Tucson's Street Names
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Cushing Street downtown is named for
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An early upholsterer, George Cushion
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Lt. Howard Cushing, an Indian fighter killed in 1871 by a band of Apache warriors;
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Rex Cushing, an early athlete at the University of Arizona
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If you've been following the Star's weekly "Street Smarts" stories, you'll ace this quiz on the history of our local street names.
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A midtown street is named for Edgar Allan Poe. Did the author have any connection to Tucson?
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Yes
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No
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A. NoExplanation
No, none is known; Poe Street is between East 5th Street and Broadway in the Poet’s Corner neighborhood.Rate this question:
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Speedway Boulevard was named
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Wilson Street in 1896, after a Tucson city councilman
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Feldman Street around the turn of the century, after a local photographer and developer
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“The Speedway,” by a group of businessmen gathered in the Columbus Bar in around 1904, after a New York City racetrack
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All of the above
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A. All of the aboveExplanation
Yup: D) all of the above. Why the racetrack-related name? Possibly because Speedway was still a dirt road then, and hosted plenty of horse races. Then again, the choice was made by a bunch of guys hanging around a bar …Rate this question:
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Camino Pio Decimo on Tucson’s east side was named for
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Pima County’s first public information officer, or “PIO,” Harvey Flack
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Native settlers
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Pope Pius X, who became pope in 1903 and was canonized in 1954
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A. Pope Pius X, who became pope in 1903 and was canonized in 1954Explanation
C) In 1969, the Diocese of Tucson created St. Pius Parish and in around 1972 a developer asked Father Robert Fuller what he would like to name the new road to St. Pius X Catholic Church, then under construction. Fuller liked the sound of the Spanish translation of Pius X, so he called it Camino Pio Decimo. The church is located at 1800 Camino Pio Decimo.Rate this question:
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Which of the following roads got its name through a possible error, when Pima Country dropped word(s) in authorizing its name?
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(Rosetta) Stone Avenue
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(Ulysses S.) Grant Road
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Hacienda del Sol (School) Road
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A. Hacienda del Sol (School) RoadExplanation
The street was named for the school it ran past, but the word “school” was inadvertently droppedRate this question:
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Anna Lester, who owned much of the land north of the University of Arizona, recorded the name "Lester Street" and three other street names in 1905. The three were named for
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A) Waterways (River, Santa Cruz, Wetmore)
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B) Trees (Linden, Seneca, Waverly)
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C) Early UA professors (Hughes, Euclid, Park
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A. B) Trees (Linden, Seneca, Waverly)Explanation
b). Trees. You either knew this one or you didn’t.Rate this question:
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Bonney Avenue, between Irvington Road and Iowa Street, was named for
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Billy the Kid, whose alias was William H. Bonney
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Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart, later Charles I
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Star columnist Bonnie Henry’s great-grandfather, Henry Bonney
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A. Billy the Kid, whose alias was William H. BonneyExplanation
Easy one, right? A) Billy the Kid, of course.Rate this question:
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Limberlost Drive is named
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After Franklin W. Limberlost, prominent local rancher
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After “The Girl of the Limberlost,” a 1909 novel
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After the Limberlost pioneer family, who were lost en route from Missouri to Oregon in the mid-19th century
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A. After “The Girl of the Limberlost,” a 1909 novelExplanation
Around 1941, Tucson had two Wetmore Roads and University of Arizona professor Harry Behn, who lived at 411 E. Old Wetmore Road, successfully petitioned for the name change to Limberlost Drive in honor of the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter. Behn, who died in 1973, founded the University of Arizona Press in 1960 and wrote many children's books, including "The Faraway Lurs."Rate this question:
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