CANCELED – 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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CANCELED – Energy Resources in Arizona: A State of Energy Transition
Arizonans 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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CANCELED – Arizona’s Great Escape
Sun Lakes Methodist Church 9248 East Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, AZ, United StatesDuring 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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Pershing’s Chinese: Asylum Seekers amid Chinese Exclusion
2016.01.26-AZ-Humanities-PSOTU-81-CopyIn 1917, Gen. John J. Pershing brought 527 Chinese refugees from Mexico. These men had attached themselves to the punitive expedition conducted by Gen. Pershing in pursuit of the Mexican […]
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CANCELED – Keeping Heritage Real
Cowboy-Life-Exhibit-3One may hear varying points of view when it comes to heritage – timeless creation or historical storytelling, all are imperative. Keeping heritage ‘real’ is important as it ensures the […]
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CANCELED – Keeping Heritage Real in Arizona
Cowboy-Life-Exhibit-3One may hear varying points of view when it comes to heritage – timeless creation or historical storytelling, all are imperative. Keeping heritage ‘real’ is important as it ensures the […]
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CANCELED – Water in Arizona: Sustainability, Supply and Demand
Coolidge Public Library 160 W. Central Avenue, Coolidge, AZ, United StatesWater is necessary for life, but as supply shrinks, choices must be made about who is given access to water and who isn’t. Communities across Arizona are going dry. This […]
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CANCELED – The New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landmarks
Globe Public Library 339 S. Broad St., Globe, AZ, United StatesThe history of the New Deal, and how Arizonans responded to its challenges, is an inspirational story of how individuals worked to better themselves; a story of how communities took […]
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CANCELED – The Most Courageous Arizona Journalist You’ve Never Heard Of
Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United StatesYou can’t find Laura Nihell in the Arizona Archives, or any history book on early Arizona, or any chronicle of Arizona journalists—but she was not only there, she proved herself […]
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CANCELED – On the Road Since 1925: The Colorful History of Arizona Highways Magazine
Saddlebrooke Mountain Clubhouse 38759 South Mountain View Boulevard, Tucson, 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 […]