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Ambos means both, ambos Nogales is "two Nogales"

The battleship USS Arizona got its’ name from Mayor Mix of Nogales (photo – Battleship USS Arizona)

When Governor Tom Dewey (R) lost to incumbent Pres Harry Truman in Nov 1948 he flew to the El Conquistador in Tucson to rest and came to the Cavern in Nogales for dinner (photo)

The first European entered Santa Cruz county 47 after Columbus discovered America, Fray Marcos de Niza, 1539

Over 50 movies were made in Santa Cruz County beginning in 1912

Missions in the Pimeria Alta were separated by one day’s ride on horseback

A US Army Captain Richard S Ewell, commanded a Fort Buchanan in 1859 in Santa Cruz County, later became a Confederate Lt. General in the Civil War 

A world famous Jazz musician, Charlie Mingus, was born in Nogales

Most of the tomatoes consumed in the US come through Nogales

A ‘50s TV star, Roger Smith, came from Nogales and starred as a detective in '77 Sunset Strip

The only woman journalist to ever interview Adolph Hitler, Inga Aarvad McCoy from Denmark, lived in Nogales

The first fence along the border was put by Mexico because of hoof and mouth disease

A son of a famous Civil War general, and President of the United States - Ulysses Grant was Jesse Grant, who lived in Nogales 

Nogales’ first industry was mining

More World War II soldiers per capita came from Santa Cruz than any other in the US

The Old City Hall in Nogales was built in 1914, a year before Arizona became a state. It was used as the Office of the Mayor, the Sheriff’s office with two holding cells, and the Fire Department. Now, it houses the Pimeria Alta Historical Society.

Pancho Villa’s army occupied Nogales, Mexico in 1914 during the Mexican Revolution. At that time, the U.S. military’s garrison in Nogales grew to over 10,000 mostly black soldiers of the highly decorated 15th Regiment – most of who were detached from Washington, D.C.

The Woolworth Company building – located at 34-46 Morley Avenue, constructed in 1917, is the only neo-classical commercial building in Nogales as well as the only original terra cotta façade in Nogales.

The top eight commodities that account for three-quarters of all fresh produce passing through the gateways of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico/Nogales, Arizona each year are:  tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, melons, watermelon, mangoes and grapes.

It is rumored that “Pancho Villa” regularly crossed the Nogales border and had secret hiding places in rooms or closets in the prestigious homes on Crawford Street.

Nogales is the Spanish word for “walnuts.”

Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora was at one time one city that is now separated by a fence which was first erected by the International Border of Nogales, Sonora to keep out the rowdy Americans!