The Bighorn Fire consumed much of the Santa Catalina mountain range after an innocuous lightning strike late on June 5, 2020. It became a daily spectacle – visible from the Tucson area – as it methodically marched from West to East, finally enveloping burned and unburned Ponderosa pines arou…
Since 1939's "Arizona," Old Tucson Studios west of the Tucson Mountains has hosted nearly 300 productions. Nearly 40-percent of the historic wooden buildings burned to the ground in a devastating fire in 1995.
For more than 60 years, Kitt Peak National Observatory has been the crown jewel of observatories in the southern United States, sitting atop the highest peak in the Quinlan Mountains southwest of Tucson.
These archive photos follow transit strikes against Tucson Rapid Transit and Sun Tran in Tucson going back to 1958.
The legendary band performed at the Tucson Community Center in June 1972.
Pinal Air Park north of Tucson began its life as a 3.5-acre flight training base in World War II (Marana Army Air Field), to a contract flight school for the U.S. Air Force in the 50s (Marana Air Base) to numerous quasi-government and private air services in the 60s.
An IBM 650 computer (or "electronic brain") was installed in three parts in the University of Arizona Engineering Experiment Station in 1957 to solve research problems submitted by the UA, as well as government and private businesses.
Tucson was rocked by a series of bombings in 1968 at the Tucson homes of organized crime figures and a beauty salon.
In these throwback photos, sorority pledges and members meet during Rush Week at University of Arizona in 1968.
Riding the wave of songs like “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Godzilla” and a live album that sold 2 million copies, the group rode into Tucson in August 1979 for a concert at what was then called the Tucson Community Center.
These black and white aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen show the Old Pueblo in years past.
If you're a fan of "The Crown" on Netflix, you know of Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret. She toured the United States for three weeks in 1965 with her husband, the Earl of Snowdon. An episode in Season 3 highlights the journey.
Another round of photos scanned from the archives of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star, covering Tucson people and places from the 1950s-80s.
The Santa Cruz River was the lifeblood of Tucson for early Native Americans, the Spanish Conquistadores and early American settlers. It languished for years and became dry most of the year as the water table dropped.
Bisbee, Ariz. was founded in 1880, as the Copper Queen Mine churned out copper, gold, silver and high-quality minerals. The town is named for Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of backers of the Copper Queen Mine.
Tucson native Linda Ronstadt, one of the most popular female vocalists of all time, turned 77 years old in July.
Photos of Tucson as far back as the 1870s the archives of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star. Information for many of the photos was handwritten on the back of the prints or taken from stories in both newspapers.
These archive photos follow a group that explored Peppersauce Cave in the Santa Catalina Mountains in Coronado National Forest in 1948.
Sitting at 9,150 feet, the Mount Lemmon Air Force Station was said to be the world’s highest radar installation in 1957.
In 1959, long-haul trucking was dark and dangerous along U.S. 80 and State Route 84, the two-lane highways through Tucson that were replaced by Interstate 10.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy made a stop in Tucson in March, 1968, during his campaign for President of the United States. He spoke to crowds at Tucson International Airport and the University of Arizona.
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