- Jan Cleere Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Anna Durkee rose from an orphaned childhood in New York to become one of America’s most successful women miners, building a fortune through Alaska garnet operations and Arizona mining ventures while leading one of the world’s first women-run mining companies.
- David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star
Pioneering homesteader Leonard G. Wagner — who has a new street named after him in Vail — worked in mining, law enforcement and railroading in Pantano, Vail, Helvetia and Tucson starting in about 1900.
- Jan Cleere Special to the Arizona Daily Star
In 1868, diarist “Hattie” Bunyard crossed the Arizona Territories. Tucson was a beautiful place with nice homes, she wrote.
- Grace Trejo
Survivors, community members and Pima County officials gathered at the Embrace Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting that killed six people and wounded 13 others.
- Sierra Blaser
Tucked behind El Minuto Café in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo sits El Tiradito, a wishing shrine tied to the folktale of 18-year-old Juan Oliveras.
- David McCumber Arizona Daily Star
Environmental reporter Jane Kay produced one of the most important, hard-hitting stories in the Star's history when she revealed widespread contamination of the southside water supply — and ensuing deaths and illnesses — from the industrial solvent TCE.
- By Jan Cleere Special to the Arizona Daily Star
In December 1965, Mary Velasquez Riley stood alongside a contingent of White Mountain Apaches in Washington, D.C., as the official national Christmas tree was lit, the first time a Native American tribe had donated a tree for the seasonal event. Mary rightfully belonged among the delegation …
Historic Lees Ferry bell dates to an era of Mormon migration to Arizona in the 19th Century.
A Green Valley retiree is among those who submitted DNA samples that could soon be used to help identify USS Arizona servicemen buried as unknowns.
The annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday on the Mall at the University of Arizona.
In 1909, when Clara Schultes Higgins arrived in Tucson, she had no idea that over the ensuing years she would be responsible for the care, feeding and comfort of thousands of children who needed a place to stay, a safe environment and someone to watch over them.
Civilian campaign to ID unknowns from USS Arizona reaches milestoneFor Star subscribers: A civilian group has reached a major milestone in its campaign to identify dozens of USS Arizona crew members who were buried in Hawaii as unknowns.
Growlers Taphouse memorial wall has photos of nearly 20 service members who died in the line of duty. It is a reminder of the soldiers' sacrifices.
Ernesto Portillo Sr., who gave voice to Tucson's Hispanic community as both a Spanish-language radio broadcaster and a civic leader, died on Nov. 2 at the age of 92.
St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church has won a $150,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Fund for Sacred Spaces program.
How an investigation by the Star into the University of Arizona's football program led to two reporters winning the Pulitzer Prize.
What did soldiers at the Tucson Presidio have in common with George Washington and Paul Revere? More than you might think, according to the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Our Western Women series tells the story of five young women who earned their way by playing wherever they could land a gig.
Her birth name is not spoken by the Apache people. She is known as Gouyen, meaning “Wise Woman” or “the one who is wise.” The respect she is given was hard-earned.
S-cuk Ṣon/Tucson celebrated 250 years with live music, folklorico, frybread, Eegees, food trucks, remarks by elected leaders, a Presidio garrison musket demonstration, and more on Saturday night.
A list of events in the coming week to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Tuscson Presidio.
It became a popular and sought-after destination for freighters, military personnel and pioneers.
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The founding of the Tucson Presidio on Aug. 20, 1775, is widely heralded as the start of what has become Arizona's second largest city. But the journey wasn't an easy one.
Eighty years later, a San Fransciso street photographer's candid picture of two happy sailors on V-J Day has become a cherished family heirloom for one Tucson man.
The Old Pueblo has lost its Ark, and the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation is organizing a search for the almost 60-year-old sculpture once on display at the Reid Park Zoo.
Hundreds of Tucsonans gathered Friday evening for the unveiling of four new murals throughout the downtown area celebrating the founding of the Spanish presidio here 250 years ago, which is considered the birth of modern Tucson.
A team of students from the University of Arizona is in Poland to help search for the remains of missing crew members from an American B-17 bomber that was shot down during World War II.
Minnie Maddern first walked onto a stage when she was 3 years old and rarely left it until shortly before her death at age 66. She played in theaters across the country and even made a few early films. She spent only a few days in Arizona during her acting career, but her impact at the time …
A new study by University of Arizona researchers bolsters the case that fossilized footprints in White Sands, New Mexico, are the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.
Mary Ann Page’s life started off during harrowing times in Arizona and ended just as traumatically 30 years later. Our Western Women columnist tells her story.