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St. Mary’s Round Building
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, abundant sunshine was touted as a cure for any number of physical ailments. Consequently, Arizona billed itself as “The Sanatorium of the […]
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
The black Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps arrives at Fort Huachuca. On May 15, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the act that formed the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Later […]
Arizona Territorial Fair, second attempt
A (possibly overloaded) balloon ride at the 1905 Arizona Territorial Fair. In early 1905, the Arizona Legislature created the Arizona Territorial Fair Commission. The purpose of the commission was to […]
Arizona Territorial Fair, first attempt
By the 1880s the territory of Arizona was the Wild West. With a total population of around 60,000, the territory was just starting to get organized through the 13th Legislature […]
Obsession with the Dutchman
Walter Gassler in the Superstition Mountains in 1936. Lust for gold has sent many prospectors to Arizona’s Superstition Mountains in search of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Many followed the enigmatic […]
The day the Shah came to the Valley of the Sun
The Shah of Iran visiting John Jacobs’ farm in 1949. It was in early December 1949 that his Imperial Majesty, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahinshah of Iran came to visit Phoenix […]
The murder of Morgan Earp
Morgan Earp Morgan Seth Earp was born April 24, 1851, in Marion County, Iowa, to Nicholas Porter and Virginia Cooksey Earp. At 13, Morgan and his family left Iowa for […]
Navajo Bridge at Marble Canyon
The Navajo Bridge was built in 1929 to accommodate travelers through the Grand Canyon. An enormous hole in the ground called the Grand Canyon, and the Colorado River which runs […]
Ride a Mile and Smile the While
Gen. Moses Hazeltine Sherman established the Phoenix Street Railway System in 1887. Initially, it used horse-drawn cars. The system converted to electric power in 1893. The cost to ride the […]
Alchesay
Photo credited only as “Alchesay and son,” could possibly be A-1 and Baha When Baha Alchesay was buried near Whiteriver on Oct. 15, 1952, many Apaches felt that the era […]
Zane Grey
Zane Grey is considered one of America’s most prolific writers and a pioneer of the Western as a literary genre. When Zane Grey’s first successful novel, “Heritage of the Desert,” […]
The sun rises on the University of Arizona
In 1885, the 13th Territorial Legislature approved $25,000 for establishing the University of Arizona at Tucson. The university had been created in accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862, which […]
