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Overview
Take a grand tour along the highways of one of America's last frontiers. Trimble includes legends, lost-treasure stories, ghost towns, and interesting place names as he weaves a colorful tapestry of stories about Arizona.Synopsis
Following the courses of U.S. and state road highway routes through Arizona, Trimble (official historian of the state) provides snapshot portraits of a wide array of events and figures that have shaped and defined Arizona. He details such events as train robberies in Cochise and Geronimo's battles against the U.S. military, while simultaneously offering summary histories of numerous communities located along the roadsides. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR