Arizona’s Historic Trading Posts

Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 East Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Early traders traveled through Arizona Territory, selling goods from their wagons, but they soon built stores that evolved into trading and social centers where wool, sheep, and NaEarly traders traveled through Arizona Territory, selling goods from their wagons, but they soon built stores that evolved into trading and social centers where wool, sheep, and Native […]

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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West

Mohave Community College: Bullhead Campus 3400 Highway 95, Bullhead City, AZ, United States

Few symbols have been more durable than the American cowboy. This program will give an overview of this populist figure, whose image was first defined by painters Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Also important to the story are brave cowgirls and the Mexican vaqueros. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show showcased mythic cowboy culture, with […]

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Cowboys and Cowgirls: Icons of the American West

Mohave Community College Kingman Campus 1971 E Jagerson Ave, Kingman, AZ, United States

Few symbols have been more durable than the American cowboy. This program will give an overview of this populist figure, whose image was first defined by painters Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Also important to the story are brave cowgirls and the Mexican vaqueros. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show showcased mythic cowboy culture, with […]

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Oh, The Shape We’re In!: How Arizona’s and the Western States’ Borders Were Determined

Prescott Public Library 215 E. Goodwin St., Prescott, AZ, United States

The original 13 colonies and their influence on our country’s expansion to the Pacific, along with how Arizona’s growth led it to become the 48th state, illustrate the connection between geography, politics, economics, and social forces, all of which played a role in the determination of the state borders west of the Appalachian Mountains.  Thomas […]

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Arizona’s Movie and Television History: Silent Films, Westerns, and Much, Much More!

Roadhaven Resort 1000 S. Idaho Rd., Apache Junction, AZ, United States

Join DeBarbieri for a lively overview of motion picture history in Arizona from 1896 to present day. Discuss the silver screen magic of the West through stories, film clips and stills of the people, places and scenes of Hollywood in Arizona. Journey to significant sites in Arizona’s movie history near and far and go behind the scenes with classic Westerns, musicals, Indie flicks and […]

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Saving the Great American West:  The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Bisbee Senior Association 300 Collins Road, Bisbee, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes.  Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.”  Grinnell […]

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Hot Topics Café – The Limits of Free Speech

Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road, Sedona, AZ, United States

What shouldn't we say? The limits of free speech Facilitated by: Jeff Downard, NAU Department of Philosophy Hot Topics Café is a program that creates a forum for civil discourse about matters of significance to our communities. Unbiased information sheets present arguments on competing sides of a question, and give legislative histories or other relevant […]

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Orphan Trains to Arizona

Patagonia Public Library 346 Duquesne, Patagonia, AZ, United States

Orphan Trains to Arizona is a multimedia presentation that tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on trains in New York between 1854 and 1929 and sent all over the United States to be given away. Through live music, historical fiction, oral history, and informal discussion, participants will learn about […]

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A Photographic History of Arizona from Prehistory to the Present

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, AZ, United States

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this program could fill a seven-volume history of Arizona. From the geological wonders of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest to cutting-edge biotech industries and Native American art galleries, this whirlwind pictorial history tour of Arizona from prehistory to the present shows it all. In addition […]

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Beyond the Cotton Fields: Black Migrant Women Building Communities

Tempe History Museum 809 E. Southern Avenue, Tempe, AZ, United States

This presentation is based on the stories of five women from the Casa Grande Valley towns (Eloy, Randolph, Coolidge, Casa Grande, and the Gila Reservation) who, despite their busy and oppressive lives of work, family, poor housing, etc., managed to become politicized, self-educated activists. They rebuilt their lives and created lively communities even after "the […]

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