Life on the Lazy B as Lived by an American Cowboy and Rancher – Payson

Northern Gila County Historical Society, Inc. 700 S Green Valley Parkway, Payson, United States

In 1880, Alan Day’s grandfather homesteaded the Lazy B ranch.  This dusty dry tract of land produced a Supreme Court Justice, a lauded Arizona state senator, and a career rancher, […]

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FRANK Talks: Immigrants and the American Dream – Anthem

North Valley Regional Library 40410 N Gavilan Peak Parkway, Anthem, AZ, United States

Immigrants and the American Dream: We the People Today and Tomorrow Dr. T.J. Davis, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies The United States of America has […]

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Cochise and Bascom, How the Apache Wars Began – Casa Grande

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

In 1861, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise demanding the return of the abducted boy, Felix Ward (aka Mickey Free). The epic 14-day affair, 70 soldiers surrounded by […]

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FRANK Talks: Challenges to Democracy from the Extremes – Patagonia

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

Challenges to Democracy from the Extremes Dr. Albrecht  Classen, University of Arizona, Department of German Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies The recent death of a demonstrator in Charlottesville, Virginia, […]

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Arizona Outlaws and the Law – Phoenix

Juniper Library 1825 W. Union Hills Dr., Phoenix, AZ, United States

Taking the events from Billy the Kid, who killed his first man in Arizona, the Gunfight at the OK Corral, and the arrest and trial of Ernesto Miranda, this presentation […]

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Specters of the Past: Arizona’s Ghost Towns – Phoenix

Mesquite Branch - Phoenix Public Library 4525 Paradise Village Pkwy N, Phoenix, AZ, United States

The promise of unimagined riches is what brought many of the earliest colonizers to the Arizona Territory. Following the trail to the discovery of the mother lode, they built, then […]

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The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments – Springerville

Town of Springerville- Casa Malpais Archaeological Site and Museum 418 E. Main St., Springerville, 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 […]

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Wild, Weird, Wicked Arizona – Kingman

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

For a state that has been home to Geronimo, Wyatt Earp, César Chavez and Wonder Women, you would think Arizona earned some respect. Yet achieving statehood was a 50-year struggle, […]

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