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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

New Sonora Desert Ranch - Arizona

Return to the days when life was not so complicated. In the late seventeenth century, the fertile Altar valley was settled by Spanish Jesuits. Father Eusebio Francisco Kino and his followers built a mission outpost on the ranch. Still standing this rare historic adobe structure is reputed to be the second oldest building in Arizona.

Today it serves as a peaceful gathering place for our guests to mingle and relax. Ranch of the "She Bear", is one of the last great Spanish Haciendas still standing in America. During the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa was said to have fires shots at the Hacienda. You can even hold a Mexican cannonball found in the stucco walls of the Hacienda dining room!

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