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This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining historic buildings, houses, structures and monuments in Benson, Arizona, a town in Cochise County which was founded as a railroad terminal. The town of Benson is located at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Arizona SR 90.
The historic Harry J. Felch House was built in 1927 and is located on 525 W. Lynwood Street in Phoenix, AZ. The Dutch Colonial Home is located in Phoenix’s historic Roosevelt District. 180: John M. Ross House: John M. Ross House: February 24, 2000 : 6722 N. Central Ave.
The location in Phoenix was chosen and the cemetery was dedicated on December 9, 1978. The first interment took place the following spring. It was officially transferred to the control of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and became a National Cemetery in 1989. In 1999, over 13 million dollars was spent on improving the ...
75th Anniversary 10c postage stamp (1974). The VFW resulted from the amalgamation of several societies formed immediately following the Spanish–American War.In 1899, little groups of veterans returning from campaigning in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, founded local societies upon a spirit of comradeship known only to those who faced the dangers of that war side by side.
Prior to 1964, public accommodations in Phoenix and Arizona were segregated: African Americans were not allowed to stay in the hotels in downtown Phoenix. The structure, which is listed in the National register of Historic Places ref. number 95001081, is the only known surviving African-American boarding house in Phoenix.
The Coliseum hosted the Arizona Derby Dames banked track roller derby league from 2008 to 2015. The arena hosted truck pulling sanctioned by USHRA in the late 1980s. It was frequently featured on USHRA's truck pulling series on ESPN. The Coliseum also housed the Phoenix Inferno (also known as the Phoenix Pride) of the MISL from 1980 to 1984.
Soon after, Phoenix purchased an additional 10 acres south of the platform mound, named "Park of Four Waters", which became part of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park. In 1929 Odd S. Halseth was hired as both the director of Pueblo Grande and as Phoenix's City Archaeologist – the first City Archaeologist in the United States.
Camp Harry J. Jones remained an important location during World War I, and was the headquarters of the Army's Arizona District. [7] Soldiers stationed there continued to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico to deter possible attacks by German soldiers or infiltration by German spies.