3 Remarkable Women of Globe

Sarah Sorin

Remarkable Women of Globe Mark Arizona Centennial  By Jim Turner, author of Arizona: Celebrating the Grand Canyon State  Next year on February 14th, Arizonans will celebrate one hundred years of statehood. But even though it’s nicknamed the “Valentine State” because of the date that President William Howard Taft signed the official document, Arizona’s women have [...]

A miner;s Christmas tale

compliments of Gila County Historical Museum

By Arizona Historian Jim Turner and Pioneer Newsman George H. Smalley Several years ago I had the good fortune to interview Mrs. Yndia Smalley Moore, born in Tucson in 1902, and former Director of the Arizona Historical Society. She told me many stories about her father, George H. Smalley, who was District Clerk in Globe [...]

Hanging Memory of Globe

The Hanging Tree in Globe, Az

Arizona Historian Jim Turner “You have to ask me questions, or I can’t remember things.” That’s what Yndia Roca Smalley Moore told me after one of our first taping sessions. She was born in Tucson in 1902, but lived in Globe in its heyday, from 1905 until 1912. We began our Thursday afternoon oral history [...]

Globe-Miami’s Place in History

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  By Jim Turner, Arizona Historian Whatever happened to Globe? From prehistoric times to the 1960s, the mining towns of Globe, Miami, and Superior played an important part in Arizona’s history. In the months to come we will tap the history books, as well as diaries, memoirs, and even legends, to unearth these buried treasures [...]