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Andrea Aker

Andrea Aker is the primary moderator and editor for Arizona Oddities. She is an online journalist and founder of Aker Ink Public Relations, based in Scottsdale. An Arizona native, Andrea is an avid outdoorswoman and recreation hunter, actively seeking out the new, quirky and cool things to do in Arizona.

  • Natural Surroundings

    Saguaros Refuse To Tell Their Ages

    By Andrea Aker
    September 14, 2009
    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 ...
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  • CultureDose of History

    The Cowboy Mystique (Pt. 2): The Story Behind the Garb

    By Andrea Aker
    September 10, 2009
    The Arizona cowboy was a curious mix of the northern Plains, Rockies, California, Texas and northern Mexico cowboy culture. The influence of all these ...
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  • CultureDose of History

    The Cowboy Mystique (Pt. 1): Reality vs. Legend

    By Andrea Aker
    September 4, 2009
    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, ...
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  • Natural Surroundings

    Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow Morning Glories?

    By Andrea Aker
    August 31, 2009
    Yes, indeed, it is against Arizona law to grow morning glories. As far as we know, no one has ever been sent up for ...
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    Early Day Prospecting in Old Yuma County

    By Andrea Aker
    August 25, 2009
    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 ...
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    Think Arizona is the Grand Canyon State? Think Again.

    By Andrea Aker
    August 21, 2009
    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 ...
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  • Valley of the SunWeather Talk

    Frying, Not Flying, in High Heat

    By Andrea Aker
    August 17, 2009
    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 ...
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  • Dose of History

    Old Arizona’s “Ladies of the Night”

    By Andrea Aker
    August 10, 2009
    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, ...
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  • Natural SurroundingsValley of the Sun

    McDowell Mountains Aren’t Blast from the Past

    By Andrea Aker
    August 6, 2009
    Q: I have a nice view of the McDowell Mountains. Sometimes they look like a mountain range, and sometimes, in certain light, they look ...
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  • Dose of HistoryOdd Observations

    Big Counties Make Sense in Arizona

    By Andrea Aker
    July 30, 2009
    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 ...
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