Learn why a Polish immigrant with an affinity for cigars has a Tucson school named for him.
Find out which local surgeon's specialty in the 1930s was bullet removal.
And hear about the perils of living in Indian country from a ranch wife left to fend for herself.
The Arizona Historical Society's "Meet Tucson's Pioneers" cemetery tour March 20 will feature costumed living history interpreters representing eight early residents, now buried at Evergreen Cemetery, who were part of Southern Arizona's pioneer melting pot.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the north end of Evergreen Cemetery, 3015 N. Oracle Road, and the tour begins a half hour later. Light refreshments will be served after the tour, at 11 a.m., and visitors can chat up the history interpreters. Cost of the tour is $10.
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For an additional $5, Historical Society docent Betty Cook will take visitors on an additional hour-long tour beginning at 11:30 a.m. called "Decoding Gravestones." Cook will explain the different types of specialty headstones and demonstrate how to make headstone rubbings without damaging the burial markers.
Call 886-3363 by March 18 to register for the tour.
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