Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps – Florence

McFarland State Historic Park 24 W. Ruggles St, Florence, AZ, United States

This presentation will explore the US Army’s experiment with using camel from the Middle East to make it more mobile in the newly acquired Southwest.  In order to teach the […]

Free

Arizona Stories: Frontier Characters and Communities – Sedona

Sedona Heritage Museum 735 Jordan Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

From mammoth hunters and canal builders to Native Americans, Hispanics, Americans, Irish, Serbians, and just about every nationality under the sun, Arizona has always been a land of many cultures. […]

Free

Hellraising, Heroic and Hidden Women of the Old West – Phoenix

Desert Broom Public Library 29710 N. Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, United States

Although history tries to tell us ONLY men settled the Old West, that is shattered by Jana’s verbal tour through some of the amazing women who made all the difference. […]

Free

Arizona Goes to the Moon – Tucson

Himmel Park Public Library 1035 N. Treat Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States

Arizona played a key role in preparing to send humans to the moon in the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Apollo astronauts themselves traveled to the Grand Canyon and volcanic fields […]

Free

Specters of the Past: Arizona’s Ghost Towns – Cottonwood

Deadhorse Ranch State Park - 675 Dead Horse Ranch Rd., Cottonwood, AZ, United States

The promise of unimagined riches is what brought many of the earliest colonizers to the Arizona Territory. Following the trail to the discovery of the mother lode, they built, then […]

Free

Celebrities, Artists…and Good Places to Drink – Prescott Valley

Prescott Valley Public Library 7401 E Skoog Blvd, Prescott Valley, AZ, United States

Arizona has always been a geographical muse for writers, artists and composers, as well as a getaway for the rich and famous.  In this talk, learn about some of the […]

Free

The Woman Who Shot Cowboys: Rodeo Photographer Louise L. Serpa – Goodyear

Goodyear Total Wine & More Classroom 1416 N. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear, AZ, United States

Anyone who has ever stared down an angry bull coming full throttle across an arena will understand why rodeo photographer Louise Serpa often uttered the adage, “Never Don’t Pay Attention.” […]

Free

Art of the Internment Camps: Culture Behind Barbed Wire – Arivaca

Pima County Library - Caviglia-Arivaca Library 17050 W. Arivaca Road, Arivaca

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1942 WWII Executive Order 9066 forced the removal of nearly 125,000 Japanese-American citizens from the west coast, incarcerating them in ten remote internment camps in seven […]

Free

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