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    Anthony Blum: The Man Who Conned a Priest

    By Sam Lowe
    January 16, 2013
    Have you heard the one about how Anthony Blum's deathbed confession kept him out of jail? It happened more than a century ago. In ...
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    Cecil Cresswell: Arizona’s Lady Rustler

    By Sam Lowe
    January 13, 2013
    Up in the high desert around Winslow, there's still talk of Cecil Cresswell. Despite the name, Cecil was a woman and also Arizona's first ...
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    Arizona Hotspots & Leisure Trivia: Can You Pass?

    By Andrea Aker
    January 6, 2013
    Test your knowledge of Arizona hotspots and leisure activities with this short quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down ...
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  • CultureSouthern Arizona

    The Bird Cage Poker Game that Went On — and On — and On

    By Sam Lowe
    December 12, 2012
    TOMBSTONE -- The Bird Cage Theater here was originally built as an opera house - The Elite - but it didn't serve in that ...
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    Gail Gardner: Arizona’s “Poet Lariat”

    By Andrea Aker
    December 1, 2012
    On a cool summer afternoon during the year of our Bicentennial, a large crowd gathered in Payson for the Old Time Country Music Festival ...
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  • Walter the Bus
    CultureOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Walter the Bus is One Huge Gas Guzzler

    By Sam Lowe
    November 28, 2012
    SCOTTSDALE -- Some days, while driving east on Thomas Road near 64th Street and the canal, you might see Walter the Bus sitting in ...
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    Unusual Grave Marker for an Ajo Teacher

    By Sam Lowe
    November 25, 2012
    AJO -- During his lifetime, Louis Conde was known as a teacher with unusual ideas, particularly for the early years of the 20th century. ...
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  • CultureValley of the Sun

    Giovanni Vigliotto: A Conman with 105 Wives

    By Sam Lowe
    October 14, 2012
    Vigliotto was on trial because he was a marryin' man of the highest calibre. By own calculations, he wooed and wed 105 women. This ...
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  • Walter Swan in Bisbee Gazette
    CultureSouthern Arizona

    Walter Swan Created One Unique Way to Sell Books in Bisbee

    By Sam Lowe
    August 24, 2012
    BISBEE -- Long after his death, the folks in Bisbee still talk about Walter Swan and his One Book Bookstore. Swan became sort of ...
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  • ArtCultureNorthern Arizona

    Featured Artist: Dog of the Moon

    By Andrea Aker
    July 4, 2012
    Once a month, Arizona Oddities features a Q&A with a talented Arizona artist who is influenced by our state’s people, places and history. This ...
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