Summerhaven

History

Americans originally used the area of Summerhaven when the U.S. Army at Fort Lowell in Tucson put a military camp there in its defense against the Apache in the 1870s and 1880s. As to white settlement of the vicinity, the Ransier School in Carter Canyon, run by Lydia Ransier and 'Auntie' Broadbent, had two cabins, the larger log one being built in 1912, "one of the oldest cabins on the mountain." According to historian David Leighton, Summerhaven at one point had the highest golf links in the world. He wrote, "F.E.A Kimball (namesake of Mount Kimball), head of the Summerhaven Land and Improvement Co. on Mount Lemmon, constructed a six-hole golf links. The course was on 50 acres, a mix of Forest Service and private land, with two trout streams running through the acreage. The links were about 7,800 feet above sea level, making it the highest golf course in the world...." The Aspen wildfire struck Summerhaven in the summer of 2003, which resulted in the destruction of more than 250 of the 700 homes in the community. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano assessed the damage, and both federal and county officials surveyed the extensive loss. In the months that followed, Tucson residents organized "Lemmon Aid" to help rebuild Summerhaven.

Geography

Summerhaven is located in the Santa Catalina Mountains and is surrounded by pine trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Summerhaven CDP has a total area of , almost all land. |source 2= |date=May 2012}}

Largest nearby schools

• Sabino High School
  High · TUCSON · 862 students · 21:1 ratio
• Coronado K-8 School
  Elementary · TUCSON · 665 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Esperero Canyon Middle School
  Middle · TUCSON · 501 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• Ventana Vista Elementary School
  Elementary · TUCSON · 470 students · 15.2:1 ratio
• Canyon View Elementary School
  Elementary · TUCSON · 394 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• PCJTED - Sabino High School
  High · TUCSON