On the morning of February 23, 1945, five days into the bloodiest fighting the Marine […]
Category: Arizona
A very narrow topic, yes, but this is my home state and I plan to write many posts about this topic, though most will fit also into other categories.
Where “Duke” Came From
Long before he was John Wayne, cowboy icon and the most recognizable walk in American […]
Coronado: Arizona’s European History Begins
On September 7, 1940, the U.S. Post Office issued a three-cent violet stamp from Albuquerque, […]
The Man Who Made the West Look Like That
Before John Ford discovered it, Monument Valley wasn’t a movie backdrop — it was just […]
The Pathfinder Who Lost His Way in Arizona
By the time John Charles Frémont arrived in Arizona Territory in October 1878 to take […]
Into the Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s Daring Journey Through the Grand Canyon
May 24, 1869. Green River Station, Wyoming Territory. A one-armed Civil War veteran stood at […]
The Gadsden Purchase
In the long story of American territorial expansion, the Gadsden Purchase occupies a curious place […]