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  • Evan Mecham
    Odd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    January 17, 2015
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    Laser Bombardment at the Governor’s Office

    PHOENIX -- Any mention of Arizona's gubernatorial shortcomings, frustrations and downright exasperations should include the Laser Beam Incident. Just before he was removed from his term as governor in 1988, the late Evan Mecham told associates that he couldn't talk openly in his office.
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  • Phoenix Freeway Pot
    ArtValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    July 18, 2014
    4483
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    Phoenix Freeway Pots Cause a Stir

    PHOENIX -- The official name of the art project is "Wall Cycle to Ocotillo," but to most, they're "the Freeway Pots" and they caused quite a fuss when they were installed back in 1992, when the city laid out $474,000 for an arts project designed to enhance the Squaw Peak Parkway (since renamed the Piestewa ...
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    May 8, 2014
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    Trivia on Arizona’s Political and Legal History: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona’s political and legal history 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. Who was the first Asian-American elected mayor of a major U.S. city? ...
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  • Arizona State Map
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    March 13, 2013
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    Arizona History Trivia 5: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona history 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.
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  • Gold Coins
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    February 5, 2013
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    The Story of J Goldwater & Bros: Commerce on the Colorado River

    "Gold!" The word spread like wildfire. The emotional pitch generated by that single cry sent normally sane men and women scurrying up hundreds of canyons and river beds to wash away nameless mountains—a shovel load at a time—over the riffles of a sluice box.
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  • Arizona State Map
    Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    January 3, 2013
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    How the Arizona/Mexico Border Came to Be

    In 1848, at the end of the Mexican War, Mexico gave up a huge hunk of territory including parts of what are now New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and Nevada, plus its claim to Texas.The southern border of Arizona at the time was the Gila River.
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    October 31, 2012
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    The Story of George Wiley P. Hunt: Arizona’s First Governor

    George Wiley Paul Hunt was never quite sure why he came to Arizona. It might have been the aura of romance and excitement of the name and it might have been because a boyhood friend who joined the Army had been sent to the Arizona frontier and returned home with tales of adventure.
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  • Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    September 24, 2012
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    The Story of Charles Poston: The “Father of Arizona”

    During the opening of new lands in the Oklahoma Territory in the early 1900s, those who entered legally— starting at the sound of the land agent's gunshot—were called Boomers. However, there were those who sneaked in early and staked out claims. These were called Sooners. Arizona, too, had a few Sooners. One of these was ...
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  • Buckey O'Neill
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    July 13, 2012
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    The Story of Buckey O’Neill: Arizona’s Happy Warrior

    Prescott is one of Arizona's most historically-conscious communities. Public-spirited citizens have worked long and hard to keep the rich cultural heritage alive. Standing in front of the old Yavapai County Courthouse is a bronze statue of a soldier on a spirited horse. This monument honors a group of young Arizonans who gallantly served their country ...
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  • Arizona State Sign
    Dose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    March 20, 2012
    1986
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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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