Miami’s Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum celebrates its 100th anniversary this month and is preparing to celebrate what has become a centerpiece of the town’s identity. The building that started out as a segregated school has become a gathering place for celebrations and festivals, but is also one of …
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Honoring the Globe Hotshots: 1974 – 2024
The Globe Hotshots are hosting a 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, March 23 from 1-5 p.m. at Besh-Ba-Gowah Park, 460 Hagen Road. All alumni and family members are welcome to attend. The focus of the celebration will be “hearing stories from those who were on the crew years ago, and …
Read More »Miami High School dedicates gym to legendary Vargas family
Miami High School recently capped off its campus overhaul with a celebration dedicating the refurbished sports facility—the newly renamed Vargas Family Gym—in honor of longtime basketball coaches Richard “Dickie” Vargas and his son Ken. The December 16 celebration was made even sweeter by the Vandals varsity basketball team getting its …
Read More »100 Years of Life
Marion Stewart is 100 years old. On December 2, 140 loved ones celebrated her birthday at the Apache Gold casino. Over 60 Stewart family members showed up, many friends from Globe, and cousins from as far as eastern Canada. How does one cultivate so many connections? “Just going about ordinary …
Read More »The Globe-Show Low Highway: An Engineering Triumph
The very first road in Arizona was established in 1846 by Capt. Philip St. George Cooke as he led the soldiers of the Mormon Battalion across southern Arizona. It was during the Mexican American War, and the battalion had been tasked to create a wagon road between Santa Fe and …
Read More »Miami High School enters a new era with the departure of Principal Glen Lineberry
The new track around the refurbished football field on the campus of Miami High School is a visual reminder of the stabilizing effect solid, long-term leadership can bring to an institution, and under the guidance of Glen Lineberry and Dr. Sherry Dorathy, the school has recaptured some of the shine …
Read More »Odd Fellows of Globe: Old Building, New Ideas
The building at 110 Broad Street was the first two-story brick building in town. It stood alone for years. Built by the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in 1898, the second floor was then, and remains today, the meeting hall of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Globe-Miami. “There’s …
Read More »The Arizona Rangers: Arizona Territory’s ‘Rough-Riding Police’
In 1901, Arizona was a perilous place to be. Law and order had not yet arrived, and cattle rustlers, horse thieves, stagecoach robbers, and smugglers were making life – and business – difficult. Two of the territory’s largest cattle owners were seriously considering moving to other ranges. And the level …
Read More »Globe alums create float for Fiesta Parade honoring native daughter Rose Mofford
The Michigan Wolverines will face off against Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs in the Fiesta Bowl on New Years Eve, but even more important to residents of the Copper Corridor, the Globe High School Alumni Association will honor Globe native and the first female governor of the state at the …
Read More »The Year with Two Thanksgivings
Many people don’t know that in 1939, just as World War II was dividing the countries of the world into Axis versus Allied, another conflict was threatening to divide the United States in two. It was over the date of Thanksgiving. Patricia SandersPatricia Sanders lived in Globe from 2004 to …
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