In 1880 Richard Starr ran a stage coach trail through Starr Pass in the rugged Tucson Mountains giving visitors an opportunity to experience the wilds of western Tucson. More than 120 years later Starr Pass residential has developed this historic pass which is now Coyote Nine, hole number 6, where visitors from around the world can experience the magic of the Sonoran Desert.
Richard Starr was not the only one who embraced this magnificent location. The Carnegie Foundation established the Desert Labratory in the late 1800′s to study the ecology of the Sonoran Desert. In the mid 1950′s, the University of Arizona continued their research and today the desert lab on Tumamoc Hill is the oldest continual research project in the nation. The integity of this most important study has now been assured with the signing of the development agreement between Pima County and the owners of Starr Pass.
By working together with the University of Arizona, neighborhood communities and many local environmental groups, natural wildlife corridors now connect the desert lab and the Tucson Mountain park will extend this study through Starr Pass. This is the ecological way of creating a real estate development.
Starr Pass is dedicated to reach out and continue to honor those who have come before and will make every effort to ensure animals, plants, and humans can live together in harmony into the future.