Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February ... preserving desert plant life with a giant sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

George W.P. Hunt served as Arizona's first governor and was elected six more times after that, setting a "national record," according to plaques on the tomb in Papago Park. Plaques on the tomb ...