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The Yuma Territorial Prison

The Yuma Territorial Prison

When Arizona was still a young territory, lawbreakers were usually confined in a jail in the sheriff’s office. However, as the population grew in...

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Get Your Kicks!

Get Your Kicks!

In 1927, the first Route 66 signs were posted from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and the legend of the “Mother Road” began. The...

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He Got Clipped

He Got Clipped

Ferd Patterson was a sporting man who plied his trade primarily in the Pacific Northwest in the years around the Civil War. He also cultivated a...

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Prehistoric Americans and Science

Prehistoric Americans and Science

Recently I was asked why prehistoric peoples, those who were here before the arrival of the Europeans, weren’t more accomplished in the field of...

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Canyon Springs Ambush

Canyon Springs Ambush

September 26, 1878 The Monitor stage rolls out of Deadwood at seven in the morning. On the box is “Big Gene” Barnett handling the ribbons and next...

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Zwing Hunt

Zwing Hunt

According to Cochise County Deputy Sheriff, Billy Breakenridge, Zwing Hunt was one of the worst outlaws in that hell-for-leather county. He came...

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