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Three of Arizona’s other highways recently received recognition as National Scenic Byways: Historic Route 66 in northern Arizona, the Coronado Trail (U.S. 191) in eastern Arizona and the Sky Island Parkway, also known as the Mount Lemmon Highway, outside Tucson. National Scenic Byways must be significant for one or more historic, cultural, natural, scenic, recreational or archeological reasons.

first appeared: 1/15/2006

MISS ARIZONA 2006—Audrey Sibley of Sierra Vista (pop. 37,775) has earned a bounty of scholastic honors from the University of Arizona. But her greatest achievements happen off-campus, where she has educated hundreds with her program called BE AWARE: Preventing Child Abuse and Exploitation. She’s been named the spokesperson for the Arizona Amber Alert Web Portal. Sibley also has performed the national anthem for four major league baseball teams.

first appeared: 1/8/2006

When Hopi athlete Louis Tewanima won the silver medal in the 10,000-meter race at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he set a U.S. record that stood for 52 years—until Billy Mills broke it at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Tewanima hailed from Second Mesa (pop. 814), which hosts the Louis Tewanima Footrace in his honor each September.

first appeared: 1/1/2006

When Darren Lott hit 65.24 mph on a buttboard (similar to a skateboard) in Fountain Hills (pop. 20,235) on Sept. 26, 1998, he set an official Guinness world speed record for the sport. Buttboarding originated with the skateboarding practice of sitting down to ride a hill too steep to handle standing up but has since been recognized as its own sport.

first appeared: 12/18/2005

The Sonoran Desert’s Upland Arizona section has five seasons instead of four: summer monsoon (early July to mid-September), autumn, winter, spring, and foresummer drought (May and June). Some scientists claim the region is not desert at all, but thornscrub, an intermediate classification between desert and tropical forest.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

Computer giant Intel Corp. has announced plans to expand its operations in Chandler, locating a microprocessor fabrication facility there. About 3,000 tradespeople will be engaged in construction of the $3 billion, 1 million-square-foot facility, scheduled for completion in 2007.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

The coldest temperature officially recorded in the state goes to Hawley Lake near Show Low (pop. 7,695), at an elevation of 8,200 feet, for a reading of 40 degrees below zero on Jan. 7, 1971. The state’s hottest temperature was recorded at Lake Havasu City (pop. 41,938), at an elevation of 482 feet, on June 29, 1994—when the mercury hit 128 degrees.

first appeared: 11/20/2005

In the late 1890s, Jane Arminda Delano (1862-1919) spent three years nursing typhoid patients at a copper mine in Bisbee (pop. 6,044). Delano, whose family tree includes President Franklin D. Roosevelt, served as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps (1909-1912) and is credited with founding the Nursing Service of the American Red Cross in the 1909.

first appeared: 11/6/2005

Zenna Chlarson Henderson (1917-1983), of Tucson, was one of the first female science fiction writers and was known for her stories about The People, a race of sensitive aliens who resemble humans and have psychic abilities. Her stories inspired the 1972 ABC-TV movie, The People, starring William Shatner. Her grave lies in St. David (pop. 1,744).

first appeared: 10/23/2005

Homesteaded in 1879, the X Diamond near Springerville (pop. 1,972) has been a working cattle ranch since the early 1900s, when John and Molly Butler began a family ranching tradition. Located near the 26 Bar Ranch that was co-owned by John Wayne, the X Diamond still is owned by Butler descendants, who also have established the Little House Museum of Western history on the property.

first appeared: 10/9/2005

One of the first settlers in the Springerville area was Juan Baca, who arrived around the 1860s and is reported to have christened the new White Mountain community Valle Redondo, or Round Valley. The town was officially founded in 1879 and grew up around Henry Springer’s trading post. Springer unfortunately extended credit to the wrong people and ended up bankrupt—but his name remained.

first appeared: 10/9/2005

One of the nation’s largest growers of greenhouse tomatoes, Eurofresh Farms sold more than 100 million pounds of its tomatoes last year, including beefsteak, Campari and tomato-on-the-vine varieties. Eurofresh established operations in Arizona in the early 1990s and now has 212 acres of greenhouses, including 168 acres under glass in Willcox (pop. 3,733) and 44 acres in Snowflake (pop. 4,460).

first appeared: 9/25/2005

In March, a bald eagle that spent 15 days recovering from lead poisoning was released back into the wild after an Apache Indian blessing at Hidden Meadow Ranch in Greer, near Eagar (pop. 4,033). Ranch visitor Julian Fruhling, president of Legacy Bank, flew the eagle to the ranch via private plane after Liberty Wildlife in Scottsdale nursed the eagle back to health.

first appeared: 9/18/2005

Scottsdale-based Liberty Wildlife rehabilitates sick, injured and orphaned wildlife, including mammals such as coyote, fox, rabbits, mountain lions and bobcats; large birds of prey such as owls, hawks and eagles; and other birds, including the cactus wren, mockingbird and great blue heron.

first appeared: 9/18/2005

Visitors can’t miss the Longhorn Bar & Grill, built in the 1970s in Amado (pop. 275). It’s shaped like a longhorn cattle skull, complete with horns and an entrance through the skull’s nasal cavity. Across the street from the bar sits the Cow Palace restaurant. Founded as part of the Kinsley Ranch around 1930, the steakhouse has served movie star diners such as John Wayne and Douglas Fairbanks.

first appeared: 9/11/2005

Established in 1901, the Arizona Rangers were authorized to end the lawlessness rampant in the Arizona Territory. The 107 men who served as Rangers during the force’s eight-year history were so successful that many territory residents believed it was no longer needed by 1909, and the territorial legislature disbanded it. Re-established in 1957, the Rangers today serve as a volunteer law enforcement auxiliary organization. The group’s history is preserved at the Arizona Ranger Museum in Nogales (pop. 21,280).

first appeared: 9/11/2005

Archaeological excavations at the Elden Pueblo, in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff (pop. 52,894), have shown that the American Indian village—which was inhabited between 1070 and 1275—had trading connections that stretched as far south as Mexico. First excavated in 1926, the 60- to 80-room pueblo belonged to the Sinagua culture and is considered a Hopi ancestral site.

first appeared: 8/28/2005

Described as a cross between a Swiss chalet and a Norwegian villa, El Tovar Hotel opened in Grand Canyon Village (pop. 1,460) in 1905. Built at a cost of $250,000, with its front door just 30 yards from the Grand Canyon’s south rim, the lodge features a guest list that includes President Theodore Roosevelt and actress Elizabeth Taylor. El Tovar reopened in April after three months of renovations.

first appeared: 8/14/2005

Also celebrating its centennial this year, Hopi House—just steps from El Tovar—was designed by architect Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter to resemble a traditional Hopi pueblo, creating an appropriate setting for demonstrating and selling American Indian crafts. Both El Tovar and Hopi House were built to serve the Santa Fe Railway’s line, opened in 1901, between Williams (pop. 2,842) and the Grand Canyon.

first appeared: 8/14/2005

Michael Kahn and Leda Livant drew inspiration from the land when they began building their home on a three-acre site near Cornville (pop. 3,335) in 1979. They constructed buildings out of a free-form concrete framework, inlaid with mosaics of driftwood, tile, glass and stone. The result is a living art installation, which they named Eliphante after the trunk-like appearance of the main building’s entrance tunnel.

first appeared: 7/31/2005

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