Local History - Tucson

Which was America’s longest war? President Obama claims that the war in Afghanistan is America’s longest. But is that true?...

On a perfect February morning, we went to the 2014 Tucson Rodeo Parade. The parade celebrates the annual rodeo known...

A slideshow of Mission San Xavier del Bac, the "White Dove of the Desert". The church has been lovingly restored...

Gates Pass was named for Thomas Gates, a local pioneer & successful gambler, rancher, saloonkeeper, & miner. Today, we might...

Barrio Viejo, the old neighborhood, mainly consists of Tucson's 19th century homes and commercial buildings. In the 1960's & '70's,...

http://vimeo.com/66199831 A Spanish woman living with her family in a fort on the northern frontier of New Spain tells of...

On a perfect Saturday in February, our friends from New York, Susan & Charlea, went with Ms. Karen, Molly Dog,...

This is the main commercial district of Tucson Arizona in 1887. Here you see Congress Street looking west toward the...

Jim Turner, retired from the Arizona Historical Society, is a professional Arizona historian, author, and public speaker whose talks both...

Despite the fact that yesterday, June 15, 2012, the official daytime temperature at Downtown Tucson was 104 degrees, last night...