Arizona History

The bust of Don Bolles
Lawmakers in the Arizona House voted 47-9 to add a memorial to slain Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles in Wesley Bolin Plaza. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it died last year.
Feb. 6, 2024
Winnie Ruth Judd Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix's infamous “Trunk Murderess” case has inspired a mystery novel and even a feature-length film that acts out the story with puppets. Now, the Phoenix Theatre Company is premiering a new stage adaptation of the Winnie Ruth Judd story, which opens Wednesday.
Feb. 5, 2024
A historic building in Phoenix once slated for demolition will be preserved in downtown’s Roosevelt Historic District. The single-story home, built in 1909, is surrounded by five-story apartment buildings near near Third Avenue and McKinley Street.
Feb. 1, 2024
Menu for The Salt Cellar restaurant
The Show’s Sativa Peterson visited Isabel Cazares, librarian at the Arizona Historical Society, where Valley menus from throughout the decades have been collected and talked about what we can learn from these menus.
Jan. 19, 2024
Woman looks at book
A two-year project powered by a $3.7 million grant will record oral histories of Indigenous children who attended federal boarding schools. Arizona's Heard Museum was a pioneer in researching and presenting those stories.
Jan. 8, 2024
Gabby Giffords
Monday, Jan. 8, marks the 13th anniversary of the 2011 Tucson shooting that left six people dead and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Jan. 8, 2024
The Milum Textile Services complex
The Milum Textile Services complex, a pair of buildings with a white brick facade and a teal-striped metal sign near Seventh Avenue and Van Buren Street in Phoenix, have been standing for 100 years — but their future is in doubt.
Jan. 5, 2024
The seven very tall silos next to the Hayden Flour Mill are in the foreground of this picture. The mill itself is seen in the background. Another, mostly glass, building is seen behind that. There is a clear blue sky.
The development project calls for the Hayden Flour Mill silos and building new restaurants and shops, a public park, restoration of the mill and its silos, and an improved trailhead to the A Mountain.
Jan. 3, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was raised on a rural Arizona ranch near the border with New Mexico, and that’s where she’ll return, said son Scott O’Connor at her Phoenix funeral.
Dec. 22, 2023
Smiling woman in tan shirt and book cover
Historian and author Alaina Roberts spoke with The Show about how some efforts to focus on diverse icons of the West are more successful than others, and more about the historical figure Bass Reeves.
Dec. 20, 2023
Paolo Soleri
Preservationists are working to try and save a chapel on the University of Arizona campus that was designed by architect Paolo Soleri. Soleri is the person behind Arcosanti and its trademark bells.
Dec. 19, 2023
USS Arizona
This week marks the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and a remembrance ceremony will be held Saturday at the state Capitol.
Dec. 8, 2023
Gaines Quammen and her book
The West is rife with myths — from cowboys and gunslingers in a lawless wasteland, to the idea that land is endless and free. All of that comes up in Betsy Gaines Quammen’s new book, "True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America."
Dec. 8, 2023
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose for the public to pay their respects on Monday, Dec. 18, in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court, the court announced on Tuesday.
Dec. 5, 2023
Raoul Torrez is sitting down, wearing a blue shirt. He is holding up a large picture frame that shows off a collage of family photos, all of varying ages.
After 60 years of doing business in downtown Phoenix, the family behind Azteca Bridal is closing for good in mid-December — a couple weeks later than originally announced. Co-owner Raoul Torrez said his father, Adolfo Torrez, was proud of the store being somewhere everyone was welcome.
Dec. 4, 2023
Art Hamilton
Longtime Arizona lawmaker Art Hamilton, a Democrat who served in the state Legislature at the same time as then-state Senator Sandra Day O’Connor, shared his memories with The Show.
Dec. 1, 2023
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice
Ruth McGregor and Scott Bales, two retired members of the Arizona judiciary, joined The Show to remember former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died today at the age of 93.
Dec. 1, 2023
Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had a full, rich career and life in Arizona before she was appointed to the Supreme Court, serving in all three branches of government in the state she called home.
Dec. 1, 2023
Sandra Day O'Connor House
The Show recently visited the O’Connor House and sat in the living room to talk more with Sarah Suggs, president and CEO of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy.
Dec. 1, 2023
Wedding dresses on display
Azteca Brida closed this week after 60 years in business near 10th and Washington streets in Phoenix. A staple in the Phoenix bridal and quinceañera industry, the shop remained family-owned for the entirety of its operation.
Nov. 29, 2023

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