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The Arizona Historical Society ( AHS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to connect people through the power of Arizona 's history. It does this through four regional divisions. Each division has a representative museum. The statewide divisions are as follows: Southern Arizona Division in Tucson, the Central Arizona Division in Tempe ...
Edith O. Kitt. Occupation (s) Educator, historian. Edith Olive Stratton Kitt (December 15, 1878 – January 18, 1968) was an American clubwoman and historian, who expanded the collections and membership of the Arizona Historical Society as secretary of the society from 1925 to 1947. She was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1983.
M.D., M.D.H, co-founded the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) [36] Clara M. Schell (1872–1955) 2017 First female optometrist in the Territory of Arizona [36] Louise Serpa (1925–2012) 2017 Rodeo photographer [36] Christine Kajikawa Wilkinson (b. 1944) 2017 First minority female Vice President in the history of Arizona State University
The history of Arizona encompasses the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Post-Archaic, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians settled in what is now Arizona. A few thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloan, the Hohokam, the Mogollon and the Sinagua cultures inhabited the state.
Marshall Trimble. Marshall Trimble (born 1939) is an American author, singer, former community college professor, and Arizona 's official state historian. In addition to his position as director of Southwest studies at Scottsdale Community College, he is a popular speaker and True West Magazine 's question-and-answer man.
Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966 [2] Designated NHL. December 12, 1960 [3] Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site is a historic site on Highway 191, north of Chambers, with an exhibit center in Ganado, Arizona. It is considered a meeting ground of two cultures between the Navajo and the settlers who came to the area to trade.
Angel Delgadillo (born April 19, 1927) is an American barber and businessowner in Seligman, Arizona who has been dubbed the "guardian angel" of U.S. Route 66. [1] He is the main founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, established in 1987 to campaign for "Historic Route 66" signage on the former US highway; similar initiatives have since been established in every U.S. Route 66 ...
This is a directory of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona. There are 1,491 listed sites in the state, and each of its fifteen counties has at least ten listings on the National Register. Forty-seven of the state's sites are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. This National Park ...