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ASC Becomes a University
The work crew in this photograph is taking down the old name – Arizona State College – and putting up the new – Northern Arizona University – on NAU’s campus... […]
Loyalty Sunday, Bisbee
This photograph, taken from near Castle Rock, shows the Bisbee Loyalty Sunday parade winding its way down Tombstone Canyon toward downtown. Each participant is carrying a small American flag and,... […]
Fort Yuma
This remarkable pencil sketch of Fort Yuma was drawn about 1853 by a soldier identified only as Private Will, a member of the 2nd U.S. Infantry under the command... […]
Teenage mercenary
Little is known about Laurence Brown – even his name is in question. He was an American and just 17 years old when he flew his bi-plane over the... […]
General Miles in Tucson
Nelson Appleton Miles was born Aug. 6, 1839, at Westminster, Mass. On Sept. 9, 1861, at the age of 22, he was appointed a first lieutenant in the 22nd Massachusetts... […]
Charles Poston, the father of Arizona
The man at the right is Charles Debrille Poston, Arizona’s first delegate to Congress and the Father of Arizona, so designated in 1899 by the 20th Territorial Legislature. With him... […]
Mohave County Officials – 1910
Here are a few facts we know about three of the men in this photograph, Henry Lovin, William Blakely and Walter Brown. Henry Lovin had a difficult early career, but... […]
Research Station on the Colorado
This busy scene is a research camp at Pierce’s Ferry on the Colorado River in 1935. The barge, which looks as though it might once have been a ferry, is... […]
The Donofrio/Grosso Clan
Theresa settled in Philadelphia with her husband Mike, who was also an immigrant and a miner in the Pennsylvania coal fields. Charles went to Phoenix, where he earned a living... […]
The Oriental Saloon
Owned by Jim Vizina, its bar and restaurant rented to Cochise County Supervisor M.E. (Milt) Joyce, the Oriental was considered Tombstone’s finest saloon. “Last evening,” wrote the Tombstone Epitaph, about... […]
Martin Gold, Phoenix pioneer
By all accounts, Martin Gold was a humble and hard-working man. He was popular among the immigrant community, especially the Mexicans—who called him Don Martin—because of his facility with languages.
The Execution of James Malone
James Malone confessed to the murder of a fellow soldier, Richard L. Lawler, and was tried before a military court on January 10, 1876. How he came to make his confession is unclear.
