The Navajo Long Walk (1863 through 1868): Through the Eyes of Navajo Women
The Navajo people of old were forced to leave their homes and walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico where they were imprisoned on a small […]
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Red Rock State Park - AZ State Parks 4050 Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona, AZ, United States
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On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways Magazine
Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United StatesThe first issue of Arizona Highways magazine was published in April, 1925. In this presentation, former publisher Win Holden will share the fascinating story of how a brochure produced by […]
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The Gila: River of History
IMG_0038Six hundred miles long from its source in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River above Yuma, the Gila has been an important avenue […]
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China Mary: History and Legend
Paradise Valley Community College - Buxton Library 18401 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ, United StatesA 1960 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, the first Western television series, immortalized China Mary as a strong, powerful and ruthless Asian female figure in American […]
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Arizona’s Great Escape
ES-LibraryDuring the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These […]
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Borders, Walls, and Immigration in Arizona
Fences-Workshop-PicThe Arizona-Mexico border is a line of separation and a place of coming together. This paradox shapes the borderland region and its people in fascinating and important ways. In this […]
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Theodore Roosevelt Slept Here
Mountain View Club House 38759 South Mountainview Boulevard, Tucson, AZ, United StatesTheodore Roosevelt exhibited a greater influence on Arizona than perhaps any other president. He was the first sitting president to visit Arizona, employed an executive order to preserve the Grand […]
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Arizona’s Great Escape
Mohave County Library Bullhead City 1170 E. Hancock Dr, Bullhead City , AZDuring the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These […]
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Rock Hounds and River Rats: The 1937 Carnegie-CalTech Grand Canyon Expedition
In 1937, a team of CalTech geology professors and rough-and-tumble boatmen set out in three small wooden boats on a six-week journey through the Grand Canyon to study the ancient […]
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The Planet Mars in our Dreams and Reality
2016.01.26-AZ-Humanities-PSOTU-81-CopyThe Red Planet, Mars, has always held our fascination, more so than any other planet. The very word ‘Mars’ conjures up visions of Martians as well as great voyages of […]