The revolutions in Mexico and the California Gold Rush had depleted much of the male population in northern Sonora. In some villages the ratio of women to men was twelve to one. This caused a mass exodus of unattached young women who proceeded to head for
the boom town of Tubac. It also became a Gretna Green for young runaway couples who couldn't afford the twenty-five dollar fee the priest ch
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