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===Sahuarita on the map (1870β1925)=== [[Image:1875-sahuarito.JPG|thumb|{{center|The first known map to list the town.1875}}]] An 1870 map of Arizona shows an "Indian Village" just north of Sahuarita.<ref name=map1>{{cite web | year = 1870 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-30415-1140454&name=Arizona,+New+Mexico. | title = Arizona, New Mexico | work = by Mitchell, Samuel Augustus | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> The earliest known reference to the town can be found on a German map from 1875, which labels the town "Sahuarito".<ref name=map2>{{cite web | year = 1875 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-2475-250030&name=Die+Vereinigten+Staaten+Von+Nord-Amerika+In+6+Blattern. | title = Die Vereinigten Staaten Von Nord-Amerika In 6 Blattern | work = The United States in 6 sheets, by Stieler, Adolf | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> The first known US map to list the town came in 1879, by the US Department of Interior, calling the town "Saurita".<ref name=map3>{{cite web | year = 1879 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-1598-200048&name=Territory+Of+Arizona. | title = Territory of Arizona | work = U.S. General Land Office | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> The Saurita town name would continue to be found on successive maps of 1880<ref name=map4>{{cite web | year = 1880 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-1807-170060&name=Official+Map+Of+The+Territory+Of+Arizona. | title = Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona. | work = Eckhoff, E.A.; Riecker, P. | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> and 1890.<ref name=map5>{{cite web | year = 1890 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-30595-1140122&name=Arizona,+New+Mexico. | title = Arizona, New Mexico. | work = Mitchell, Samuel Augustus | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref> Finally, a 1925 map of "Auto Trails" (e.g. roadways) of Arizona and New Mexico lists "Continental" instead of Sahuarita. The roadway at the time was an "improved road", one step inferior to a "paved road", laying the route to what today is called the Old Nogales Highway.<ref>{{cite web | year = 1925 | url = http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-2164-200083&name=Rand+McNally+Official+1925+Auto+Trails+Map+Arizona+New+Mexico. | title = Rand McNally Official 1925 Auto Trails Map Arizona New Mexico. | publisher = David Rumsey Map Collection | access-date = October 23, 2007 }}</ref>
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