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  • Gateway Arch on McDowell Road
    ArtValley of the Sun

    That Arch Over McDowell Road has a Name and Story

    By Sam Lowe
    June 17, 2016
    Since 1991, an odd-looking arch has spanned McDowell Road just east of 16th Street. It's made of structurally reinforced steel and painted with white ...
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  • Clyde Tombaugh
    Dose of History

    Clyde Flies to Pluto

    By Sam Lowe
    April 15, 2016
    FLAGSTAFF – In early 2015, Clyde Tombaugh passed within 7,800 miles of something he discovered 85 years earlier. Tombaugh's ashes are flying on NASA's ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    Yuma’s Bridge to Nowhere

    By Sam Lowe
    March 25, 2016
    YUMA – The McPhaul Swinging Bridge is located about 18 miles north of Yuma on Highway 85. It was constructed by Yuma County and ...
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  • Sip Coffee House & Garage
    Food & DiningValley of the Sun

    Shifting from Car Service to Coffee Service

    By Sam Lowe
    March 14, 2016
    PHOENIX – In the lengthy list of recycled things, the Sip Coffee & Beer Garage deserves a second look. Located at 3620 E. Indian ...
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona

    That Was One Big Sarah With a Dynamic Past

    By Sam Lowe
    February 26, 2016
    YUMA – Sarah Bowman was a large woman. So large that she was nicknamed “the Great Western,” after a huge ocean-going steamship known throughout ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    An Educated Ghost Lost on Campus

    By Sam Lowe
    February 11, 2016
    TUCSON – Around the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young University of Arizona coed was brutally murdered and her body was thrown down ...
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  • Dose of HistorySmall Town Scene

    The Shooting of James Hale in Springerville

    By Sam Lowe
    January 30, 2016
    Although a model of peace and quiet today, this town was once considered one of the worst in the Old West. Take the unfortunate ...
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  • Sheep
    Dose of HistorySmall Town Scene

    Gambling Produces a Woolie Town

    By Sam Lowe
    January 22, 2016
    ST. JOHNS – This city traces its origins back to a game of chance. In the fall of 1875, Don Solomon Barth arrived in ...
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  • ArtDose of HistorySmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona

    Rex Allen’s Heart Remains in Willcox

    By Sam Lowe
    January 7, 2016
    WILLCOX – Rex Allen, one of the last singing cowboy movie stars, was born and raised in Willcox and never forgot his roots. After ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaOdd ObservationsSmall Town Scene

    Turning Cannons into Light Along the London Bridge

    By Sam Lowe
    January 2, 2016
    LAKE HAVASU CITY – Most Arizonans already know the story behind the London Bridge here. But most don't know the story behind the lamps ...
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