October 14, 2009 | Posted by javal
Irvin McDowell’s name is associated with one-third of all the land in Scottsdale, but his history and legacy have little to do with the city at all.
The McDowell Mountains, McDowell Road, and the McDowell Sonoran Preserve are all named after the U.S. Army general who lived between 1818 and 1885.
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October 7, 2009 | Posted by javal
Students at Gilbert’s Highland High School have been able to rewrite the final chapter of an amateur career in diorama-making by former history teacher Glen Frakes. It’s the right ending to a tale about a lifelong passion for learning about the past through visualization and painstaking work rather than just reading a textbook.
Currently on display [...]
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May 15, 2009 | Posted by javal
Some of the first U.S. troops ever buried in Tucson are heading to their final rest this weekend, two years after their remains were unearthed to make way for a Downtown construction project.
The bones of nearly 60 soldiers from the Civil and Indian war eras will be blessed this morning at a local cemetery as [...]
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February 25, 2009 | Posted by javal
The Civil War isn’t over yet. But it has changed venues
Arizona’s small but passionate re-enacting community has moved the annual Civil War in the Southwest event from Picacho Peak State Park to the Phoenix area after the cash-strapped park canceled this year’s show.
The state’s largest Civil War re-enactment now will be held the same weekend, [...]
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February 10, 2009 | Posted by javal
The Civil War has been canceled.
Actually, make that the Civil War in the Southwest re-enactment at Picacho Peak State Park south of Casa Grande.
The March 14-15 event was a casualty of the state’s budget problems, said Ellen Bilbrey, spokeswoman for the Arizona State Parks.
“It’s one of our special events,” she said, “but it cost $3,500 [...]
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