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The history of the great state of Arizona.

A place to share and discuss history of the great state of Arizona! Arizona Rangers, Grand Canyon State, Tombstone, Native American tribes, Hohokam, Anasazi, Apache, Navajo, Spanish missions, Mexican period, Pioneer life, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Geronimo, Cochise, Barry Goldwater, Sandra Day O'Connor, Cesar Chavez, etc

The history of the great state of Arizona.

A place to share and discuss history of the great state of Arizona!

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Santa Fe Railroad bridge over Canyon Diablo, Arizona (c. 1870's)

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2025/02/01
06:16 UTC
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Diamondbacks' inaugural uniform set unveiled and modeled by the Phoenix Suns. (11/2/95)

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2025/01/31
05:03 UTC
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O.K. Livery, Phoenix(1906)

The O.K. Livery (Williams Family) in 1906 on the northwest corner of 6th Ave and Van Buren St. Phoenix, AZ. Photo courtesy of S. Chris.

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2025/01/31
03:09 UTC
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Tombstone (c. 1880)

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2025/01/30
06:24 UTC
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Kingman, AZ right after WW2. Hundreds of aircraft, including many B-17s flown directly from bases in Asia, filled the dispersal area next to Kingman Army Air Base. (c. 1945)

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2025/01/29
07:42 UTC
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Bisbee Deportation: Miners Sit In Bleachers, Held Captive At Warren Ballpark. Armed Members Of The Posse Patrol The Infield. (1917)

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2025/01/27
21:10 UTC
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Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute guide, with John Wesley Powell, who led the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. (c.1871)

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2025/01/27
01:38 UTC
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1st Governor of Arizona W.P. Hunt. He would serve seven terms. (c. 1930's)

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2025/01/25
23:18 UTC
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'Spectators gathered to watch a parade along Central Avenue in Phoenix in 1937. This view is looking North from Adams Street towards the San Carlos hotel and hotel Westward Ho.'

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2025/01/24
22:44 UTC
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'The railroad bridge collapsed under the weight of a train on Oct. 30, 1902, sending the engine, empty freight car, a car of cattle and another with merchandise diving into the dry Salt River about 20 feet below. One man died and several others were injured.'

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2025/01/24
00:21 UTC
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Main Street - Jerome Arizona (c. 1915)

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2025/01/23
13:55 UTC
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Notorious bank robber John Dillinger & gang, Captured by Tucson, AZ Police (January 25, 1934)

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2025/01/21
21:16 UTC
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This 1884 cabinet card taken at the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona is the earliest known photo of Geronimo

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2025/01/18
08:12 UTC
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Al Seiber with Apache Scouts, Arizona Territory (1870's)

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2025/01/17
22:23 UTC
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Governor Fife Symington and Jerry Colangelo during a Phoenix Suns celebration at the Arizona State Capitol (1993)

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2025/01/17
05:01 UTC
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Fort Lowell in Tucson, Arizona Territory (c.1888)

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2025/01/16
12:00 UTC
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Zora Folley, Chandler-AZ resident since he was 11, rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s, even challenging Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title March 22, 1967. Folley served as a member of the Chandler City Council, and raised a family of nine children with his wife Joella.

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2025/01/15
01:53 UTC
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Tom McLaury (c. 1876)

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2025/01/14
09:12 UTC
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Charleston, Cochise County, AZ (c. 1885)

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2025/01/14
09:08 UTC
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Jeff Milton, Arizona deputy sheriff in Cochise County. (c. 1890's)

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2025/01/13
07:05 UTC
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, posed (standing, left) with soldier friends at Fort Grant, AZ. Burroughs was on a 10-month tour of duty with the 7th U.S. Cavalry. (c. 1896)

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2025/01/12
02:56 UTC
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Eleanor Roosevelt at the Gila River relocation center (April 23, 1943)

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2025/01/11
07:10 UTC
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"Execution of a soldier of the 8th Infantry in Prescott, Arizona 1877" is the caption. In fact, it is the execution of Private James Malone of Company K 12th US Infantry, for his part in a January 1876 murder. (c. March 15, 1878)

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2025/01/09
21:51 UTC
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General George Crook pictured in Arizona with two Apache scouts, Dutchy and Alchesay (1886).

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2025/01/09
19:23 UTC
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Barney Oldfield, whose name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century, driving in the Los Angeles to Phoenix Auto Race (c. 1912).

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2025/01/09
00:56 UTC
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riders crossing Canyon de Chelly (c. 1904)

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2025/01/08
07:12 UTC
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Wickenburg (c. 1942)

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2025/01/08
05:36 UTC
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Phoenix, AZ, 'Washington between 1st Street and Central' (c. 1880's)

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2025/01/07
20:25 UTC
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Cabinet photograph of Dr. George Goodfellow, who treated numerous bullet wounds to both lawmen and outlaws, made by C.S. Fly, noted Tombstone photographer. (c. 1881)

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2025/01/07
11:41 UTC
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