History

“How pleasant then, if we’re going to fight them in the shade.” So said Spartan King Leonidas, when told Persian archers at Thermopylae were so numerous their arrows would blot out the sun.

The United States needs your help gathering information for the 2020 census. The Census Bureau is hiring 200,000 people to work in communities to accomplish census goals.

The Arizona Hotshots have begun play in the Alliance of American Football, a new football league.

Between 1854 and 1929, over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and sent west to find new homes in the largest child migration in American history. Forty were brought to Clifton-Morenci, Arizona, in 1904.

Officially named Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Church, this Scottsdale property is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the federal government’s list of historic properties and archaeological resources considered worthy of preservation.

According to a report by the National Council for Home Safety and Security, Florence is the safest town in Arizona, overall.

America wasn’t always this vitriolic. It need not be now.

There are nearly 125 American Legion posts across Arizona, but none with a more well-known name than American Legion Pat Tillman Post 117.

“We shall return to proven ways – not because they are old, but because they are true.” — Barry Goldwater

The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television and Sciences (NATAS) will name four media veterans to its Silver Circle Society during the 41st annual Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards on Sept. 22 at Château Luxe in Phoenix. The honorees are: Tom Fergus of FOX 10, Bruce Cooper of 12 News, Mike Watkiss of CBS 5 and Joe Hengemuehler, formerly of ABC15 and Tucson News Now.