© 2009 Brian Donahue

Hugo O’Conor - Founder of Tucson, Arizona     -     Life-size     -     Bronze     -     Downtown, Tucson, AZ

 

Hugo O’Conor was an Irishman in the service of Catholic Spain. As Commandant Inspector General of the Interior Province of New Spain O’Conor established the Presidio San Augustine del Tucson in 1775. The city of Tucson grew from this humble adobe fort.