
Hoover Dam from the air
Near the bottom of this aerial photograph, taken on October 30, 1955, is the Hoover Dam, which spans the Colorado River along the Nevada-Arizona border. The concrete...

Man with a badge
This Oath of Office was found among the records of the appointment of U.S. Marshals in the Arizona Territory.

Navaho artist
This 1943 photograph of Gerald Nailor, a Navajo artist, was taken at Window Rock, Arizona. Nailor painted these murals entitled “The History and Progress of the...

Scout Tsoe
Tsoe, also known as “Peaches,” was a White Mountain Apache who enlisted into the U.S. Army and served as a scout under General George Crook, commander of the...

Surveying the West
Observed by curious onlookers, several boats of the Wheeler Expedition leave Camp Mojave in the Arizona Territory on September 15, 1871. Between 1871 and 1879...

The right to remain silent
In 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested in Arizona and charged with kidnapping, robbery, and rape. When questioned by police, Miranda confessed. He was tried and...