Tallia Cahoon grew up in the lead and zinc mining town of Ruby, Arizona during the Great Depression. Though Ruby is a ghost town today, Tallia makes it come to life with this sketch of the people, pastimes, and knife-fights of one of Arizona’s last company towns.

Listen to audio short (3:30)

Archive Tucson is a living and growing collection of audio interviews about life and change in Tucson and Southern Arizona. University Libraries Oral Historian and Videographer, Aengus Anderson, has spent more than five years interviewing 100+ people and recording their stories about our city.