Water Awareness Month

April has been Water Awareness Month for Arizona. Thanks to two Historymakers for all their work on water in Arizona:

2003 Historymaker Jack Pfister - Community Leader and Advocate for Arizona's Future.

2023 Historymaker Frank M. Barrios - Water conservation policy maker; master storyteller focused on the contributions of Mexican American communities in Phoenix.

Listen to their stories at https://www.historicalleague.org/historymakers/jack-pfister and https://www.historicalleague.org/historym.../frank-m-barrios

Jack Pfister

Tastes & Treasures II delivered by Cathy and Tom Shumard to River of Time Museum

 River of Time Museum in Fountain Hills now restocked with our storytelling cookbook, thanks to wonderful volunteers. Cathy Shumard comments, "Tom and I delivered a box of Tastes & Treasures II to Yvonne Prater at the River of Time Museum & Exploration Center on Friday. Yvonne sold a few boxes before covid and was happy to receive more."

NHDAZ Award Ceremony 2

https://www.facebook.com/NHDAZ/posts/pfbid0SpwkPqQ3PsnywkYCTkkoTJmpDdsGEnfissM7mzfEGX5XiRm778KsFeBxowm2PLtbl 

Governor Hunt

 

Tastes & Treasures II delivered by Mary Perona to Navajo Co. Historical Society

 Driving through Navajo County, Mary Perona writes, "On our drive back home we stopped at the Navajo County Historical Society and gave them a box of our wonderful Tastes and Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Dawn Sawyer, the administrator, was delighted to get them."

Happy 100th Birthday South Mt Park

 Happy 100th Birthday, South Mountain Park & Preserve! Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres to the city of Phoenix for $17,000. Arizona Historymaker Ben Avery is smiling down on this 100 year celebration. More about Ben Avery at www.HistoricalLeague.org/historymakers/Ben-Avery

Top ten winner of 3rd grade AZ Postcard Contest is Samanvi Koduri

One of the top ten winners of 3rd grade AZ Postcard Contest; Samanvi Koduri from Mrs Kyle's class at Chandler Traditional Academy Independence displays her artwork. Dr. Kristen Rex encourages her to describe each aspect of her drawing as part of the pizza party - a bonus for all the winners and their happy classmates.

The Historical League is proud to help support this program.