Tuba City, Ariz. has an interesting hi story. Smack dab in the middle of Indian Country, it was founded in 1872 by Mormons who converted the Hopi leader for whom the Painted Desert town is named. It's ...

Traveling to Flagstaff across the northern Navajo Reservation, you go through Tuba City. Where did the name come from? Was John Phillips Sousa born in Tuba City? The Navajo people are exceptional ...

My son plays the tuba in his high-school marching band, and we were wondering how and why the town of Tuba City got its name? As always in such matters I turned to “Arizona Names: X Marks the Spot,” ...