Arizona in a box: soldier's 1862 parody
By Jeremy Duda
Published on March 30, 2026.
Avenished by an unnamed soldier in an 1862 edition of the Deseret News, a parody of the American state, was discovered. The soldier advised readers how to create an "Arizona in a box" using sand, stones, cactus, and a thimble. The author's description still sounds like that of the real world.
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