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  • Kirby Chambliss
    Recreation
    By Andrea Aker
    October 13, 2016
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    Meet Kirby Chambliss, Arizona’s Aerobatics Ambassador

    If you think motorsports are limited to the land, you’ve never heard of the Red Bull Air Race, one of the fastest motorsports in the world. Among this growing sports’ most accomplished stars is Kirby Chambliss, who lives and trains right here in Arizona. Active in the sport since 2003, he is ranked #9 in ...
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  • Odd Observations
    By Marshall Shore
    September 11, 2016
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    Cruising into the Dwarf Car Museum in Maricopa

    Driving the backroads of Maricopa in Pinal County, I saw a trailer with the painted words “Dwarf Car Museum.” How could I pass that up? I immediately headed down West Halfmoon Road and encountered a larger-than-life EXXON sign and an old garage. Inside the garage, I spotted a candy apple red car, chopped and dropped. It ...
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  • Gateway Arch on McDowell Road
    ArtValley of the Sun
    By Sam Lowe
    June 17, 2016
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    That Arch Over McDowell Road has a Name and Story

    Since 1991, an odd-looking arch has spanned McDowell Road just east of 16th Street. It's made of structurally reinforced steel and painted with white enamel and, in a way, resembles Roman numerals careening high above the street.
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  • CultureOnly in ArizonaValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    April 24, 2016
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    Horsing Around at The Wigwam

    Before the historic hotel was home to three championship golf courses, The Wigwam was home to much larger, four-legged and hooved guests. Horses were a big part of the resort when it first opened its doors. In 1918, the Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company purchased 17,000 acres of land...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    March 25, 2016
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    Yuma’s Bridge to Nowhere

    YUMA – The McPhaul Swinging Bridge is located about 18 miles north of Yuma on Highway 85. It was constructed by Yuma County and the state of Arizona in 1929 to allow travelers driving between Yuma and Quartzsite to cross the Gila River.
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  • Natural SurroundingsOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    April 16, 2015
    6644
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    Leo, the Lost Lion near Tonto Creek

    Charles Lindbergh once inadvertently caused a lion roundup in Arizona's Mazatzal Mountains. In the summer of 1927, MGM Studios hired a stunt pilot to fly Leo, the studio's trademark lion, on a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York...
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  • Odd ObservationsSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    January 21, 2014
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    Another Recycled Depot in Douglas

    DOUGLAS -- Long before there were Home Depots, there were train depots. But now they are, for the most part, relics of a bygone era. Only about 40 of them remain in Arizona and most are being used for something other than their original purpose of sheltering waiting rail passengers.
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  • Odd ObservationsSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    September 29, 2013
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    Eleanor Roosevelt Leads Sober Dedication of Douglas International Airport

    DOUGLAS -- The first North American international airport dedication ceremony was held in Douglas in 1933, and it was a non-alcoholic affair. The airport began operations in 1929 and had an international designation because it was connected to the airport in the border city of Agua Prieta, Mexico, by a common runway.
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  • Boynton Canyon Spire, Kachina Woman
    Northern ArizonaOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    August 26, 2013
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    Even More Odd Street Names in Sedona

    SEDONA -- A recent Arizona Oddities entry listing peculiar street names in Sedona drew responses from numerous readers. Mike Peach commented that all the streets in west Sedona have one name if you go north -- but a different name if you go south. "It might have been that this dual-naming gave the illusion of ...
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  • Grand Canyon train
    Northern ArizonaOdd Observations
    By Sam Lowe
    August 22, 2013
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    Grand Canyon Steam Engines Powered by Cooking Oil

    WILLIAMS -- The old steam engines that once chugged and their way across the nation are, for the most part, relics of a bygone era. Most were turned into scrap metal or shipped off to railroad museums. But the Grand Canyon Railway owns two of the old iron behemoths and they both still run. But ...
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