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How Department Stores Changed Shopping
Shopping Under One Roof Large department stores transformed retail by bringing clothing, furniture, housewares, cosmetics and other goods together in one building. Instead of visiting many small specialty shops, customers…
Read more →The Gila Monster: How an Arizona Desert Lizard Helped Inspire a Diabetes Treatment
A slow-moving reptile with a powerful bite helped scientists uncover a molecule that became the basis of an important diabetes medicine.
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Arizona’s Five Cs: The Industries That Built a State
Cattle, Cotton, Citrus, Copper and Climate For much of the twentieth century, five words were used to explain Arizona’s economy: cattle, cotton, citrus, copper and climate. Each represented an industry…
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TIL Therapy: How a Patient’s Own Immune Cells Are Opening a New Front Against Solid Tumors
The first FDA-approved cellular therapy for a solid tumor turns immune cells taken from a patient’s melanoma into a one-time treatment—offering a…
Read more →The Federalist Papers: How Anonymous Essays Explained a New Constitution
Before the Constitution became the framework of the United States, it had to survive a public argument. In 1787 and 1788, a…
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Fire restrictions begin May 21 on public lands in Yavapai County
New seasonal rules will apply to State Trust and BLM-managed lands in Yavapai County as fire managers report increased wildfire activity.
Read more →StoryCorps: How Ordinary Conversations Became an American Archive
A small recording booth in New York grew into one of the country’s most ambitious living archives—built not around presidents or celebrities,…
Read more →The Verde River Greenway: How a Yavapai County Riverfront Became a Shared Landscape
Along the Verde River near Cottonwood, public trails, riparian habitat and community stewardship are giving one of Yavapai County’s most important waterways…
Read more →Lorna Lockwood: How an Arizona Judge Opened the Door to Women in Law
From a small Arizona mining town to the state’s highest court, Lorna Lockwood built a legal career that changed what American judges—and…
Read more →Jerome State Historic Park: How a Copper Town’s Mansion Became a Mountain Archive
High above the Verde Valley, Jerome State Historic Park preserves the story of an Arizona mining town through one surviving mansion, a remarkable collection, and a landscape that still reveals the scale of the copper era.
