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Route 66

Route 66

Of all America’s great highways none epitomized Americana during the twentieth century more than storied Route 66. Stretching across the heart of...

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Doc Moeur

Doc Moeur

Arizona’s “Depression Governor,” was a crusty, country doctor from Tempe named Benjamin Moeur. Doc Moeur was born in Tennessee and raised on a ranch...

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Dog Soldiers

Dog Soldiers

The Dog Soldiers were an elite force of the Cheyenne, waging war and policing the tribe for many years. But it was a drunken brawl that propelled...

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Fred Lambert

Fred Lambert

Fred Lambert was a New Mexico deputy sheriff at age 16, later a sheriff, a member of the state’s mounted police, rancher, poet, and artist. He...

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The Million Dollar Hangover

The Million Dollar Hangover

Arizonans have inherited a litany of picturesquely whimsical place names and many of these were bestowed upon the wild, untamed territory by the...

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Brown Bowen

Brown Bowen

A dead drunk Thomas Haldeman went to sleep under a tree near Nopal, Texas on December 17, 1872. He never woke up.  Brown Bowen, brother-in-law of...

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