The Ballad of Arizona: Our First Hundred Years – Tucson

Lutheran Church of the Foothills 5102 North Craycroft Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Ballad of Arizona: our First Hundred Years Similar to NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion” but with and Arizona twist, this program uses music, storytelling and live radio-style newscasts to present important but often neglected events in Arizona history. The “Hoosiers”-like story of a Miami, AZ High School basketball team comprised of the sons of […]

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Selling the Southwest: Fred Harvey and the Promotion of Native American Cultures

Lutheran Church of the Foothills 5102 North Craycroft Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

In partnership with the Santa Fe Railway, the Fred Harvey company vigorously promoted travel to the Southwest and was an early innovator of “cultural heritage tourism.” Travelers experienced an idealized version of the Southwest’s Native American cultures through the company’s grand hotels along the Santa Fe line, their Indian Department’s museum rooms and curio shops, […]

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