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Keeping Northern Arizona Tourist Attraction In The Family

Meteor Crater
(Photo by Trent Sullivan- CC BY 2.0)
Meteor Crater is in northern Arizona.

Arizona is known for a lot of things — one of them being a big hole in the ground. But the Grand Canyon is not the only big hole in the ground that’s become a tourist destination in northern Arizona.

Meteor Crater near Flagstaff is the site of a meteor strike approximately 50,000 years ago, and the attraction has been a family affair for generations now.

Scott Craven writes about this for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. He's a feature reporter there, and he joins me.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.