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  • Rattlesnake
    Natural Surroundings
    By Sam Lowe
    January 21, 2015
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    Caring for Creepy Crawlers in Apache Junction

    APACHE JUNCTION -- Creepy crawly things don't bother Zach Ziesing. He just lets them creep and crawl down his arms and across his hands and he doesn't even flinch or worry about warts. Ziesing is the proprietor of the Superstition Serpentarium at Goldfield Ghost Town, a tourist attraction east of Apache Junction.
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  • Day of the Dead
    ArtCultureValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    October 3, 2014
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    Arizona Historical Society Celebrates Day of the Dead in New Exhibit

    The Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday that can be traced back hundreds of years. It brings family and friends together to pray for and remember loved ones who have passed away. Taking place from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, this holiday is marked with rich and artistic traditions...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    May 16, 2014
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    One of the World’s Largest Open Pit Mines in Sahuarita

    SAHUARITA -- The Asarco Mineral Discovery Center, a tourist attraction south of Tucson, shows guests how big things get in Arizona. The center is affiliated with the Asarco Mission Mine, an open-pit operation that has been around since 1911. The hole measures more than 2.3 miles long...
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  • ArtCulture
    By Sam Lowe
    April 17, 2014
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    Smoki Museum and Prescott’s “White Tribe”

    PRESCOTT -- Like some of those they emulated, the Smoki People are a vanished breed. The Smokis were around for just a moment in archaeological time, tracing their existence back to 1921 up until the early 1990s. Despite that rather brief appearance...
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  • CultureSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    October 21, 2013
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    Requiem for an Old Arizona Heavyweight

    KINGMAN -- Some of the old cowboy movie stars achieved fame for their ability to ride a horse, whup bad guys or strum the guitar and sing a song. But Andy Devine was not particularly skilled in any of those categories. He was best known for his raspy voice...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    July 9, 2013
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    Sitting in the Cockpit of Gen. MacArthur’s Personal Aircraft

    VALLE - Most people never get the chance to plop their behinds down on a seat that once held the rear end of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the World War II and Korean War leader. But there's an opportunity here, in the Planes of Fame Air Museum. One of the planes on display is the huge ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    March 17, 2013
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    Step Back in Time at Tuzigoot National Monument

    CLARKDALE – Around 1,000 AD many of these stones were first put into place by the Sinagua, an ancient Native American tribe of agriculturists that once frequented today’s Verde Valley. Now called Tuzigoot (Too-zee-goot), this remarkable 110-room village is nearly intact.
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  • Bigfoot
    Odd ObservationsSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    March 11, 2012
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    Creepy Curiosities Found at The Bisbee Mini Museum of the Bizarre

    Have you ever seen a two-headed squirrel? A shrunken human head? Perhaps a mold of Bigfoot’s footprint? Those oddities and more can be found at The Bisbee Mini Museum of the Bizarre.
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  • Arizona's First Printing Press in Tubac, Tubac Presidio Museum
    CultureDose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    October 3, 2011
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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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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    September 24, 2011
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    Ocean Monsters in Arizona Deserts

    TEMPE -- Japanese spider crabs are most often found off the coasts of Japan and Taiwan, in ocean waters as deep at 2,000 feet or as shallow as 160 feet. But not all of them live in those areas. Two members of the species are currently residing in a tank of water less than 10 ...
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