HistoryResurgence of Drag Shows on Roosevelt Row Harkens Back to Gay Nightlife Heyday
The resurgence of drag shows on Roosevelt Row recalls the heyday of Downtown gay bar 307 Lounge.
The resurgence of drag shows on Roosevelt Row recalls the heyday of Downtown gay bar 307 Lounge.
Rock star scientist Dr. Herbert Stahnke dazzled audiences in his 1950s TV show and created a life-saving scorpion antivenin.
Early in the 20th century, the abduction of 40 Irish orphans from their Mexican foster families in Clifton created a legal battle heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ruess wandered Depression-era Arizona, capturing its beauty, until he mysteriously vanished in southeastern Utah.
An enormous salt deposit sitting beneath Luke Airforce Base helped spice up the West Valley’s postwar economy and still serves several vital purposes today.
In the 1950s, Frank Lloyd Wright’s futuristic design for Arizona’s statehouse divided the city.
Hattie Mosher was a progressive force in early Phoenix until construction debacles and frivolous tax protests over road improvements left her destitute.
A Great Depression-era government program launched a commercial fishing industry in the Salt River lakes that thrived for three decades.
The University of Arizona Wildcats’ unsporting demand before the 1968 Territorial Cup led to the inaugural Fiesta Bowl.
In 1950, moms in Phoenix hatched an enlightening plan to mobilize the community and fight a pandemic.
The surprisingly shady roots of the NFL’s oldest team, our Arizona Cardinals.
Four major highways coalesced in a neon spectacle to create Phoenix’s most exciting street. Then Van Buren went dark.
The African American experience in Phoenix has been a long battle against racial injustice involving school, housing and business segregation.
A disc jockey lived in a car atop a flagpole in Phoenix for seven months, seeking fame and fortune.
The 1918 Spanish influenza hit Arizona in four waves, shut down Phoenix twice and had striking parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic.