• Upon approaching Tucson, Battalion commissary was in urgent need of resupply. Soldiers were on ¼ rations and animal fodder was waning.
 

• Through diplomacy and good fortune, Lt Col. Cooke avoided combat with the Mexican garrison, who had relocated to the Mission San Xavier del Bac.
 

• The Battalion camped at the Santa Cruz River December 16-18, 1846. They raised the U.S. flag for the first time over Tucson.
 

• They conducted friendly trade of
European clothing for much needed
wheat and beans with local Tucson
merchants.
 

The Monument depicts three historical figures:
• Captain Jefferson Hunt, Commander, Co. A – pointing to where the U.S. flag is to be posted.
 

• Pvt. Christopher Layton, Co. C – carrying the U.S. flag. Layton later returned to become a colonizer and
community leader in Southern Arizona.
 

• Teodoro Ramirez- successful and respected Tucson merchant inspecting trading goods.
 

• The Tucson Mormon Battalion Monument Foundation was founded in 1987 to sponsor the building of the Monument which was erected and
dedicated in December 1996.
 

• The Monument honors the men and women involved in the historic peaceful exchange between Anglo-American and Hispanic cultures.