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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 States

Since 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 and communication, a scoundrel could create enticing promise of riches and success without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce […]

The Gila: River of History

Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, AZ, United States

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 for the movement of birds, animals, plants, and peoples across the desert for millennia. Many cultures have sprung up on its banks, and millions of […]

Chiles & Chocolate: Sweet and Spicy Foods in the American West

Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, AZ, United States

Come have a taste of the rich and savory history of these food favorites, explore how early peoples used them, and how they have evolved and spread to all corners of the world. Food is a portal into culture and can convey a range of cultural meaning including occasion, social status, ethnicity, and wealth depending […]

Arizona Outlaws and the Law (Parker)

Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, AZ, United States

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 will explore how these seminal events became watershed experiences for the American legal system, and still impact the lives of individuals living in the United […]

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Wrangling 1500 Wild Mustangs: Insights into the Wild Horse Controversy (Parker)

Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center 1109 Geronimo Avenue, Parker, AZ, United States

In 1989, Alan Day lobbied the United States Congress and was granted approval to create our country’s first government-sponsored wild horse sanctuary on his South Dakota ranch. At the time, the government housed roughly 2,000 horses in feedlots. Fifteen hundred of those wild mustangs came to live at Mustang Meadows Ranch where, for four years, […]

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