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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    One of the World’s Largest Open Pit Mines in Sahuarita

    By Sam Lowe
    May 16, 2014
    SAHUARITA -- The Asarco Mineral Discovery Center, a tourist attraction south of Tucson, shows guests how big things get in Arizona. The center is ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona

    Eternal Flickers at Patagonia Shrine

    By Sam Lowe
    April 21, 2014
    PATAGONIA -- Near a small jog in the pavement south of Patagonia, cars pull into a small area where a set of cement stairs ...
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  • Coolidge Dam
    Odd ObservationsWeather Talk

    Mow the Lake?

    By Sam Lowe
    March 30, 2014
    SAN CARLOS RESERVATION -- In the 1920s, the federal government decided Arizona needed another dam. Surveyors picked a site on the Reservation, and when ...
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  • Natural SurroundingsOdd Observations

    Pick Mining for Peridot on the San Carlos Apache Reservation

    By Sam Lowe
    March 17, 2014
    PERIDOT -- Several roads lead to the world's largest deposit of peridot but less than half of them actually lead to the mine itself. ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona

    Another Recycled Depot in Douglas

    By Sam Lowe
    January 21, 2014
    DOUGLAS -- Long before there were Home Depots, there were train depots. But now they are, for the most part, relics of a bygone ...
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  • Northern ArizonaOdd ObservationsSmall Town Scene

    In Memory of Mike, at Prescott’s Courthouse Plaza

    By Sam Lowe
    January 17, 2014
    PRESCOTT -- The Courthouse Plaza, downtown Prescott's centerpiece, is a square block that encompasses an old courthouse, a large gazebo, statues of heroes, and ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona

    Eleanor Roosevelt Leads Sober Dedication of Douglas International Airport

    By Sam Lowe
    September 29, 2013
    DOUGLAS -- The first North American international airport dedication ceremony was held in Douglas in 1933, and it was a non-alcoholic affair. The airport ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town Scene

    Living in the Round House in Mayer

    By Sam Lowe
    September 16, 2013
    MAYER -- When Bill and Debbie Burkett moved to Mayer several years ago, they wanted to build a different type of house, something that ...
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  • Boynton Canyon Spire, Kachina Woman
    Northern ArizonaOdd Observations

    Even More Odd Street Names in Sedona

    By Sam Lowe
    August 26, 2013
    SEDONA -- A recent Arizona Oddities entry listing peculiar street names in Sedona drew responses from numerous readers. Mike Peach commented that all the ...
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  • Grand Canyon train
    Northern ArizonaOdd Observations

    Grand Canyon Steam Engines Powered by Cooking Oil

    By Sam Lowe
    August 22, 2013
    WILLIAMS -- The old steam engines that once chugged and their way across the nation are, for the most part, relics of a bygone ...
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