The Gila: River of History
Six 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 men were hardcore Nazis, ex U-boat commanders, and submariners, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many […]
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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 Canyon, established a variety of wildlife refuges and reclamation projects, and enjoyed outdoor recreation in the area. This program will share Roosevelt’s widespread influence in […]
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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 men were hardcore Nazis, ex U-boat commanders, and submariners, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many […]
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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 […]
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Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food, Fiber, and Vessel
Cowboy-Life-Exhibit-3The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous […]
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The Spirit of Spirituals: Famous and Stirring Songs of Faith, and their Stories
Chandler Hamilton Library 3700 S. Arizona Ave, Chandler, AZ, United StatesPeople the world over express Divine Devotion through humbly coming together and creating blessed sounds, blending their energies and hearts to help bridge that sometimes narrow, sometimes great, divide between us, as temporal beings, and the Infinite. One example of this bridge is African American sacred music: Negro Spirituals, and the Gospel tradition. Many have […]