Editing Sahuarita, Arizona (section)

===Spanish and Mexican control (1775–1853)===
In 1775, after building a series of missions in the region, the Spanish established a fort in the Tucson region to control the Native American settlements nearby. This just north of Sahuarita, which effectively placed the region under Spanish control. Eventually a town came to be and was named Tucson. After the [[Mexican War of Independence]] in 1821, the region came under Mexican control until they sold the land to the United States as part of the [[Gadsden Purchase]].