Arizona Oddities: Land of Anomalies and Tamales

by Marshall Trimble

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467140492
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/22/2018
Series:	American Legends
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	368,209
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Tombstone beyond the O.K Corral 19

2 The Dutchman's Gold 26

3 Those Fighting Editors of Territorial Arizona 33

4 A Preacher Comes to Helldorado 38

5 Kit Carson: The Man and the Myth 45

6 The Escalante: Fred Harvey's Fabulous House 50

7 The Honeymoon Trail: Young Love 56

8 The Gunshot Physician 58

9 Arizona's Forrest Gump 62

10 Hi Jolly and the Camel Corps 72

11 Shangri-La on the Banks of the Santa Cruz River 78

12 Nightlife in the Town Too Tough to Die 83

13 The Strange but True Odyssey of Santiago McKinn 92

14 An Outlaw's Code of Honor 98

15 Tubac, Tumacacori to Hell 104

16 A Miracle in the Wilderness 107

17 The Lawyers of Rotten Row 115

18 The Old Black Canyon Stagecoach Road 119

19 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 125

20 When Outlaws Were Worth More Dead than Alive 128

21 How Arizona Lost Its Seaport 131

22 Traveling by Stagecoach was No Place for Sissies 134

23 Yonder Gomes the Train 137

Suggested Reading 141

About the Author 143