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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=2255</guid> <description><![CDATA[Arizona’s history was shaped by an eclectic group of people from very different backgrounds. Learn how some of our communities originated and who left their footprint on today’s culture.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=2048</guid> <description><![CDATA[TUCSON -- Dillinger Days are held in this city on the third Saturday of each January, giving the locals and visitors a chance to dress in pinstripe suits, felt fedoras, flapper dresses and moustaches. The annual event at the Hotel Congress commemorates the arrest of John Dillinger, the notorious gangster who became the FBI's first Public Enemy Number One.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=2009</guid> <description><![CDATA[SELIGMAN -- For those who have been there before, part of the entertainment at the Snow Cap Cafe is watching the expressions on the faces of first-timers when they order an ice cream cone, and the man behind the counter asks, "Do you want mustard with that?" And before the befuddled customer can answer, the server aims a yellow plastic bottle and delivers a direct squirt. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arizonaoddities.com/2011/12/the-snow-cap-cafe-seligmans-funky-landmark/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fried Foods and Other “Treats” at the Arizona State Fair</title><link>http://arizonaoddities.com/2011/10/fried-foods-and-other-%e2%80%9ctreats%e2%80%9d-at-the-arizona-state-fair/</link> <comments>http://arizonaoddities.com/2011/10/fried-foods-and-other-%e2%80%9ctreats%e2%80%9d-at-the-arizona-state-fair/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Food & Dining]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Valley of the Sun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insects]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phoenix]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=1867</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s no shortage of food at the Arizona State Fair. Classic fair staples like cotton candy and caramel apples brought back fond childhood memories. Yet some of the new fair favorites brought on a very different feeling.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=1518</guid> <description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge of Arizona's "Hollywood" scene below, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are posted shortly below the questions. When you’re finished, leave a comment with your score. Good luck! We have much more Hollywood trivia, so let us know if you enjoy it!
1.  Where was John Ford's 1939 classic film, "Stagecoach," filmed?
2.  The stage driver in "Stagecoach" was played by this Arizona native.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=1434</guid> <description><![CDATA[Back in those halcyon days, when getting someplace was an adventure, daring drivers ran road races across the Arizona desert to promote the building of better highways. It's hard to believe but as recently as 1929 Arizona had less than 300 miles of paved highways. In 1908 promoters began staging road races between Los Angeles and Phoenix. Billed as the Cactus Derby, they attracted such racing daredevils as the legendary Barney Oldfield, Olin Davis and Lewis Chevrolet. Drivers vied for a $2,500 prize and the title, Master Driver of the World.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=1461</guid> <description><![CDATA[The arid desert south of Thatcher is the site of the Wham paymaster robbery which, despite the name, had nothing to so with "wham," "bam" or other common Batman terms.
It's so named because, on May 11, 1889, a band of robbers ambushed a group of soldiers carrying a U.S. Army payroll to Fort Thomas and Maj. Thomas W. Wham was in charge of the unit. After a lengthy gun battle, the outlaws made off with $28,345.10 in gold and silver coins.
Eleven men were arrested in connection with the robbery; only seven stood trial in Federal Court. But, despite overwhelming evidence from the soldiers, all were found not guilty and none of the money was ever recovered.
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isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=1438</guid> <description><![CDATA[Burt Alvord was a big, strapping, swarthy-looking char­acter with a bald pate and an I.Q. that was said to be considerably less than his age, which was about 30. Alvord did have a few positive attributes. He was usually cheerful, had a sense of humor and was a mighty popular fellow in Cochise County during the 1890s. He'd been a deputy for county sheriff John Slaughter, who'd pronounced him abso­lutely fearless.
Burt was also pretty good with a six-shooter. Old timers said he demonstrated his prowess at beer bottles hung from a tree limb by a string. He'd shoot the string with his right hand, then draw with the left and break the bottle before it hit the ground.
His major interests seem to have been poker, pool, horses, guns and practical jokes.
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Starting at 4 a.m. every July 4, the department conducts an annual ritual known as "firing the anvil." It's a simple procedure -- get an anvil and some gunpowder, stuff a bunch of gunpowder under the anvil, light the fuse and stand back. (The warning of "do not try this at home" should be obvious). The ensuing blast not only wakes up everyone within hearing distance, it also catapults the anvil several feet into the air. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arizonaoddities.com/2011/06/the-fourth-goes-bang-in-taylor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
