Santa Cruz River, Arizona
Hundreds of years ago the Santa Cruz River flowed heavily, beginning in Mexico,
then heading north up to present-day Tucson, then continuing all the
way to present-day
Phoenix where it fed into the Gila River. However, these days
there
isn't much left of
the Santa Cruz. Almost all the water and big trees have vanished.
However, the stretch
of river in the general vicinity of Tubac/Tumacácori, around 15 to 20 miles north
of the
international border, still retains a tiny bit of the Santa Cruz River's former glory with
huge cottonwood and sycamore trees and ocasionally a small amount of water.
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