Burt Mossman cleaned up cow operations in Arizona. In 1897, Burt Mossman was superintendent for Arizona’s Aztec Land and Cattle Company,...
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Arizona
Divine Intervention?
A lightning bolt stopped a lynching. Near Canyon Diablo in Arizona, along the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, an aspiring train robber hijacked the...
A Man Called Pie
John Allen made his mark in Arizona. John B. Allen came to Arizona during the 1858 gold rush at Gila City, a few miles east of Yuma. That same year...
Arizona Adventures
From north to south, east to west, the Grand Canyon State invites travelers to stay awhile and discover its small towns, big cities and historic...
The Wild, Wild West
Combining Old West history with an old-fashioned Western road trip guarantees the making of memories of a lifetime. Everyone remembers their...
A Bit of Nothing
An Arizona town with an unusual name. The “town”of Nothing, on SR. 93 is/was located between Wickenburg and Kingman. The peak population of Nothing...
A Robbery Gone Awry
The story of the Bisbee Massacre. December 8, 1883. Five men ride into Bisbee, Arizona to rob the Goldwater & Castaneda Mercantile. Things...
What History Has Taught Me with Tricia Loscher
Tricia Loscher, PhD, Museum Curator Dr. Tricia Loscher is assistant museum director and chief curator at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the...
Best of the West: Heritage Travel
The Call of the West People from around the world are drawn to the Western United States. Whether as passengers on a Santa Fe Super...
Joe George, Grant Wheeler and the Flying Pesos Train Robbery
One of Arizona’s zaniest train robberies took place five miles west of Willcox on January 30th, 1895 when two cowboys named Joe George and Grant...
Arizona’s Colorful Communities
Arizona has more than its share of colorful towns, places and characters. Up near Wikieup is a place called Nothing. It used to have a saloon called...
The Outlaw Trail
An outlaw trail ranged all the way from Canada to Mexico and Butch Cassidy knew the way like the back of his hand. He wasn’t wanted in a number of...