Box Cars to Jets: First Fifty Years of Arizona Aviation with Natalie Stewart-Smith

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

Arizonans quickly embraced the aviation advances of the early 1900s. Whether for fun, adventure, or science, they made their own planes and soared, sometimes with rough landings. The adventure, the science, the opportunity, and even the unknown drew Arizonans into the skies. And they accomplished much! Take a flight through history with Natalie Stewart-Smith. This […]

When Orphan Trains Went West

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

Few people today know much about the largest child migration in history. Between 1854 and 1929 over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and given away at train stations across America. Children were sent to every state in the continental United States; the last train went to Sulphur Springs, Texas in […]

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How the Piano Keyboard Changed the World – Chino Valley

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

  Invented in Ancient Greece, keyboards allow an individual to play all the voices or music, replacing an orchestra or a choir. Keyboards are such a powerfully disruptive technology that they changed the very language of music, and allowed for some of the most beautiful music in human history to be created. Found all over […]

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Early Western Songs and Singers – Chino Valley

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

  Whether or not you grew up when Western films competed favorably with the popular films of the day, you will definitely want to take yourself back in time to hear the music that made cowboy legends out of the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely and so many other Western […]

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Arizona Goes to the Moon – Chino Valley

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

Arizona played a key role in preparing to send humans to the moon in the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Apollo astronauts themselves traveled to the Grand Canyon and volcanic fields around the state to learn geology and practice their lunar excursions. Meanwhile, U.S. Geological Survey engineers worked with NASA staff members to develop and test […]

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Celebrating Black History – Chino Valley

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

This is an interactive workshop that explores influential and little known African American contributions and the road they paved to make it possible for African American leaders we have today such as Oprah Winfry, Michael Jordan, and Maya Angelou. Dr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the […]

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Armed with Our Language, We Went to War: The Navajo Code Talkers – Chino Valley

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon. Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered.  For over 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored […]

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How the West Was Fun: WOWWing with AZ History

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

Award-winning author Lynda Exley, coauthor of Arizona Way Out West & Wacky, discusses Arizona's zaniest legends, humorous history and fun factoids. Discover why sleeping in wet sheets was a good thing, why some Arizonans ate fruit others spit out, why kissing cornhusks or apples goodnight wasn't unusual, which city got its name by mistake and […]

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Pauline Weaver and the Mountain Men of Arizona

Chino Valley Public Library 1020 W Palomino Road, Chino Valley, AZ, United States

This presentation explains who the mountain men were, how they lived, and why they were in Arizona. Using a colorful presentation, Weber, clad in buckskins, focuses on the life and times of Pauline Weaver, Prescott, Arizona's first white citizen, and other famous mountain men who made their way through this territory. Using photos, maps and […]

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