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Pick your poison: War or flu
The original Armistice Day arrived at 11 a. m. on Nov. 11, 1918. It was a 30-day temporary cessation of the horrors of World War I. Every 30 days, the […]
John C. Frémont
John C. Frémont People have always come to Arizona for a new beginning or to reinvent themselves. John C. Frémont, ‘The Great Pathfinder,’ was no exception.Frémont was born in Savannah, […]
The Hohokam’s Legacy: Pueblo Grande
Odd Halseth, Phoenix’s first city archaeologist and Pueblo Grande’s first museum director, gives a presentation to a Creighton School eighth-grade history class in 1939 with the original museum and platform […]
Lee’s Ferry
Lee’s Ferry around 1917 with possibly the raft that capsized in 1928 and resulted in the close of the ferry operation. The first non-Native Americans to see Lee’s Ferry may […]
The Arizona Temple
The Arizona Temple pictured during the four-day dedication ceremony in 1927. In 1833, Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith outlined the “look before you leap” plan for settling the West. The plan […]
Governor Frederick A. Tritle
Gov. Frederick A. Tritle As Gov. Joseph Kibbey walked through the streets of downtown Phoenix in late 1906, former Gov. Frederick A. Tritle called to him from a chair near […]
Clifton’s early calamities
Fabled Chase Creek Street in Clifton, photographed sometime after 1905, when the Arizona Copper Company installed electricity throughout its mining enterprise. During the mid-1870s, a smelter was installed at the […]
Burke’s Station
This crumbling adobe structure was Burke’s Station, photographed at an unknown date. The lumber lean-to, surely a later add on, suggests that the photographer focused his lens on the backside […]
The Bankhead Highway
A panoramic picture of the men and equipment of the Arizona Highway Department who were in charge of road building and maintenance of roads like the Bankhead Highway. In the […]
Constructing the ‘airport of courtesy’
A 1940s picture of a TWA flight lifting off from Sky Harbor. The fences in the background were meant to keep the public off the field. The Great Depression brought […]
The Capitol Floods
Several floods have hit the State Capitol over the years. This picture is from Feb. 4, 1905. On the front page of The New York Times and other newspapers throughout […]
Patagonia’s classic depot
When the Patagonia railroad depot was constructed in 1900, it was one of only a handful of two-story depots in Arizona Territory. The handsome building stands today as a landmark […]
