori completed. Chapter 5 1825 Ramón Romero receives San Rafael Spanish land grant. Chapter 2 1828 Mexican government orders all Spanish out of country. Chapter 5 1831 Father Rafael Diaz departs Tucson for Ímuris. Chapter 8 1834 Mexican government decrees end to mission system. Chapter 4 1837 Manuel María Gándara becomes governor of Sonora first time. Chapter 4 1847 Felix Telles,“Mickey Free,” is born in Santa Cruz, Sonora. Chapter 3 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Chapter 2 Tumacácori mission abandoned. Chapter 5 1850 Fifteen-year-old Inez Gonzales is captured by Apaches. Chapter 3 252 timeline 1850s Alfred and William Rowlett dam Santa Cruz to create Silver Lake. Chapter 8 1851 John Russell Bartlett enters San Rafael Valley. Chapters 2, 3 1852 Bartlett visits Tubac and Tucson. Chapters...