Groups working to restore Safford Theatre to open-air venue
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – It’s been 42 years since the Safford Theatre on Main Street last played a movie, (Camino Y El Mio…
Local History
Famed USS Indianapolis memorialized in ‘Jaws’ located by tech founder
By Mike Bibb “Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin’ back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We’d just…
Pima embraces heritage with a good ol’ time
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net PIMA – People came from far and wide back to Pima over the weekend to celebrate their pioneer heritage and the…
Pima Heritage Days are April 21-22
By Edres Barney PIMA — The annual celebration commemorating the April 8 founding of Pima 138 years ago will take place April 21 and 22. “Our…
Red Knolls shows its history
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net RED KNOLLS – It rises like a giant question in the distance. Said to possibly be recorded in the history of the…
Can you solve the local mystery?
By Brooke Curley GRAHAM COUNTY – The remnants of a building and holding facility stand in the middle of the desert. Local historians cannot identify…
Historian Hal Herbert tells the local love story coinciding with Arizona’s statehood
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Romance and statehood is uniquely intertwined between Graham County and Arizona. Coinciding with Arizona’s statehood on Valentine’s Day in 1912, the story…
Graham County Cooperative Extension honors Garth Lunt at Farm, Home and Ranch Day
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Farmers and ranchers mingled with local homeowners at this year’s annual Farm, Home and Ranch Day, and honored a local…
Samaniego Massacre site revisited
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net CEDAR SPRINGS – A dusty dirt road winds through the cacti and cedar, and beside it stands a marker for the…
