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The Fourth Goes Bang in Taylor
TAYLOR -- The people who reside in this community don't have to worry about getting a wake-up call to make sure they don't miss ...Death of Old Arizona Gunslinger Inspires Well-Known Western Axiom
Bill Downing was one of the most disliked fellows in old Arizona. He was moody, morose, bad-tempered, sullen and surly. That was when he ...The Story of Frank Murphy’s Impossible Railroad
At the peak of its prosperity, the fabled Bradshaw Mountains of central Arizona produced a king's ransom in gold and silver. Towns and mines ...Who is Ol’ Bill Williams… as in Williams, AZ?
The picturesque town of Williams takes its name from Bill Williams Mountain that towers above and provides as beautiful high country setting for a ...Pauline Weaver: The Story of Prescott’s First Citizen
When old Joe Walker, a big, strapping, ex-mountain man, and his party of prospectors arrived at Granite Creek in the Spring of 1863, another ...Trivia on Arizona Cities & Towns: Can You Pass?
Test your knowledge of cactus and wildlife of Arizona with this short quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down ...Tanks by the Road in Bouse
BOUSE -- Regardless of which way you're headed, State Route 72 enters and exits Bouse in less than ten minutes. It would be easy ...Early Political Shenanigans: How Phoenix Became the Capital of Arizona
Territorial citizens took great delight applying social acupuncture to local politicos. It's been said with dubious pride that Arizona had some of the finest ...Uncle Jim: The Last of Arizona’s Bonafide Gunfighters
The old West was fading from reality into the realm of myth by the mid-1920s. Most of the bonafide gunfighters were gone and Hollywood ...Wickenburg’s New Permanent Residents
Seven new residents have moved (or been moved) into Wickenburg and they're permanent in the strictest sense of the word. They stand along the ...
