A little over two years from now, you might be going to the 1891 Courthouse to see the Pinal County Board of Supervisors in session.

On Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1896, a dentist’s ad in the Arizona Gazette offered silver fillings for $1.50 and extractions for 50 cents, with a Saturday special of 25 cents.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1891, Dr. J.C. Handy, physician and former chancellor of the University of Arizona, was shot and fatally wounded by attorney Francis J. Heney during a quarrel at the corner of Pennington and Church streets in Tucson.

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1877, Ed Schieffelin recorded his claim to the “Tombstone Mine” in the Territorial courthouse in Tucson.

On Wednesday, Aug. 6, 1873, Vincente Hernandez, keeper of a general store and jewelry shop in Tucson, and his wife were beaten to death and robbed. Two days later a citizens committee hanged the murderers from the gallows in the plaza.

Jean Sibelius composed two works that are noted for their romantic nationalism, "Finlandia" and his "D Major Symphony No. 2."

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1858, the first Butterfield Overland Mail coach entered Arizona by way of Stein’s Pass.

August 25, 2004 - Since its incorporation in 1952, Marana-based Krebs Engineers, 5505 W. Gillette Road, has become one of the world's leading producers of a product that separates the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.

Buried under decades of the dirt, droppings and debris of a crumbling chicken coop, workers at Oro Valley's Steam Pump Ranch found a treasure trove of history.

The Town of Oro Valley could take money from its reserves to pay for restoration work at a historic homestead.

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