As a kid I enjoyed building model airplanes. The best art training I ever got was being Haddon Sundbloom’s apprentice fo…
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Justice Frontier Style Judge Charlie Meyer's contributions to law
Many frontier towns had no official judge and usually a man respected for his wisdom would be called upon arbitrate disp…
Tombstone’s Allen Street One of the most notorious streets in the Old West.
Tombstone’s Allen Street is one of the most notorious in the Old West. On the north side of the street saloons were open…
From Tubac, Tumacacori to Hell In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization.
In a sense, Pete Kitchen represented Arizona’s transition from lawless frontier to civilization. In 1861, the U. S. Army…
Cochise, Cowboys and Cavalry Discover history along the Gila Trail between El Paso and Tucson.
The first thing you notice about Willcox, Arizona, is the wine. Wineries. Wine-tasting rooms. Wine festivals. Wine has p…
Arizona Territory Born Into Trouble
In 1863, a bill passed the U.S. Senate officially organizing the Arizona Territory, and on February 24, President Abraha…
Tucson, Tubac, Tumacacori, to Hell The bloody road heading south from the Old Pueblo was christened, “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In 1861, the U. S. Army was withdrawn from Arizona to fight in the Civil War that raged in the East.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…
Esteban Ochoa A Frontier Freighting Legend.
The Confederate occupation of Arizona began when Captain Sherrod Hunter and his “Arizona Rangers,” numbering some fifty …
The Day the Steel Rails Reached Tucson His Holiness, The Pope was notified–or so some thought.
The building of the transcontinental railroad along the 32nd Parallel was a major milestone in Arizona history. Up to th…
Jack Swilling’s Arizona Adventures: Part II
For a brief time in early 1862 Confederate troops occupied what would soon become the Territory of Arizona. This was par…