History

In 1874, two years after the Chiricahua Reservation was established, Taza – the son of Apache chief Cochise – succeeded his father as chief.

Back-to-school blues reached record heights in mid-September 1920, when a shortage of dormitory space forced University of Arizona students to the streets of Tucson in search of a place to sleep.

Typists across America quickly employed their collective thumbs in 1893 after a Phoenix court reporter conceived of – and applied for the patent on – a center space bar for typewriters.

Documented food traditions in the Copper State run deep. “Three Sisters” cultivation in the region can be traced back 4,100 years.

In 1897, a whopping 4,147,200 acres of Arizona forest were established as the Black Mesa Forest Reserve by the state’s General Land Office.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Arizona Territory was rampant with violence and crime, like cattle rustling, train robberies and murder.

In 1857, U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis purchased around three dozen camels from Egypt and Turkey that became the U.S. Army Camel Corps.

Seven-year-old Chris Greicius dreamed of being a motorcycle officer when he grew up.

June 19,1865, marked the first ever Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day.

On clear nights, the 500,000 residents of Tucson are treated to a celestial light show.