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DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

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Ted DeGrazia was a world-renowned artist who, with his Native American friends, built one of the world’s most unique art galleries to showcase his work. However you describe his art, I’m sure your visit to the DeGrazia Gallery In The Sun in Northeast Tucson will be a most interesting and enjoyable outing.

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Walking the American West with Dr. Jay – Castle Dome

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Dr. Jay Castle Dome

One year ago our friend Dr. Jay got restless giving the same old history tour of Tombstone. So he branched out to start filming the American West. This time he ventures out close to Yuma to tell you about Castle Dome City. If you like this video, you can see … Continue reading

Returning To Fort Lowell

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Ms. Karen and I had visited the museums at Fort Lowell several years ago, long before the onset of the recent pandemic where it was closed by the Arizona Historical Society. Now, in mid-March 2023, the museums were still closed and their contents are in storage, awaiting eventual reopening. But … Continue reading

African American Museum of Southern Arizona

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I had contacted Beverly Elliott, Director of the new African American Museum of Southern Arizona about arranging a visit and a tour in early March 2023. She easily agreed to a date and time. I then wrote her that I had casually mentioned our tour to friends, who said “Hey, … Continue reading

A “Jap” In Bisbee: A “White Man’s Mining Camp” Part I

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On occasion, we invite knowledgeable writers to contribute to our website. Today, we have Mike Anderson, a borderlands historian and researcher, former Arizona history teacher, author of “Warren Ballpark” and articles published in the Journal of Arizona History and the Cochise County Historical Journal. In this article, he writes about … Continue reading

From Cowtown to Desert Metropolis: Roy Drachman’s Tucson

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Drachman's Tucson

“From Cowtown to Desert Metropolis” is Roy P. Drachman’s telling of an oasis in the Sonoran Desert that, in the twentieth century, became a mid-sized American city. Mr. Drachman is the grandson of Polish immigrants who lived his first 10 years in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo, the old neighborhood south of … Continue reading

Near Yuma, AZ: A Plank Road Across The Sand Dunes

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plank road across Imperial Dunes

From the time Juan Bautista de Anza led a Spanish expedition from Tubac, AZ to the Golden Gate on the coast of Alta California, travelers have been daunted by the breadth and height of the Imperial Sand Dunes 20 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. The Spanish called them the Algodones … Continue reading

Historic Neighborhoods of Tucson

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We have written a number of articles about Tucson’s Neighborhoods and streets and how they arrived at their names, but we have yet to combine them all in one place. Here are some short explanations of many of the origins of Tucson streets and neighborhoods. You will find links to … Continue reading

A List of Historic, Famous & Notable Arizonans

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Shorten Bread Apache Scout

Although many of the people here were not actually born in Arizona, for their life’s work, they were/are noted as Arizonans. We thought that a short list of notable people would be of interest. Cochise – (Circa 1810 – June 8, 1874) Chokonen Chiricahua Apache, led the war with the … Continue reading

A Day Trip Through History: The Santa Cruz River Valley

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Tucson Convento & Chapel on the West Bank of the Santa Cruz River.

A brief history of the Santa Cruz River Valley from Tucson, South to the Mexican Border. Here you will find the Spanish missions and presidios (forts) of the Pimeria Alta, Land of the Upper Pimas. Today, Interstate 19 makes traveling this 70-mile section of Arizona history an easy day trip. … Continue reading

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