The Food of Arizona: Many Cultures, Many Flavors

Buckeye Valley Museum 116 E Hwy 85, Buckeye, AZ, United States

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 […]

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Desert Trader: Goldie Tracy Richmond, Trader, Trapper, and Quiltmaker

The Museum of Casa Grande 110 W. Florence Blvd, Casa Grande, AZ, United States

Goldie Tracy Richmond came to southwestern Arizona in 1927 where she lived in a canvas lean-to. To survive, Goldie mined, ran traplines, and operated Tracy’s Trading Post, living among the Tohono O’odham people for four decades. She was a large woman, and the stories told by the O’odham people of Goldie’s life are legendary. Goldie […]

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All Hat and No Cattle:  The Language of the American West

Pinal County Historical Society Museum 715 South Main, Florence, AZ, United States

Every day we use words and phrases whose roots lie in the American West.  Words like “brand,” “maverick,” and “railroaded,” along with phrases like “climb down off your high horse” and “passing the buck” all grew out of the culture and experiences of those who resided west of the Mississippi.  These creative words and phrases […]

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

Pima Community College Downtown Campus, Amethyst Room 1255 N. Stone Ave, Tucson, 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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Arizona Humanities Awards

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E Culver St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Join us as we present the Arizona Humanities Awards! Enjoy appetizers, drinks and live music! Thursday, November 13 4:30 - 7:30pm Culter-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E. Culver St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 $40 per person includes appetizers and one alcoholic beverage (non-alcoholic beverages complimentary) Click here to RSVP. Please RSVP by Friday, November 7

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INYAHOSKIE (The Stone Boy): A Lakota Legend

Esmond Station K-8 9400 S. Atterbury Wash Way, Vail, AZ, United States

In ancient times the lessons of life and guides to a moralistic life were taught via fables of ancestors and their adventures in a magical world fraught with monsters and heroes.  INYAHOSKIE is one of those heroes who sets out to explore the world and journeys to the Southwest where he encounters a rude and […]

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Teresa Urrea

Consulado de Mexico 135 W. Cardwell St., Nogales, AZ, United States

Meet Teresa Urrea, a curandera (spiritual healer) and reluctant political figure. She was born in Sinoloa, Mexico, in 1873 to a fourteen-year-old Tehueco Indian in the employ of Tomás Urrea, a wealthy hacendado (owner of a hacienda). When she was 16, she lapsed into a cataleptic state that lasted over three months. Upon awakening, Teresa […]

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“Dear Emma” with Todd Weber

Mohave Museum of History and Arts 400 W. Beale St., Kingman, AZ, United States

Surrounded by cargo, Weber presents as John Wesley Powell writing a letter to his wife, Emma, the night before embarking on his 1869 journey of exploration into the "Great Unknown." Preparing to face the perils and the mysteries of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, he contemplates what may lie ahead, the colorful crewmembers […]

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Armed with Our Language, We Went to War:  The Navajo Code Talkers

Cochise College 901 N. Colombo , Sierra Vista, AZ, United States

During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon.  Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered.  For over 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored […]

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The Vulture Gold Mine

Lake Havasu Museum of History 320 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg, the Vulture Gold Mine was the first big gold mine in Arizona.  The mine and its colorful cast of characters, along with the town of Wickenburg, were instrumental in stimulating considerable growth and development in Central Arizona. This presentation will share the multi-layered story of the gold mine, thus […]

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