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Honoring the legacy: Historic Pennington House joins history, art | Get Out
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (796+ words) The Pennington House in 1964. At the time it was the Low Ruins Gallery, owned and operated by Marjorie Nichols. The Historic Pennington House was on display during an open studio tour for Kirk Gilliam, right, on Aug. 29. The Pennington House…...
Historical society kicking off speaker series soon
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (892+ words) The Battle of Yorktown. Historian Dan Judkins will talk about the Battle of Pensacola on Sept. 8. This illustration depicts the Battle of Yorktown. History buffs can expect to learn about a range of topics when the Santa Cruz Valley Historical…...
History-changing finds: Rio Rico History Museum is a walk through the centuries
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (907+ words) Deni Seymour and colleagues examine the 16th century cannon discovered at the Coronado site near Rio Rico, the oldest firearm discovered in the continental United States. Chris Novak, one of Deni Seymour’s volunteer archaeologists, is co-director of the Rio Rico History…...
Pioneer's remains could be moved for expansion
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (591+ words) Santa Cruz Valley Historical Society President Mary "Mac" Chernoski stands before the construction zone of the 103-lot Quail Creek expansion, where the historic 1912 burial site of pioneer Nelson Sawyer remains untouched on a distant hillside knoll, left. Nelson Sawyer was…...
Genealogy Today: Let's find that missing lady
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (750+ words) Part 2 of 3 Women can be the most elusive people in your family tree. In the April 12 Genealogy Today column, we began looking for Aunt Betsy Clark, who, in family stories, “went West to homestead, settling in Missouri or Iowa and…...
Meandering the Mesquite: Warrior, statesman and visionary: The Eisenhower years
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (701+ words) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower talks to paratroopers in England before they board planes in the first assault to retake the Europe. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, accompanied by Gen. Omar N. Bradley, left, and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., inspects art treasures stolen by…...
From the air: Historian shares Arizona's role training WWII pilots
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1298+ words) Douglas B-18 bombers and crews arrive at Davis-Monthan AFB on Jan. 15, 1941. The Bolo remained the Air Corps' primary bomber into 1941, and the Japanese destroyed some B-18s during the surprise attacks on Dec. 7. Davis-Monthan AFB According to historian Steve Hoza, Roosevelt tasked Gen....
Meandering the Mesquite: The man behind the O.K. Corral shootout: Ike Clanton, bad guy epitomized
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1163+ words) Newman Haynes "Old Man Clanton." The author at the Clanton Ranch corral site in 2003. The remnants of the Clanton Ranch in 1970. Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton owns the title of the most hated desperado the Old West ever had. Billy the…...
Genealogy Today: Riding the Pony Express across the West
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1349+ words) A 1960 100th anniversary commemorative stamp of the Pony Express. Pony Express riders racing across the Plains and the mountains of the West is an iconic American image. United States postage stamps commemorate the short-lived bit of history. Statues and memorials honor…...