The Life and Times of Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise

Casa Community Center 780 S. Park Centre Avenue, Green Valley, AZ, United States

Tom Jeffords grew up in Ashtabula, OH, without much education and was promoted to lake captain in his early twenties. The lure of making his fortune called Tom west to […]

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The Life and Times of Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise – Prescott

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

Tom Jeffords grew up in Ashtabula, OH, without much education and was promoted to lake captain in his early twenties. The lure of making his fortune called Tom west to […]

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The Sixties: The British Invasion – Casa Grande

Casa Grande Public Library 449 N. Dry Lake St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

This lecture will focus on the rise of the British pop and rock acts that invaded our shores in the 60’s. From pop groups (The Beatles, The Dave Clark 5, […]

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Art of the Internment Camps: Culture Behind Barbed Wire

Chandler Sunset Library 4930 W. Ray Rd. Chandler AZ , Chandler, AZ, United States

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 […]

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Swing Into History – Marana

Pima County Public Library - Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch 7800 N. Schisler Dr., Marana, AZ, United States

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and older generation, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in […]

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The Mighty Colorado River: From its Sources to the Sea – Lake Havasu City

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, Santiago 109 100 University Way, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Jim Turner has traced the Green and Colorado rivers from their beginnings as clear bubbling glacial springs high in the mountains, then through roaring canyons in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, […]

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Swing Into History

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

With the exception of the most ardent collectors and older generation, the influence and legacy of the big bands is largely forgotten despite their overwhelming popularity and significant role in […]

Free

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