In the final episode of season 1, we bring you a special holiday edition of Arizona Name Stories. While Arizona isn’t the first state to come to mind when thinking about winter holidays, the Grand Canyon State has several cities with names that pay tribute to the season.

Arizona is filled with ghost towns and spooky tales going back to “Wild West” days, so it’s no surprise there are plenty of name stories to get you in the Halloween spirit. We explore a few in this "ScArizona" episode.

The Doris Harper-White Community Playhouse in Flagstaff is home to Theatrikos Theatre Company, which stages about a dozen MainStage, Studio Series, and Theatrikids performances every year, serving thousands of patrons. In this episode of Arizona Name Stories, we learn about outgoing, passionate woman the building was named after.…

In Season 1, Episode 3 of Arizona Name Stories, we look at Lake Mary, a popular lake for boating and fishing just outside of Flagstaff, named after a member of a pioneer family of Flagstaff.

Sedona, Arizona was named after Sedona Arabella Miller Schnebly in 1902 when her husband opened the first post office in the area. In this episode of Arizona Name Stories, we talk with Sedona's great-granddaughter Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, who has written about Sedona in a recent book.

In the first episode of Names Redefined, the unique (weird) name story of an Arizona town named after a ship - and not one that ever docked in the state.