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Coast to Coast in 48 Hours: A Pioneering Transcontinental Air Route Through the Southwest

Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport 701 Airport Road, Winslow, AZ, United States

Part of the Flying Through History: The Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport Exhibit at the High Desert Fly-In In 1929 the newly-formed Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) company launched an ambitious plan to establish the country’s first coast-to-coast airline service from New York to Los Angeles. Assisted by famous pilots Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, the TAT established […]

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Life on the Lazy B as Lived by an American Cowboy and Rancher (Lake Havasu City)

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, ASU Gym 100 University Way, Lake Havasu Ctiy, AZ, 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, cowboy, and land conservationist. Alan explores the ranching and cowboying life from the chuck wagon years of his childhood, through his adult years of increasing […]

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Arizona Outlaws and the Law (Parker)

Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, 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 will explore how these seminal events became watershed experiences for the American legal system, and still impact the lives of individuals living in the United […]

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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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In the Footsteps of Martha Summerhayes (Springerville)

Springerville Heritage Center 418 E. Main Stret, Springerville, AZ, United States

Martha Summerhayes was a refined New England woman who entered the Arizona Territory in 1874 as the young bride of an Army Lieutenant. Traveling in horrific conditions and dreadful heat, she soon despised the wild and untamed land. She gave birth to the first anglo child born at Fort Apache where the native women took […]

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The Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography

White Tank Library 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century […]

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