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Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock Art (Wickenburg)

Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United States

Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some to be forms of writing for which meanings are known. However, are such claims supported by archaeology or by Native Americans themselves? Mr. Dart illustrates southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs, and discusses how even the same rock art symbol […]

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Legacies of the Past: Arizona Women Who Made History (Casa Grande)

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

From artists and healers, teachers and entrepreneurs, women who plowed the land and those who were instrumental in establishing laws for the new territory of Arizona. Many early Arizona women became known for their fortitude in the face of adversity, their confrontation of extraordinary and sometimes dangerous situations, their adventuresome spirits, and their dedication to […]

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Hellraising, Heroic, and Hidden Women of the Old West (Prescott)

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

Although history tries to tell us ONLY men settled the Old West, that is shattered by Jana's verbal tour through some of the amazing women who made all the difference. Any woman who came West in the 1800s had to be full of grit and spit to survive and Jana has collected the stories of […]

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

Payson Public Library 328 N McLane Rd, Payson, 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 […]

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The U.S. Constitution: What It Says and How It Works (Florence)

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

Most Americans think they know what the Constitution says but few have actually examined it. Here is an opportunity to review the concepts and composition of the document that functions as the legal foundation and framework of the nation. The Constitution provides principles for federal relations with the nation’s constituent states, citizens, and inhabitants. It […]

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The Woman Who Shot Cowboys: Rodeo Photographer Louise L. Serpa (Casa Grande)

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

Anyone who has ever stared down an angry bull coming full throttle across an arena will understand why rodeo photographer Louise Serpa often uttered the adage, “Never Don’t Pay Attention.” Born into New York society, Louise ended up out west with her nose buried in the dirt & her eye glued to a camera, becoming […]

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River of Dreams: Stories and Music of Arizona’s Waterways (Tucson)

Saddlebrooke Mountain Clubhouse 38759 South Mountain View Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, United States

Arizona’s rivers were first, lush green ribbons of life through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths, first for the indigenous, later for immigrants leaving wagon tracks. On the Salt River, Hohokam built vast canals to direct water for irrigation. The first citizens of Phoenix used these same trenches. The Mohave tribes ruled the Colorado—that […]

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Hellraising, Heroic and Hidden Women of the Old West (Eloy)

Eloy Santa Cruz Library 1000 N. Main St., Eloy, AZ, United States

Although history tries to tell us ONLY men settled the Old West, that is shattered by Jana's verbal tour through some of the amazing women who made all the difference. Any woman who came West in the 1800s had to be full of grit and spit to survive and Jana has collected the stories of […]

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The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments (Scottsdale)

Scottsdale Mustang Library 10101 North 90th Street , Scottsdale, AZ, United States

How did the Apache impact late prehistoric peoples? Research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the southern Southwest as early as A.D. 1300. Evidence comes from chronometric dates obtained from storage features (covered with grass or leaves), on Apache pottery, and from roasting pits, all in direct association with other types of Apache material culture. […]

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Ghost Towns of the Second World War: Arizona’s Historic Military Sites (Prescott)

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

When America entered the Second World War, Arizona's sparse population and mild weather made it an ideal location for training facilities and prisoner of war camps. By war's end, Arizona had trained more pilots than any other state, hosted the country's largest POW camp, and was part of the largest military training grounds in history.  […]

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