Gila City disintegrated fast. The ruins proved inspiring to some and portentous for others. Shortly after Christmas in 1863, a party of...
Arizona’s First Boomtown
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Tucson
The Heights of Arizona
Picacho Peak has been a landmark for thousands of years. Picacho Peak--a rugged 3,374-foot-high spire—is a tilted remnant of ancient lava flows. The...
Tucson Book Festival
On Saturday morning, March 9, 2024, the sun rose over Tucson, Arizona, after two days of overcast skies and rain. Fifteen years since the first...
The Oldest West Savior
It wasn’t even called The West—was still the ‘New World’—when the foundation was laid. By all rights, there shouldn’t be a San Xavier del Bac...
The Mexican American Lawman of Tucson
Nabor Pacheco left his mark in the Old Pueblo Nabor Pacheco was a noted lawman around Tucson in the late 1890s to early 1900s. He was elected a city...
The Benson to Tombstone Stagecoach
Soon after he arrived arriving in Tucson in October 1878, J.D. Kinnear started Kinnear's Express stagecoach service (every four days) to the new...
With a Gun on Her Hip
Allie Earp was armed after the OK Corral. March 20, 1882. A train carrying members of the Earp family was leaving the Tucson train station en route...
What Were Hotels In The Old West Like? They varied widely from flea and bedbug-infested abodes to elaborate...
They varied widely from flea and bedbug-infested abodes to elaborate. The rooms were small compared to what we’re used to today and the walls were...
The Day The Rails Reached Tucson There was cause for great celebration in Tucson on March 20th, 1880 when the Southern Pacific rolled into town marking the end of those hot, dusty stagecoach trips across barren deserts.
The building of the transcontinental railroad along the 32nd Parallel was a major milestone in Arizona history. Up to then the main means of...
Cochise, Cowboys and Cavalry
The first thing you notice about Willcox, Arizona, is the wine. Wineries. Wine-tasting rooms. Wine festivals. Wine has practically taken over this...
Tucson, Tubac, Tumacacori, to Hell
In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona to fight in the Civil War that raged in the East. The military forts and supplies were burned...