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  • Dose of HistoryNatural Surroundings
    By Andrea Aker
    May 27, 2013
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    Did Camels Ever Roam Wild in Arizona?

    Q: We just moved here from the Midwest. My son came home from his new school the other day and said there are wild camels living in the desert. Is this true? A: Your son is no doubt a charming lad, but he needs to pay closer attention in class...
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    February 12, 2013
    4823
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    Abraham Lincoln’s Bodyguard and Other Civil War Soldiers Buried in Southern Arizona

    While far removed from the thick of the Civil War, some fighting and territorial conquests extended here to present-day Arizona, including the war's westernmost battle. Sierra Vista-based Paranormal Intuitive Investigations recently stumbled across an interesting relic from this time during an historical investigation at the Pearce Cemetery
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  • Arizona's First Printing Press in Tubac, Tubac Presidio Museum
    CultureDose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    October 3, 2011
    3423
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    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, Tubac was among the territory’s more active presidios with 400 residents. The Gadsden Purchase had just been ratified five years earlier...
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  • Natural SurroundingsRecreationSouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    May 27, 2011
    3067
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    Picacho Peak is Destination for Avid Hikers, Civil War Buffs

    About 40 miles north of Tucson, Picacho Peak abruptly rises 1,500 feet above the flat desert landscape typical to many other parts of Southern Arizona. It's among the most prominent landmarks along the highly traveled stretch of Interstate 10 connecting Tucson and Phoenix. Thousands of drivers pass by the ominous peak daily; most unaware of the ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene
    By Andrea Aker
    March 9, 2011
    5831
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    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 old mountain man, Pauline Weaver, was already camped there. The area where the future territorial capital city of Prescott would be founded was the stomping grounds of the Yavapai and Tonto ...
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  • Gen. Irvin McDowell
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    October 1, 2010
    6378
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    Who was the McDowell in Fort McDowell?

    Q: Who was the McDowell in Fort McDowell? A: This is an excellent question because it has nothing to do, at least not directly, with Jack Swilling or Darrell Duppa, two worthies of whom we are thoroughly sick and tired. Fort McDowell was founded in 1865 at the juncture of Sycamore Creek and the Verde River by ...
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    June 9, 2009
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    Arizona in the Civil War? Deadly Skirmish at Picacho

    Today, Picacho Peak serves as a familiar landmark along a stretch of Interstate 10 that connects Tucson and Phoenix. An unmistakable cluster of volcanic remnants juts hundreds of feet from the desert floor, greeting a constant flow of drivers who whiz past the site, completely unaware of its historical significance. Some 150 years ago, this was ...
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