Serving as the opening event for the 2014 National Storytelling Conference (being held in Mesa, AZ), this participatory panel discussion will examine storytelling and its abilities to explore the human condition, connect communities, and foster civil dialogue. In the words of Gene Knudsen-Hoffman, "An enemy is a person whose story we have not heard." This […]
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Join Winslow local and regional residents, summer tourists, and participating pilots from around the country for an annual exhibit that tells the historical significance of Winslow’s airport. The exhibition will be displayed as part of the “High Desert Fly-In” annual event, an event that brings together. From the Old Trails Museum website: The 2014 […]
Part of the Flying Through History: The Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport Exhibit at the High Desert Fly-In In 1929 the newly-formed Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) company launched an ambitious plan to establish the country’s first coast-to-coast airline service from New York to Los Angeles. Assisted by famous pilots Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, the TAT established […]
This program is being presented by the City of Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission The rise of car travel in the 40s, 50s and 60s meant that thousands of people were traversing the broad expanses of the Southwest looking for new landscapes and adventure. As the cars sped past, restaurants, motels, curio shops and gas […]
Consider the taco, that favorite treat, a staple of Mexican and Mexican American cooking and an old standby on an Arizonan’s plate. The corn in the tortilla comes from Mexico, the cheese from the Sahara, the lettuce from Egypt, the onion from Syria, the tomatoes from South America, the chicken from Indochina, and the beef […]
This program is part of the 11th Annual Western History Symposium presented by the Sharlot Hall Museum. An ancient set of Indian paths and the natural flow of the Gila River created a major artery for travel through Arizona. The Gila provided a ready route for the earliest traders, including Toltecs of Mexico, who traded […]
This program is part of the 11th Annual Western History Symposium presented by the Sharlot Hall Museum. The deadliest gunfight in Arizona did not take place on the streets of Tombstone, but rather in a remote canyon of the Galiuro Mountains in Graham County in 1918, decades after the frontier had closed. Much of this […]
Mike Burns lived a long life in two worlds. Born in about 1862 into the Kwevkepaya (Yavapai) people, he was taken prisoner by U.S. soldiers after his family was massacred at a place called Skeleton Cave. He lived for years as something between a captive and a servant until joining the Indian Scouts, riding against […]
Mike Burns lived a long life in two worlds. Born in about 1862 into the Kwevkepaya (Yavapai) people, he was taken prisoner by U.S. soldiers after his family was massacred at a place called Skeleton Cave. He lived for years as something between a captive and a servant until joining the Indian Scouts, riding against […]
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