Culture
Those Bombastic Frontier Gazettes and Their Irrepressible Fighting Editors!
Following that magnetic trail west and hot on the harbingering heels of fur trappers, prospectors, cowboys, merchants, politicians and preachers, were frontier fourth estaters ...Prospector Joe Mulhatton Known for His (Very) Tall Tales
Prospector Joe Mulhatton was a popular burlesquer of facts in Arizona around the turn of the century. Newspapers at the time were more blunt: ...Joe Felmer’s Mule Scheme Goes Awry
Going back a few years, before the mass migration of greenhorns, Joe Felmer was one of Arizona's better-known colorful personalities. Felmer did a little ...Celebrating the Centennial: 10 People that Shaped Arizona
Arizona’s history was shaped by an eclectic group of people from very different backgrounds. Learn how some of our communities originated and who left ...Relive 1930s Mobster Scene During Dillinger Days in Tucson
TUCSON -- Dillinger Days are held in this city on the third Saturday of each January, giving the locals and visitors a chance to ...The Snow Cap Cafe: Seligman’s Funky Landmark
SELIGMAN -- For those who have been there before, part of the entertainment at the Snow Cap Cafe is watching the expressions on the ...Fried Foods and Other “Treats” at the Arizona State Fair
There’s no shortage of food at the Arizona State Fair. Classic fair staples like cotton candy and caramel apples brought back fond childhood memories. ...The Story of Arizona’s First Newspaper: The “Arizonian”
TUBAC - More than 150 years ago – five decades before statehood – Arizona’s first newspaper hit the printing press in Tubac. At the time, ...Arizona’s “Hollywood” Trivia: Can You Pass?
Test your knowledge of Arizona's "Hollywood" scene below, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are ...The Cactus Derby: Arizona’s Early Roadways Attract Legendary Daredevils
Back in those halcyon days, when getting someplace was an adventure, daring drivers ran road races across the Arizona desert to promote the building ...
