Author: Andrea Aker
Saguaros Refuse To Tell Their Ages
Today’s question is about the saguaro, so those of who you have lived in Arizona for more than a few years are free to ...The Cowboy Mystique (Pt. 2): The Story Behind the Garb
The Arizona cowboy was a curious mix of the northern Plains, Rockies, California, Texas and northern Mexico cowboy culture. The influence of all these ...The Cowboy Mystique (Pt. 1): Reality vs. Legend
Out of a frontier history that lasted more than 350 years, Americans have taken the era of the open-range cowboy, a brief 20-year span, ...Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow Morning Glories?
Yes, indeed, it is against Arizona law to grow morning glories. As far as we know, no one has ever been sent up for ...Early Day Prospecting in Old Yuma County
About 20 miles up the Gila River from Yuma, the community of Dome basks in the desert sun. It's pretty quiet around here these ...Think Arizona is the Grand Canyon State? Think Again.
It’s pretty safe to say that a large amount of residents consider Arizona the “Grand Canyon State.” State nicknames like this are commonplace around the ...Frying, Not Flying, in High Heat
I think the last time we did the egg-frying thing was in 1990, when it hit 122 on June 26. It was so hot ...Old Arizona’s “Ladies of the Night”
There was a limitless market--selling intimacy to lonely love starved men. These colorful lades bore a litany of picturesque nicknames such as Squirrel-Tooth Alice, ...McDowell Mountains Aren’t Blast from the Past
Q: I have a nice view of the McDowell Mountains. Sometimes they look like a mountain range, and sometimes, in certain light, they look ...Big Counties Make Sense in Arizona
After Arizona became a U.S. territory in 1863, four counties were created—Mojave, Pima, Yuma and Yavapai. A fifth county, Pah-Ute, was claimed — and ...
