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German POW Camp at Papago Park
View of the Papago Park German POW Camp from a macine-gun-equipped guard tower. The facility held 1,500 to 5,000 prisoners at any given moment during World War II. Next time... […]
Criticizing Coolidge
Coolidge, Ariz. pictured in the early 1940s. In 1935, perhaps half-a-dozen years before this photograph was taken, Arizona Daily Star reporter Bernice Cosulich took a road trip through rural Arizona.... […]
Capt. Bullwinkle: From Chicago fireman to Flagstaff ranch foreman
Fort Valley, a small community northwest of Flagstaff, is named for Fort Moroni, a stockade built in the early 1880s by John W. Young, a son of LDS president Brigham... […]
First Arizona execution by gas chamber
In the October election of 1933, the electorate changed the method of execution in Arizona from hanging to the gas chamber. One reporter said watching the use of gas “…appeared... […]
The Arizona Capitol
Feb. 25, 1901, was described as “a model Arizona day, a summer day in winter, one of those glorious days that Eastern people read about but never witness.” It was... […]
Geronimo’s Autobiography
“Because he has given me permission to tell my story; because he has read that story and knows I try to speak the truth… I dedicate this story of my... […]
Myths and heroes: The founding of the University of Arizona
Selim Franklin, territorial representative, co-founder and one of the first University of Arizona professors. “Who ever heard of a professor buying a drink?” That’s why saloonkeepers didn’t want the University... […]
With all the bells and whistles
A sketch from longtime Washington political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman Bisbee miners blew up a stack of 48 sticks of dynamite. When Phoenix tried the same thing, it rattled the... […]
The (somewhat) true story of Corydon Cooley
Corydon Eliphalet Cooley on his porch circa 1900. Six generations of Cooleys grew up in Arizona, but one side of their family goes back much further. In 1871, the clan’s... […]
Short Creek
In July 1953, Gov. Howard Pyle issued an insurrection proclamation against Short Creek, Ariz. This proclamation allowed $50,000 in emergency funds under the discretion of the governor to be used... […]
Guarding the Castle
Montezuma Castle near Camp Verde is an enigma. The great Aztec chief Montezuma would never have seen the structure on the cliff walls. It certainly is not a castle, but... […]
The legislative life
Whiskey Row, Prescott, 1877. The early years of the Arizona Territorial Legislature were an interesting affair. The Legislature met in Prescott during the early months of the new year when... […]
