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    • February 17

    • February 17

    • Western Ways Features Service

    • Cattle drives--Arizona--Photographs

    • On this day in 1926, it was reported in the Arizona Republic that three rustlers had shipped 237 head of cattle out of Arizona with forged certificates of ownership. Cattle ranching has had a long history in the economy of the state. This...
    • November 16

    • November 16

    • Western Ways Features Service

    • Airplanes, Military--Photographs

    • On this date in 1945, Davis Monthan Air Base was selected as the storage site for B-29s. This undated photo shows a B-29 being moved across the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in Tucson.
    • July 9

    • July 9

    • Western Ways Features Service

    • Tohono O'Odham Indians--Food; Fruit--Sonoran Desert

    • On this date in 1958, the Tohono O'odham people were engaged in their traditional harvest of saguaro fruit which they call bahidaj. Harvesters knocked or pulled the fruits off the tops of the saguaros using a tall pole made of saguaro ribs called...
    • July 18

    • July 18

    • Western Ways Features Service

    • Steward Observatory; University of Arizona. Department of Astronomy

    • On this date in 1922, a huge 36-inch lens was installed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. This view of Steward Observatory is believed to have been photographed circa 1930-1940.
    • August 21

    • August 21

    • Western Ways Features Service

    • Hughes Aircraft Company; Aerospace industries--Arizona--History

    • On this date in 1959, Tucson's biggest employer was Hughes Aircraft with 5, 200 employees. This photograph of the Hughes Aircraft Plant and workers is undated.
    • March 12

    • March 12

    • Winn, Frederic

    • Sabino Canyon Dam (Tucson, Ariz.)--Miscellanea

    • The building of Sabino Canyon Dam got underway on this date in 1936. This undated photograph shows part of the construction which was done by Works Progress Administration workers.
    • May 10

    • May 10

    • Zinn, Edward

    • Wagon trains; Apache Indian Wars

    • On this date in 1869, the Tully and Ochoa wagon train was attacked in Canyon del Oro by 300 Indians. Five men were killed and many more were wounded, mules were stolen and the wagons burned. This painting by Edward Zinn is identified as depicting a...

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