Today, December 6, the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, I decided to visit the semi-new Memorial to the Battleship USS Arizona at the University of Arizona. There were 1177 lives lost that day aboard the USS Arizona. This was almost half of the total of 2403 lives that … Continue reading
On a cold December day in 1883, five men robbed the Goldwater & Casteneda Store on Main Street that substituted for Bisbee’s only bank. They did so believing that the mining company’s payroll was locked inside the store’s safe. What started as a quick and easy robbery ended in the death of almost a dozen people.
The robbers quickly discovered a problem. The mine’s payroll had not yet arrived. Foolishly, the five robbers stuck around to steal what they could from the store, its owners, and customers. This took time. Time they did not have.
Continue readingIn the cold Boston winter of 1944-45, Reverend Endicott Peabody was in the final season of his life. At 87 years of age, he had lived perhaps the most productive and influential life of any American clergy. He had much to reflect upon, including 6 months as a young pastor … Continue reading
TOMBSTONE’S RAILROAD CENTENNIAL reprinted with permission from Tombstone Times. by Larry Jensen & Ray Madzia Picture the day. Feel the event. The Railroad was coming to Tombstone!!!! It had been nearly 25 years that folks had been arriving in Tombstone, but not by rail. The railroad had not laid tracks … Continue reading
Years ago, we posted our first article on the historic Steam Pump Ranch and Oro Valley Farmers Market on North Oracle Road not far from Catalina State Park. The ranch was started in 1874 by German immigrants George Pusch and Johann Zellweger. In order to make the ranch viable, they … Continue reading
While going through Jim’s piles of papers for the Southern Arizona Guide, I came upon a brochure for a Memorial to the Buffalo Soldier, located in Tucson. I have been intrigued by the story of the Buffalo Soldiers since coming across an exhibit in the Presidio under the Golden Gate … Continue reading
Old Bisbee By now, the whole country has heard of Old Historic Bisbee, AZ, thanks to several articles in Sunset magazine a decade ago. Before that, Bisbee was a struggling former mining town, trying to remake itself as an arts mecca/tourist destination. The copper mining business had run its course. … Continue reading
Old Car Buffs and Photographers love the Lowell Neighborhood. Erie Street is home to the Original Bisbee Breakfast Club, The Shady Dell, Historic Evergreen Cemetery, and the Lavender Pit, the former home of the rest of what was the town of Lowell. At one time before the Lavender Pit gutted … Continue reading
This is the story of the founding of the Historic Empire Ranch by historian Alison Bunting. The Empire Ranch, established in 1876, is located on Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA), north of present-day Sonoita. In its 144-year history, it became one of the largest cattle ranches in southeastern Arizona … Continue reading
The Greenway Manor is formerly the home of John Greenway, General Manager of the Queen Mine in Bisbee, and the New Cornelia Mines in Ajo. It is a large home which has recently been turned into an Airbnb. The good news is that if you stay there you may be … Continue reading
