Tom Mix: King of the Cowboys

Leisure World: Hopi Pima Room 908 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Cowboy movie star Tom Mix was internationally famous, and many legends and tall tales have been told about his life. This presentation highlights some of the true stories about Mix and his connection to Arizona, debunking some of the Hollywood hype. What brought Mix travel that lonesome highway where he met his death south of […]

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Fascinating Florence, AZ: Not Just a Prison Town

Leisure World: Hopi Pima Room 908 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Florence began as a small rural desert town. In 1875 a major silver strike and designation as Pinal County seat changed the character of the town.   Despite the past tales of shootouts and stage robberies that echo off the historic adobe walls, many people still find Florence the essence of a “small town” that […]

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The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey

Leisure World: Hopi Pima Room 908 South Power Road, Mesa, AZ, United States

Charles Lindbergh is best known for his famous 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean.  But few realize that Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, played a brief but important role in archaeology.  In 1929 they teamed up with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct an unprecedented aerial photographic survey of Southwest prehistoric sites and geologic features […]

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