As the old phrase goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. If that’s really true, then the Petrified Forest has a lot of treasure from 50 years or more ago.
The National Park Service is preserving a lot of what Route 66 drivers and passengers threw out the windows in the mid-20th century and is trying to put it into historical perspective.
William Parker is a paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park.
More Arizona History
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The Arizona Board of Regents has filed a lawsuit, on behalf of Arizona State University, so the school can acquire a privately owned historic property. -
There are roughly 81,000 American service members who are still listed as Missing in Action, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. And nearly 400 of them are from Arizona. -
The actions of the Trump administration have led a lot of people to make a lot of comparisons to other presidencies, or periods of history. -
A new exhibit at the Mesa Historical Museum showcases the origins of the city’s Falcon Field Airport and its connection to the Royal Air Force. -
There are many murals in downtown Phoenix — and one in particular honors a speedy event that happened 35 years ago. Here's why it's there.
