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Arizona Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams, and Hoaxes with Christine H. Reid

Phippen Museum 4701 N Hwy 89, Prescott

Entrepreneurs offering assorted “get rich quick” schemes and “cure-alls” have visited Arizona since the early days. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement and communication, a scoundrel could create enticing promises of wealth and health without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce and expose […]

Border Geography: Key Context from the Arizona-Mexico Boundary with Scott Warren

Maricopa County Library District - George T. Lord Library 1900 N Civic Square Drive, Goodyear

The boundary that separates Arizona from Mexico extends 354 miles across land and 24 miles up the Colorado River. Arizona shares this boundary with two Mexican states and two Native American Reservations. Eight ports-of-entry and six sets of border town pairs create important points of contact. Efforts to conserve land, manage urban growth, create resilient […]

The History Matters: Yours Too! with Pamela Stewart

Lecture Hall - R H Johnson Rec Center 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Blvd, Sun City West

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Reasons exist for why people do not look to history to address today’s challenges. Yet actively engaging in historical thinking can reveal tools for solving problems faster and with greater success. Even as personal history can matter and the presentation is useful for those interests, this is not an introduction to genealogy class. […]

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