The River People’s Landscape (Chandler)

Chandler Museum 300 S. Chandler Village Drive, Chandler, AZ, United States

The presentation will describe the historical landscape including plants, people, river and surrounding mountains. "The way of life" is how many elders described everyday activity that involved chores, work in […]

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The Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography

White Tank Library 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis, Kate Cory lived […]

Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food, Fiber, and Vessel

Florence Community Library 778 N. Main St., Florence, AZ, United States

The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous […]

Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here

Mohave County Library Lake Havasu Branch 1770 McCulloch Blvd N., Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Theodore Roosevelt exhibited a greater influence on Arizona than perhaps any other president. He was the first sitting president to visit Arizona, employed an executive order to preserve the Grand […]

Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

Theodore Roosevelt exhibited a greater influence on Arizona than perhaps any other president. He was the first sitting president to visit Arizona, employed an executive order to preserve the Grand […]

From “Chief” to Code Talker: Four Profiles of Navajo Code Talkers

Pueble Room, Monte Vista Village 8865 E. Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This […]

Arizona: a History of Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams, and Hoaxes

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

Since the earliest days, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement […]

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