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The Arizona Almanac provides students, researchers and the public with information and resources about the state of Arizona.

Heroes and Adventurers

Black and white photo of PFC Preston Toledo and PFC Frank Toledo in the South Pacific, serving as Marine Code Talkers, 1943Heroes and Adventurers

           Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (d. 1554)

           John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)

           Buckey O'Neill (1860-1898)

           Nellie Bush (1888-1963)

           Frank Luke (1897-1918)

           Navajo Code Talkers (c. 1900s)

           Granite Mountain Hotshots (d. 2013)

           Powell Museum

           Arizona Military Museum Collection

 

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Image source: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records- State Archives Photographs (Arizona Memory Project)