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There’ll be no ‘dance houses’ in this state
Early in the state’s history, Arizona lawmakers took up the task of attempting to curtail foul language and behavior. The following laws are taken from Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, […]
Central Arizona Light and Power Company’s Patriotic Ads
The Central Arizona Light and Power Co. was a major advertiser in The Messenger, a publication that would later become Arizona Capitol Times. During the World War II years the […]
Phoenix too used to subsidized and ‘collared’ press
Lead paragraph from a page two article in the Saturday, June 24, 1916, issue of The Messenger, a precursor of the Arizona Capitol Times: “Ever since the present management of […]
Rail is not new to Phoenix (4343)
Long before anyone thought of “light rail” in downtown Phoenix, there was the Phoenix street “railway system,” which operated from 1887 to 1948. It was owned and operated by Moses […]
Bringing water to the West (4342)
On September 20, 1906, the cornerstone of Roosevelt Dam is laid. The dam won’t be completed until 1911 at a cost of $10.3 million. Money to build the dam came […]
