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  • CultureSmall Town Scene

    The Fourth Goes Bang in Taylor

    By Sam Lowe
    June 16, 2011
    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 ...
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  • CultureDose of HistoryOdd ObservationsSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona

    Death of Old Arizona Gunslinger Inspires Well-Known Western Axiom

    By Andrea Aker
    May 24, 2011
    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 ...
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  • CultureDose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene

    The Story of Frank Murphy’s Impossible Railroad

    By Andrea Aker
    April 25, 2011
    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 ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene

    Who is Ol’ Bill Williams… as in Williams, AZ?

    By Andrea Aker
    April 14, 2011
    The picturesque town of Williams takes its name from Bill Williams Mountain that towers above and provides as beau­tiful high country setting for a ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene

    Pauline Weaver: The Story of Prescott’s First Citizen

    By Andrea Aker
    March 9, 2011
    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 ...
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    Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town SceneSouthern ArizonaValley of the Sun

    Trivia on Arizona Cities & Towns: Can You Pass?

    By Andrea Aker
    February 9, 2011
    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 ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town Scene

    Tanks by the Road in Bouse

    By Sam Lowe
    November 4, 2010
    BOUSE -- Regardless of which way you're headed, State Route 72 enters and exits Bouse in less than ten minutes. It would be easy ...
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  • Politics
    CultureDose of HistorySmall Town SceneValley of the Sun

    Early Political Shenanigans: How Phoenix Became the Capital of Arizona

    By Andrea Aker
    October 23, 2010
    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 ...
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  • Dose of HistorySmall Town Scene

    Uncle Jim: The Last of Arizona’s Bonafide Gunfighters

    By Andrea Aker
    August 10, 2010
    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 ...
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  • ArtSmall Town Scene

    Wickenburg’s New Permanent Residents

    By Sam Lowe
    August 6, 2010
    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 ...
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