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  • Arizona State Sign
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    March 20, 2012
    1982
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    Arizona History Trivia 4: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona’s history with this quick quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s Official Arizona Trivia. Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are posted shortly below the questions. When you’re finished, leave a comment with your score. Good luck!
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    January 31, 2012
    7185
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    Ewing Young: The Southwest’s Premier Mountain Man

    By and large, the history of the fur trade in the Southwest regions has been left out of the mainstream of American history. Trappers like Walker, Bridger, Fitzpatrick and especially Carson have become American legends and folk heroes, their fame coming primarily from exploits in the northern Rockies...
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    November 18, 2011
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    Arizona History Trivia 2: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona history with this quick quiz, originally published in Marshall Trimble’s "Official Arizona Trivia." This set of trivia is a little trickier than most on Arizona Oddities, so let us know how you fare! Don’t scroll down too quickly. The answers are posted shortly below the questions. When you’re finished, leave ...
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  • CultureDose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    June 5, 2011
    6822
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    History, Theories Surrounding the Lost Dutchman Mine

    Arizona's most notorious lost treasure story for both believers and otherwise takes place in the mysterious Superstition Mountains. The rugged range of mountains east of the Salt River Valley encom­passes some of the most breathtaking, untouched wilderness recesses in America. There is also an aura of mystical beauty that can possess the soul. They are regarded ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene
    By Andrea Aker
    April 14, 2011
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    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 community as can be found in America. It's a fitting place-name for ol' Bill Williams, the "greatest fur trapper of 'em all." Ol' Bill was as colorful a man as any who ...
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  • CultureDose of HistoryValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    April 8, 2011
    5378
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    The Story of Carl Hayden: A New Breed of Frontier Lawman

    The Old West was still pretty new in 1877 when Carl Hayden was born. His birthplace was a mud adobe house on the south bank of the Salt River that is now Monti's La Casa Vieja. The railroad linking Phoenix with the Southern Pacific transcontinen­tal line at Maricopa and the rest of the civilized world ...
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    February 22, 2011
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    How the Nermernuh (Comanche) Tribe Finally Got Respect

    Long before the white people migrated to the vast lands across the wide Missouri—and added a new dimension to the struggle for supremacy, native tribes battled continu­ously for the most desirable lands. As a rule, three things could happen to a weaker tribe and all were bad. At worst they were exterminated. If they escaped that, ...
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    January 21, 2011
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    The Story of Sarah Bowman: Yuma’s First Citizen Left a Lasting Impression

    One of the most colorful ladies who ever rode the old West was Sarah Bowman of Yuma. She didn't fit the common frontier stereotype woman—calico dress, sunbonnet and a youngster hanging on each arm with another tugging at her skirt. In fact, there wasn't anything common about Sarah. They called her the Great Western, after ...
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  • CultureDose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    November 29, 2010
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    The Fabulous Lost Adams Diggins

    Somewhere out in these rugged mountains, just maybe, lies the greatest lost mine of 'em all, The Lost Adams. According to legend a sheer canyon wall with a huge boulder at the base hides a narrow opening into a Z-shaped canyon, called by the Apaches, Sno-ta-hay. This hidden canyon opens up into a small valley with ...
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  • CultureDose of HistoryValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    October 19, 2010
    3953
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    Greenway Road Named After Hero with Remarkable Wife

    Q: Is Greenway Road named for someone or is the name meant to be descriptive? Most of it doesn’t seem very green, although it does have some nice parts. A: Well, even the dullest and drabbest of us do have some nice parts, don’t you think? Greenway Road is named for Gen. John C. Greenway, a ...
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