On Feb. 22, 1879, F.W. Woolworth opened the first chain store in America in Utica, NY. The chain closed the last Woolworth store in 1997. The …
For those who didn't wish to cook a big Thanksgiving dinner in 1930, the Hotel Congress offered an extensive menu at $1.50 a person.?
The home of Leicester H. Sherrill and his family was featured in the Tucson Citizen home section in 1963.
There are more than a few famous — and infamous — people buried in Southern Arizona. Here are some.
One thing is still the same. Women ─ indeed, all of us ─ still have a duty to vote.
Modern conveniences that were advertised in the Arizona Daily Star in 1920.
Readers shared their memories of the end of World War II and tales of their families or themselves during the conflict.
Fred Rogers, or "Mr. Rogers," the famous PBS TV children's show host, visited KUAT-TV and local Tucson kids in May, 1973.
Each of the fallen service members will be honored in a special section of the Badgers' Hall of Champions.
Tucson's last drive-in movie theater, De Anza, closed in 2009 after 58 years in business.?
Teachers often quote, “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” That may have evolved from a quote of George Santayana, ph…
News of note on these front pages includes Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart making solo flights across the Atlantic Ocean five years apart…
Some “Tales from the Morgue” series are now available as eBooks along with some other Arizona Daily Star special sections.
A sampling of articles about Tucson's first 100-degree day each year and, at the end, a light-hearted look at the heat. In 2020, the ice broke…
Who remembers when the Tanque Verde Swap Meet was on Tanque Verde?
Since this was written in 1968, in 2000 and 2016 a president was elected even though he lost the popular vote.
University of Arizona librarians and friends Patricia Paylore and Phyllis Ball lived in what was called a round house. It was actually a hexag…
Tucson police captured the John Dillinger gang on Jan. 25, 1934, without firing a shot.
News stories of note in Decembers past include the completion of the Washington Monument, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a jet crash into a Tucs…
Who can resist Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas”? And who can resist penning a parody of the popular poem? We are presenting …
From the Arizona Daily Star Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008:
The Arizona Daily Star is publishing excerpts from "Tucson: A Drama in Time," by John P. Warnock, professor emeritus of English at the Univers…
This is David Fitzsimmons’ take on the classic, which ran in the Arizona Daily Star Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017:
This version of the poem ran in the Tucson Citizen, Monday, Dec. 23, 1974: