2019 Humanities Awards Celebrates…
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Vintage Arizona: The Growth, Death, and Rebirth of a Local Wine Industry (Oro Valley)
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Arizona’s wine industry is booming. Starting from almost nothing in the 1970s, there are now over 50 wineries across the state and more starting every year. Despite the youth of […]
Ghost Towns of the Second World War: Arizona’s Historic Military Sites (Prescott)
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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 […]
Arizona Outlaws and the Law (Parker)
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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 […]
Life on the Lazy B as Lived by an American Cowboy and Rancher (Lake Havasu City)
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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, […]
Arizona Kicks on Route 66 (Buckeye)
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U.S. Route 66, known as the “Mother Road,” was built in 1926. It ran from Chicago to L. A. During the depression of the 1930s, it became the major path […]