Below you will find a list of current service projects we are working on.  

Our "Help Wanted" section gives more specific details.

If you have additional ideas or know of a project that needs our attention, please let us know.  info@santacruzvalleyhistory.org

SCVHS Community Service Projects

Educational Projects for Children

• Museum in Motion incorporating local history into classroom curriculum

  • Solicit program materials:  Wish List

  • Create museum kits to accompany lessons

  • Curriculum writing

  • Slide presentation editing

  • Local history tools & training for teachers

• “Explore Our Valley” virtual field trip

Educational Opportunities for Adults

• History All Around Us free community lecture series held at the St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church

• Neighborhood Nostalgia free 30-60 minute educational presentations for classrooms, clubs, churches or community organizations 

• Narrated Live and/or Virtual Bus Tours

For Everyone

• Historical Markers celebrate important people, places and events. 

  • Locations throughout the Valley

• Camp Continental, WWII German POW Camp ~ Dedicated 12 February 2025

• Coach Porter Carroll Wilson Jr. ~ Coming Soon............

• Halfway Station

• FICO Workers

• Brown Ranch / Stage Stop

• Sahuarita School

• Sahuarita Store/One-Stop

• Sahuarita Bar & Grill

• Continental Store

• Continental School

• Memorable Teachers

• Historic Families

• Migrant Workers

• Outdoor Public Art Custom Tile Murals (like downtown Tucson overpass)

  • Locations throughout the Valley and in Sahuarita Town Project

    • POW Camp (U of A Photo of Camp)

• Sahuarita Railroad Station (Postcard of Train)

• Old School Houses (Continental and Sahuarita)

• Brown Ranch/Stage Stop

• Twin Buttes

• One-Stop/Oro Verde

• Sahuarita Mercantile (Manelos)

Preservation

• Stories From The Santa Cruz

  • Interviews to recording memories and stories

  • Historic document preservation

  • Scanning of local school yearbooks

  • Photograph digitization

  • Digitizing past editions of "The Green Valley News"

First Settlers Certificates

Ghost Towns and Old Mines 

• Cerro Colorado

• Helvetia 

• Oro Blanco

• Ruby

• Twin Buttes

Cemeteries Needing Our Help

• San Xavier Mine

• Twin Buttes