Students, teachers and other staff at a federal Indian boarding school in the Kingman area pose for a photo around 1900. | University of Southern California DIGITAL LIBRARY, California Historical Society Collection
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Painful Lessons

The only things my mother heard were the sounds of children’s cries, whimpers and soft footsteps as they fled into the…
The gas-powered riverboat Aztec passes through a movable bridge at Yuma in 1902. The Aztec moved cargo on the Colorado River between Yuma and Needles, California, until 1905, when a severe sandstorm caused it to wreck a few miles downstream from Needles. | THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
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Rollin' On The River

Behind the moored steamboat Gila, a bridge used by the Southern Pacific Railroad spans…
Clyde Tombaugh peers through a 6-inch telescope at the University of Kansas, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees. This photo was made in 1936, six years after Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. | New Mexico State University
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Staring Into Space

Looking through a hand magnifier, Clyde Tombaugh could barely see the stars on the image in front of him at Flagstaff’s…
Described by some as eccentric, Wilhelm Smith had connections to many better-known figures in the history of the American Southwest. | SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM
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She’s a Relative Unknown

Sedona’s newest park honors the city’s history, and one of the city’s oldest buildings is its focus. But just beyond…
Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a Hopi farmer, and his dog gaze out over farmland in Northeastern Arizona.
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Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Coming up through the Painted Desert from Flagstaff, we pull into the Kykotsmovi Village convenience store, where…
Dinosaur tracks etched in stone lead to layered rock formations in the Painted Desert. By Tom Bean
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Tom Bean: This Is My Story

Like many photographers, I got my start behind a camera while doing something else. In my case, after graduating from…
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Arizona Highways Policy on Generative AI

Arizona Highways does not publish words, images or other content created or edited, in whole or in part, by generative…
Toroweap Ranger Station, located near the Grand Canyon’s Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim, is one of the most remote postings in the National Park Service. The station’s buildings were built of local stone in 1935. By John Burcham
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Fringe Benefits

Green after recent monsoon rains, Toroweap Valley spreads west, toward the Uinkaret Mountains. Rabbitbrush and…