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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.That Was One Big Sarah With a Dynamic Past
YUMA – Sarah Bowman was a large woman. So large that she was nicknamed “the Great Western,” after a huge ocean-going steamship known throughout the country. She was a camp follower who hooked up with, and married, several soldiers so she could travel with the Army. After her first marriage, she became the first prostitute ...No Lettuce Cooking at Yuma Lettuce Days
YUMA -- Chef Hosea Rosenberg of Boulder, Colo., will be the headline chef for Yuma Lettuce Days, scheduled Feb. 28-March 1, 2015 at the University of Arizona's Yuma Agricultural Center. Naturally, that poses the question: Is he really going to cook lettuce?11 Quirky Artistic Endeavors in Southern Arizona
Southern Arizona has a rich culture and some very talented artists. Here are some of our favorite sculptures, murals and other artistic endeavors.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.Sunny Days Mean No Free Food in Yuma
YUMA -- Down here, they're calling it a "wrap." But it's not the kind you eat. The city successfully has wrapped up a yearlong celebration of Arizona's 100th birthday by promising free food on every day the sun didn't shine between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. And they made it without giving away ...Yuma High School’s “Criminal” Past and Present
YUMA -- The Yuma Territorial Prison was a key player in the drama of the Old West. For 33 years, it served as a place of incarceration, and some of those who stayed within its walls were indeed desperate men and women with few redeeming qualities. But the prison was closed in 1909 and the ...Those Bombastic Frontier Gazettes and Their Irrepressible Fighting Editors!
Following that magnetic trail west and hot on the harbingering heels of fur trappers, prospectors, cowboys, merchants, politicians and preachers, were frontier fourth estaters armed with crude little hand presses and big-time dreams.Joe Boot: An Unsung Desperado from Old Arizona
If Joe Boot had never met Pearl Hart, he might have lived an uneventful life as a miner and businessman. But they did meet, and they did plan a stagecoach robbery. They got caught, and the capture catapulted Pearl Hart into infamy but left Joe Boot totally ignored in the hulabaloo that followed.Religious Oddities Damaged by the Elements
Two Arizona sites listed as oddities have fallen victim to wind, rain and fire. The little church that Loren Pratt built to honor his late wife - the Mini Taj - was severely damaged by an Arizona thunderstorm. It stood in the open fields at Dome and welcomed visitors and curious passersby since 1996, but succumbed ...
