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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    February 17, 2015
    2014
    3

    Doubled Up Names in Southern Arizona

    When translated from Spanish to English and back, two Arizona entities are duplicationally challenged. Picacho Peak, located in southern Pinal County, is one of them because "picacho" is a Spanish word for "peak" or "point."
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  • Dose of History
    By Sam Lowe
    February 5, 2015
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    The Legend of Apache Cave

    On Dec. 27, 1872, Army troops trapped a group of Yavapai Apaches who had taken refuge in a cave carved into a hillside located in the Salt River Canyon. The soldiers began firing from below. Upset by the wails of women and children wounded as the bullets ricocheted off the cave's roof, Maj. William Brown ...
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  • Natural Surroundings
    By Andrea Aker
    July 24, 2013
    2097
    2

    Arizona Geography Trivia 3: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona geography with this short 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. Did any answers surprise you?
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    March 7, 2013
    4263
    1

    What’s the Story Behind the Building Foundation on Top of Shaw Butte?

    Q: Near the top of Shaw Butte in Phoenix is the foundation of what must have been a large building. What was it? A: We turned to the exceedingly helpful Jeff Spellman, a Phoenix parks ranger and Sunnyslope native who knew all about it.
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  • Natural Surroundings
    By Andrea Aker
    November 14, 2012
    4183
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    Where is Black Canyon… as in Black Canyon Highway?

    Q: Where exactly is Black Canyon, anyway? ​A: Which one? I found four Black Canyons in Arizona Names, X Marks the Spot, which is a really swell book, by the way. In fact, there are about six pages of “Black” names in there.
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  • Odd Observations
    By Andrea Aker
    September 28, 2012
    6215
    4

    Mysterious Arrow Tree Sticks out on Coronado Scenic Byway Trail

    The Coronado Scenic Byway Trail – Highway 191 – is among Arizona’s great scenic drives, snaking through the dense wilderness of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest in the eastern part of the state. Also called the Devil’s Highway and once referred to as Highway 666...
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  • ArtOdd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    July 22, 2012
    1982
    0

    Oddities Need Updating, Too

    It is not unusual that some Arizona Oddities have differing stories behind their origins. Take, for example, the big sign made of rocks on Signal Butte in the Usery Mountains. The most common belief is that in the 1950s, Boy Scouts scouted up the rocks, painted them white and arranged them to spell
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  • Natural SurroundingsRecreationSouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    April 1, 2012
    3034
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    Caving at the Coronado National Memorial

    The Coronado Cave at the Coronado National Memorial takes you deep inside a majestic wonderland of limestone formations, which began to take shape some 300 million years ago when Arizona was covered by a shallow sea. It’s believed as much as 50,000 gallons of water once flowed through this cave per minute, from east to ...
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    March 4, 2012
    13175
    6

    Giant Arrow Points to Phoenix

    PHOENIX -- More than 50 years ago, the Valley of the Sun was a whole lot of desert sprinkled with a few towns, mostly of them small. Phoenix had the only airport and it was also small and, because it was in the middle of some pretty barren landscape, it was sometimes hard to spot ...
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  • Recreation
    By Andrea Aker
    February 12, 2012
    1515
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    Celebrating the Centennial: 11 Hotspots for Outdoor Enthusiasts

    Arizona’s outdoors scene draws people from all over the world. Few places on earth are so diverse – dense forests, barren and beautiful deserts, picturesque mountains and canyons. Our state offers plenty of opportunities to explore and connect with Mother Nature. Here are some of our favorites.
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