Tuba City, on the Navajo Reservation, was founded in the 1880s as a Mormon colony. My son plays the tuba in his high-school marching band, and we were wondering how and why the town of Tuba City got its name?Īs always in such matters I turned to “Arizona Names: X Marks the Spot,” by Byrd Howell Granger, and “Arizona Place Names,” by Will Barnes.
