The Ballad of Arizona
Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important, but often little-known, chapters of Arizona’s unique […]
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The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
Before AD 1500, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works […]
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Energy Resources in Arizona: A State of Energy Transition
bannerArizonans are living in a period of energy transition. Cleaner, renewable energy sources are becoming cheaper than traditional fossil fuel energy sources. Although this transition may be better for the […]
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More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility
The-Art-of-Drag-Square-BannerThis visual presentation shows how Indigenous American women have contributed service to Arizona and the US, yet remain invisible in the media and stereotyped in early films. Nevertheless, they have […]
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Arizona: A History of Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams and Hoaxes
Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, AZ, United StatesSince the earliest days, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement […]
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The Vanishing Trading Posts
Church of the Nazarene 55 Rojo Dr, Sedona“The Vanishing Trading Posts” presents a snapshot of life in the southwest that has disappeared. In a little over one hundred years, trading posts in the Four Corners were founded, […]
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WWII’s Women Air Force Pilots (WASP): A History of America’s First Military Women Aviators
Natalie J. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for over 25 years and taught at the elementary, high school, and college levels. As a former Army officer and historian, she is […]
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Hyenas in Petticoats – How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ, United StatesJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter, magazine columnist, television commentator and author of […]
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The Ballad of Arizona
Studio 128 134 N Railroad ave, Willcox, AZ, United StatesOriginally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important, but often little-known, chapters of Arizona’s unique […]
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The Navajo Long Walk (1863-1868): Through the Eyes of Navajo Women
national-poetry-month-2016-IMG_3450The 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 […]