El Callejón
El Callejón is a narrow dirt road in the heart of the Old Fort Lowell neighborhood and historic district in Tucson, Arizona, United States. This narrow lane was part of the post Fort "El Fuerte" village that was established in the 1890s and continued through the 1940s. The little road holds significant cultural, environmental, and ecological history, intertwined with the region's heritage and the families who called this place home in the 20th century. Private footpaths lead to an Acequia, an irrigation canal, called the Corbett Irrigation Ditch, which dates back to 1850s.
Situated in the eastern part of the Rillito Valley, El Callejón was originally settled as a ranchería—a community of dispersed, often widely separated but inter-related homes and families, characteristic of northern Sonora and southern Arizona. It came to be known as the village of El Fuerte. The residents, many of whom were interrelated, lived a lifestyle closely connected to the land and its resources.
Today, El Callejón not only provides access for residents but also serves as a link to the adjacent and nearby wash and riparian floodplain ecosystems. Six homes along El Callejón, along with the velvet mesquite floodplain ecosystem, are designated as Historic Sites, reflecting the rich historical significance of the area.
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