Author: Sam Lowe
That Arch Over McDowell Road has a Name and Story
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 ...Clyde Flies to Pluto
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 ...Yuma’s Bridge to Nowhere
YUMA – The McPhaul Swinging Bridge is located about 18 miles north of Yuma on Highway 85. It was constructed by Yuma County and ...Shifting from Car Service to Coffee Service
PHOENIX – In the lengthy list of recycled things, the Sip Coffee & Beer Garage deserves a second look. Located at 3620 E. Indian ...That Was One Big Sarah With a Dynamic Past
YUMA – Sarah Bowman was a large woman. So large that she was nicknamed “the Great Western,” after a huge ocean-going steamship known throughout ...An Educated Ghost Lost on Campus
TUCSON – Around the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young University of Arizona coed was brutally murdered and her body was thrown down ...The Shooting of James Hale in Springerville
Although a model of peace and quiet today, this town was once considered one of the worst in the Old West. Take the unfortunate ...Gambling Produces a Woolie Town
ST. JOHNS – This city traces its origins back to a game of chance. In the fall of 1875, Don Solomon Barth arrived in ...Rex Allen’s Heart Remains in Willcox
WILLCOX – Rex Allen, one of the last singing cowboy movie stars, was born and raised in Willcox and never forgot his roots. After ...Turning Cannons into Light Along the London Bridge
LAKE HAVASU CITY – Most Arizonans already know the story behind the London Bridge here. But most don't know the story behind the lamps ...
