Arizona History

"Beyond Fronteras" includes an exhibition at the Santa Cruz County courthouse in Nogales, as well as an online component that focuses on areas like the region’s people, history and ecosystem.

Her death in the opening days of the Iraq War in 2003 shook her home state of Arizona and led to the renaming of a freeway and mountain peak. More than two decades later, the 23-year-old Army specialist, a Hopi from Tuba City, was swept up in a recent executive order striking DEI references from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Ira Hayes is arguably Arizona’s most iconic World War II hero, as one of six Marines who famously raised the American flag at Iwo Jima.

An important chapter in Tempe’s architectural and artistic history may be coming to an end. There are potentially big changes coming to Danelle Plaza.

In the fallout, some of the Hayes descendants are stepping up. These relatives were reminded why they keep on sharing his story — even eight decades later — from where he grew up on the Gila River Indian Community.

For more than 35 years, "The Wallace and Ladmo Show" brought laughs to Valley TV screens for decades — and regularly handed out the coveted Ladmo Bag. As of Wednesday, the city of Phoenix is honoring its origins with a new ceremonial sign for Wallace and Ladmo Way.

From Ira Hayes to Lori Piestewa, Arizona’s Indigenous war heroes were literally erased from the annals of military history last month as part of the Trump administration’s attack on DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion — within the U.S. Department of Defense.

Through KJZZ's Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked: "How did Bloody Basin Road get its name?" There are a few stories associated with the moniker, but one is more widely considered to be historically accurate.

Canyon de Chelly is one of the most impressive places in the Southwest. Its vertical canyon walls tower 1,000 feet high as the Rio de Chelly winds through its ancient walls.

In an article for a publication called “The Anti-Atlas,” Natalie Koch wrote about Western movies — but not the American ones. Germany has a significant cinematic tradition of stories set in the Old West.