Arizona Oddities
Land of Anomalies and Tamales
Published on 22. October 2018
130 pages
978-1-4396-6560-2 (ISBN)
Description
Arizona has stories as peculiar as its stunning landscapes. The Lost Dutchman's rumored cache of gold sparked a legendary feud. Kidnapping victim Larcena Pennington Page survived two weeks alone in the wilderness, and her first request upon rescue was for a chaw of tobacco. Discover how the town of Why got its name, how the government built a lake that needed mowing and how wild camels ended up in North America. Author Marshall Trimble unearths these and other amusing anomalies, outstanding obscurities and compelling curiosities in the state's history.
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Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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Marshall Trimble has been called the "Will Rogers of Arizona" and the "Dean of Arizona Historians." He taught Arizona history at Scottsdale Community College for forty years before retiring in 2014. His first book was published in 1977, and since then, he's written more than twenty books and been inducted into several halls of fame, including the Arizona Veteran's Hall of Fame and the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. He makes his home in Scottsdale with his wife, Vanessa.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Tombstone beyond the O.K. Corral
- 2. The Dutchman's Gold
- 3. Those Fighting Editors of Territorial Arizona
- 4. A Preacher Comes to Helldorado
- 5. Kit Carson: The Man and the Myth
- 6. The Escalante: Fred Harvey's Fabulous House
- 7. The Honeymoon Trail: Young Love
- 8. The Gunshot Physician
- 9. Arizona's Forrest Gump
- 10. Hi Jolly and the Camel Corps
- 11. Shangri-La on the Banks of the Santa Cruz River
- 12. Nightlife in the Town Too Tough to Die
- 13. The Strange but True Odyssey of Santiago McKinn
- 14. An Outlaw's Code of Honor
- 15. Tubac, Tumacacori to Hell
- 16. A Miracle in the Wilderness
- 17. The Lawyers of Rotten Row
- 18. The Old Black Canyon Stagecoach Road
- 19. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
- 20. When Outlaws Were Worth More Dead than Alive
- 21. How Arizona Lost Its Seaport
- 22. Traveling by Stagecoach Was No Place for Sissies
- 23. Yonder Comes the Train
- Suggested Reading
- About the Author
