National Register of Historic Places

Kitchen, Pete, Ranch

Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Listed
February 20, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000360

About this property

The Pete Kitchen Ranch was established on Potrero Creek near Nogales, Arizona Territory, about 1862, reputedly the first permanent American ranch in Arizona. The site, which had good access to water, had been inhabited in prehistory and had been visited by Juan Bautista de Anza in October 1774, who called it Las Lagunas, a name also used by Kitchen. By the 1870s, the ranch was producing substantial crops and livestock that yielded an income of $10,000 a year. "Pete Kitchen hams" were a major portion of the business. In 1883, Kitchen sold the ranch for a substantial amount of money after the arrival of the railroad cut into his market. He continued to maintain mining and cattle interests and retired to Tucson, losing his money to gambling and loans to friends. Kitchen died on August 5, 1895, at age 77.

Location

Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
31.40236, -110.95515

Categories

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Sources

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When was Kitchen, Pete, Ranch listed on the National Register?

Kitchen, Pete, Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Kitchen, Pete, Ranch?

Kitchen, Pete, Ranch is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Kitchen, Pete, Ranch is recorded as the industrial era.

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