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  • First Presbyterian Church in Douglas
    Small Town SceneSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    October 9, 2015
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    Sites for Sanctuary in Douglas

    DOUGLAS – The most interdenominational block in the world may be the Church Square, located a short distance from the heart of the city. There's a church on every corner. It's been that way for more than a century.
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  • ArtSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    March 13, 2015
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    Creation Painted at El Coronado Ranch

    Near PEARCE - Turkey Creek and the dirt road named after it aren't what one might consider ideal sites for fine art, but there's some there anyway. It's inside a small church on the El Coronado Ranch, and it was placed there by Valer Austin, owner of the ranch and church along with her husband ...
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  • CultureSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    March 8, 2015
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    Shrine at El Tiradito Draws the Wishful

    TUCSON -- In the heart of the city sits El Tiradito, an adobe wall that recalls a tragic love affair. There are several stories about its origins, but the most popular involves an ill-fated love affair between Juan Olivera and his mother-in-law. When caught in an amorous act by his father-in-law, Oliver was killed on ...
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    August 21, 2014
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    The Story of Teresa Urrea, Mexican Healer and Miracle Worker

    CLIFTON -- In one corner of the Clifton Cemetery, an unmarked grave silently braves the blistering sun, surrounded by wrought iron fencing. It houses the remains of Teresa Urrea. She is mostly forgotten today, but in her lifetime she was considered a saint by many and a rabble rouser by others.
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  • ArtValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    May 31, 2014
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    Canaan in the Desert Offers Roadside Refuge

    Arizona’s roadside refuges offer peace, quiet and a place for inner reflection, should there be a need. They’re located all across the state, in small towns and large cities. One of my favorites is the Garden of Jesus’ Suffering and His Resurrection in Phoenix, which offers a walking tour into serenity. Located at Canaan in ...
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  • Culture
    By Sam Lowe
    May 11, 2014
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    Catholic Church Modeled After Navajo Hogan

    CHINLE — Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church here sits near Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Reservation, so it’s entirely logical that it would be built in the shape of a Navajo hogan. Although substantially larger than the traditional Navajo dwellings, the building is six-sided and the entrance faces east, just like its smaller ...
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  • ArtSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    May 4, 2014
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    Worldly Art Inside St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church

    SIERRA VISTA -- Those who stop for an initial visit and prayers at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church here might mistakenly get the impression that they have inadvertently stumbled into an art gallery. It's understandable because there is art everywhere inside.
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  • Dose of HistorySouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    April 30, 2012
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    Endicott Peabody: Religion Arrives in Helldorado

    Ominous clouds hovered over Tombstone that January morning in 1882, as the Sandy Bob Stage rambled into town in a cloud of dust. The grey sky gave forewarning of a fast-approaching snowstorm. The passengers arriving that morning were, with one exception, typical— a military officer on his way to Fort Huachuca, an elderly Jewish peddler ...
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  • Odd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    April 14, 2012
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    Bell Tower Still Stands at Old Mission on Gila River Indian Reservation

    SACATON -- Back in the 1950s, St. Michael's Mission served members of the Gila River Indian Reservation as a place of worship and a gathering site. But the roof leaked during the infrequent rains, and because the building was made of adobe, it began deteriorating so badly that those in charge decided to knock it ...
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  • Dose of HistoryOdd ObservationsSouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    October 6, 2011
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    Discrete Monument Honors Mormon Battalion Near Casa Grande

    Regarding monuments Will Rogers used to say: "You don't need much monument if the cause is good. It's only the monument that's for no reason at all that has to be big." On the outskirts of Casa Grande, along what used to be the main highway...
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