CALABASAS/CALABAZAS

NAME: Calabasas COUNTY: Santa Cruz ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T22S, R13E CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall

COMMENTS: 8 miles north of Nogales on the Rio Rico Ranch. REMAINS: Nothing.

Calabasas' post office was established October 8, 1866 and discontinued August 15, 1913. Calabasas was once a Papago Indian village, a Mexican garrison, a U.S. Military base, a mining camp, and a farming community before becoming a railroad stop that was determined to become the gateway to Mexico. The Hotel Santa Rita was supposedly the finest hotel between San Fransisco and Denver. Unfortunately, Nogales took over as the gateway to Mexico and Calabasas declined into non-existence.

Calabasas in 1934 Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

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