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SUMMARY:Arizona: A History of Snake Oil Salesmen\, Scams and Hoaxes
DESCRIPTION: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 and expose the schemes. People from across America came west to seek a better life. When that better life proved too slow in materializing\, they often fell prey to a quick and easy alternative being offered by the schemer. Sometimes even the well-educated and worldly could not resist the lure\, despite later admitting they should have known better. Using newspaper articles\, quotes\, photographs and ephemera\, this program illustrates some of the most famous and some of the lesser known embarrassing scams and hoaxes that have found the gullible in Arizona. \nChristine Reid is intrigued by Arizona’s diverse and rich western heritage as a writer and researcher at the Pinal County Historical Society and Community Scholar for the ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She continues that deep interest while serving on many of the town of Florence’s heritage projects and agencies. Committed to sharing history in a lively manner\, she presents the sometimes hidden or forgotten aspects of Arizona’s characters and history
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen-scams-and-hoaxes-5/
LOCATION:Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center\, 1109 Geronimo Avenue\, Parker\, AZ\, 85344\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:The Gila: River of History
DESCRIPTION: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 people depend on the river today—whether they know it or not. Gregory McNamee\, author of the prizewinning book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River\, presents a biography of this vital resource\, drawing on Native American stories\, pioneer memoirs\, the writings of modern naturalists such as Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey\, and many other sources. Think of it as 70 million years of history packed into an entertaining\, informative hour. \nGregory McNamee is a writer\, editor\, photographer\, and publisher. He is the author of 40 books and more than 6\,000 articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopædia Britannica\, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona\, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management\, at the University of Arizona. For more about him\, visit his web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-gila-river-of-history-7/
LOCATION:Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center\, 1109 Geronimo Avenue\, Parker\, AZ\, 85344\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200122T130000
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SUMMARY:Chiles & Chocolate: Sweet and Spicy Foods in the American West
DESCRIPTION: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 on the social context. Discover how chiles and chocolate became identity markers in gender roles and relationships\, essential in rituals and religious customs\, popular in aesthetic fashions and lifestyles\, and how they changed through time and space. \nChris Glenn and Sandy Sunseri are docents at the Museum of Northern Arizona and have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012. In-depth research and related interviews have resulted in presentations to local social and educational groups\, museum groups\, public venues such as the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff\, and AZ Speaks locations throughout Arizona. Some topics are presented in costumes of the time period\, and in every case with a thorough exploration of the events and personalities of the time from multiple points of view.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/chiles-chocolate-sweet-and-spicy-foods-in-the-american-west/
LOCATION:Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center\, 1109 Geronimo Avenue\, Parker\, AZ\, 85344\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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