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This week's Flagstaff History column.

A collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.Feb. 27On this date in 1862, Confederate Capt. Sherod Hunter entered Tucson with less than 130 dragoons and was greeted with a celebration.On this date in 1901, the Tombstone Prospector noted that the third story of the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee had been completed and

A collection of the interesting — and sometimes unusual — events that happened this week in Arizona history.Feb. 28On this date in 1856, Solomon Warner arrived in Tucson from Yuma with a train of 13 mules loaded with merchandise for Tucson’s first general store.On this date in 1859, the first Indian reservation in Arizona was established on the Gila River for the Pima and

Arizona history Feb. 28-March 6 Feb. 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Sunday, Feb. 28 On this date in 1856, Solomon Warner arrived in Tucson from Yuma with a train of 13 mules loaded with merchandise for Tucson’s first general store. On this date in 1859, the first Indian reservation in Arizona was established on the Gila River for the Pima and Maricopa Indians. On this date in 1925, Phoenix celebrated the opening of the Phoenix-Yuma-Imperial Valley Highway. On this date in 2009, Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most f...