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Tucson area offers attractions beyond its natural wonders. The city
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| Mission
San Xavier del Bac |
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San Xavier del Bac Mission south of town is a magnificently restored
18th century church that adds Moorish, Byzantine and American Indian
influences to Catholicism. The Mission serves the Tohono O'odham.
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The
name of the tribe means "desert people"...it replaced what
the Spanish had called them: the Papago, which means "bean-eaters."
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| Titan
Missle Museum |
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South
on I-19 is the Titan Missile Museum. Of the 54 Titan sites that provided
a nuclear deterrent during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, only this site
remains intact. Your tour guides taking you down into the silo are
all former workers at the missile site.
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Perhaps
they'll give you the same opportunity Lorraine got: to turn the key
that would have launched the missile. Old Titans are still being used
to put satellites in orbit...so it is remarkable that the Air Force
is allowing one to sit in this silo as a tourist attraction. |
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| Kitt
Peak |
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| Kitt
Peak National Observatory stands on Tohono O'odham land nearly seven
thousand feet high. It is home to 22 optical and two radio telescopes.
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Take
part in the evening program and you get to look through one of the
smaller telescopes...but dress warmly! |
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