This article was originally published in the May 30, 2023, edition of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper in their local column "Tucson Opinion." The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: The movie director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Man of Steel,...
1962, a comment by Tucson's mayor makes Speedway infamous Before a city council meeting, Mayor Lew Davis, who had been a developer in Pittsburgh before coming to Tucson, calls East Speedway “the ugliest street in the U.S.” For the next several years, the label sticks...
1864, the Howell Code The Howell Code creates a legal framework for divorces, either in territorial district court (for reasons such as intemperance, cruelty, and adultery) or by the territorial legislature (no cause need be specified). Governor Safford is one of...