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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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  • Arizona Oddities News
    By Sam Lowe
    July 19, 2012
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    All About Oddities: Third Edition of “Arizona Curiosities” Now Available

    At the risk of being accused of tooting my own horn, I am compelled to note that the Third Edition of Arizona Curiosities is now on the market. It is bigger and fatter than the previous two and contains this really good photo of me, the author, taken on one of those days when I ...
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  • Dose of HistorySmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    February 3, 2012
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    Besh-Ba-Gowah: The Non-Ruin Ruins in Globe

    GLOBE -- Most ancient ruins in Arizona are just that -- ruins. Overseen by government agencies, they are stabilized but never rebuilt because the philosophy is to preserve, not restore. But the old pueblo here, known as Besh-Ba-Gowah, has been partially rebuilt and nobody's getting their nose bent out of shape.
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  • Food & DiningSmall Town Scene
    By Andrea Aker
    January 9, 2012
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    Saddle up at the Superstition Saloon in Tortilla Flat

    TORTILLA FLAT - For more than a hundred years, thirsty travelers have flocked to Tortilla Flat. Once a popular stagecoach stop along the Apache Trail, the saloon anchoring this tiny and resilient community still serves up libations to tourists seeking a slice of Old Arizona.
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  • CultureDose of History
    By Andrea Aker
    August 9, 2011
    2264
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    Arizona’s “Hollywood” Trivia: Can You Pass?

    Test your knowledge of Arizona's "Hollywood" scene below, 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! We have much more Hollywood trivia, so let us know if you enjoy it! 1. ...
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  • CultureSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    June 16, 2011
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    The Fourth Goes Bang in Taylor

    TAYLOR -- The people who reside in this community don't have to worry about getting a wake-up call to make sure they don't miss the Independence Day festivities. The Taylor Fire Department takes care of that. Starting at 4 a.m. every July 4, the department conducts an annual ritual known as "firing the anvil." It's a ...
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  • Dose of HistoryNorthern ArizonaSmall Town Scene
    By Andrea Aker
    March 9, 2011
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    Pauline Weaver: The Story of Prescott’s First Citizen

    When old Joe Walker, a big, strapping, ex-mountain man, and his party of prospectors arrived at Granite Creek in the Spring of 1863, another old mountain man, Pauline Weaver, was already camped there. The area where the future territorial capital city of Prescott would be founded was the stomping grounds of the Yavapai and Tonto ...
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    November 4, 2010
    1908
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    Tanks by the Road in Bouse

    BOUSE -- Regardless of which way you're headed, State Route 72 enters and exits Bouse in less than ten minutes. It would be easy to miss the whole town if it weren't for the enormous pieces of military equipment sitting in a little park alongside the road. There are two of them. One is a ...
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  • ArtSmall Town Scene
    By Sam Lowe
    August 6, 2010
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    Wickenburg’s New Permanent Residents

    Seven new residents have moved (or been moved) into Wickenburg and they're permanent in the strictest sense of the word. They stand along the main thoroughfares as reminders of the city's heritage as one of the last vestiges of the Old West. They never move, never blink, never mind posing for tourist cameras. They can't ...
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  • Dose of HistorySmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    May 3, 2010
    1589
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    The Partial Resurrection of Fairbank in Southern Arizona

    In its prime, Fairbank was the site of a hotel, school, mercantile, several houses, stage depots and four railroads. Not bad for a town which, even at the height of its popularity, had only about 500 residents. But those days are gone and Fairbank is now a mere remnant of its glory days as a ...
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