2019 Spring History Highlight: AZ Women
The Old Trails Museum offers its 2019 Spring History Highlight on Saturday, May 4, at 2 pm at the Winslow Arts Trust Museum, 333 East Second Street. Author Jan Cleere celebrates the lives of remarkable women who helped shape the territory and state in Legacies of the Past: Arizona Women Who Made History. Cleere will introduce us to artists and healers, to teachers and entrepreneurs, to those who plowed the land and others who helped establish laws in the new Arizona Territory. These women became known for their adventuresome spirits, their confrontation of extraordinary situations, their fortitude in the face of adversity, and their dedication to improving the lives of others. Some gained a degree of celebrity across the state, within their communities, and throughout their tribal regions, while others remained relatively unknown. Some faced and fought discrimination, and some laid down their lives. Meet an array of women who endured troubles and hardships but also achieved amazing feats and triumphs during the territory’s early days, bringing a unique perspective into a harsh, strange country. Learn about Native women warriors and peacemakers as well as women who rode into the territory to discover a completely different way of life. These are women who persisted and persevered in their quest to explore, discover, and conquer new lands and new beginnings. Cleere is an award-winning author, historian, and lecturer who lives in Oro Valley. An American Studies graduate of Arizona State University, she has authored five historical nonfiction books about the people who settled the desert Southwest. Her freelance work appears in publications such as Arizona Highways, and she writes a monthly column for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson – “Western Women” – that details the amazing lives our state’s early female residents. Cleere serves on the Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail’s Coordinating Council and is a member of multiple professional organizations including the Western Writers of America, National Federation of Press Women, and Women Writing the West. The 2019 Spring History Highlight is made possible in part by Arizona Humanities, a non-profit organization and the Arizona affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For the latest updates on all of the Old Trails Museum’s exhibits and programs, subscribe to our “News” feed or “like” the museum on Facebook....
Read More2019 Historical Calendar on Sale
The Old Trails Museum’s 2019 historical calendar, Winslow: Then and Now, is on sale now! The 2019 edition — still priced at $10 — is available at the museum, Arizona 66 Trading Company, On the Corner Gifts, La Posada Hotel, and the Winslow Chamber of Commerce. Your OTM Store purchases are sales-tax-free, support the museum, and keep your shopping dollars local! This 2019 edition offers a popular approach for illustrating a locality’s historic preservation efforts: a historic photograph alongside a contemporary image of the same property. The calendar features rehabilitated buildings that are still in use for their original purposes or as new businesses or public institutions. The large historic photographs have not previously been published in an OTM calendar or in our Images of America title, Winslow. Text for these photographs was adapted from OTM publications and exhibits, National Register of Historic Places nominations, and Winslow Mail articles by Janice Henling and others. (Cover Image: Winslow’s Hubbell Trading Post in 1948, now the Winslow Visitor’s Center/Chamber of Commerce. Herb & Dorothy McLaughlin Collection, ASU Library) For the small contemporary images, much of the information was provided by people who currently work in – and lovingly maintain – these historic structures. The 2019 edition includes a bonus insert: A self-guided driving tour of the featured properties as they appear in the calendar: driving east on 2nd Street, then west on 3rd Street, an d then to a few other locations elsewhere in town. Further, the museum has compiled a list of additional properties that we hope to include in another Then and Now edition. If you have a historic photograph of any of them that we have never published, we would love to include it and acknowledge your loan. OTM Director Ann-Mary Lutzick developed this calendar, and International Minute Press of Flagstaff did the graphic design and printing. Most photographs are from the OTM Collections, with many thanks to Renee James at Arizona State University Library for her help with the Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin Collection. Lutzick also thanks Melanie Tobin of the Wells Fargo Community Mural Program, Sandra Harvey of Dominique’s On the Corner, Marshall Losey with the Winslow Senior Center, Frank Guzman with Bank of the West, Corey Mincevich and Jason Davis with the USPS-Winslow, Melissa Robertson Olson of Stuart Eye Center, Arianna Huerta with Washington Elementary School, Sondra Purcell of the Haven/Sanctuary, Terry Nagel with Four Corners Realty, and Kim Gould, Curtis Hardy, and Dan Lutzick for their invaluable feedback. OTM’s annual historical calendar is a fundraiser for the museum thanks to our generous advertisers: Arizona 66 Trading Company, Bojo’s Grill & Sports Club, Casey’s Hardware, Cross U Management Company, On the Corner Gifts, Harley Hendricks Realty, Kenna Properties, La Posada Hotel, the Leavitt Group, Mojo Coffee Company, the Palace Projects, Robert & Clint Cox Automotive Service, Snowdrift Art Space, and the Winslow Chamber of...
Read More2019 Winter History Highlight: Hi Jolly in Arizona
The Old Trails Museum offers its 2019 Winter History Highlight on Saturday, February 9, at 2 pm at the Winslow Visitors Center/Hubbell Trading Post, 523 West Second Street. Educator Casey Davis will explore the US Army’s failed experiment using camels in the Southwest in his free presentation of Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps. In 1857, Lieutenant Edward F. Beale established the Beale Wagon Road, a popular pioneer trail during the 1860s and 1870s that passed through the future town site of Winslow. Beale famously used camels during his expeditions in the newly-acquired and semiarid southwestern territory. Haj Ali – better known in the region as Hi Jolly – relocated from the Middle East along with the camels in order to teach the soldiers how to mind them. Hi Jolly trekked across the Southwest with the Beale Expedition from Camp Verde in present-day Indianola, Texas, to the Drum Barracks in San Pedro, California. His courage and tenacity not only helped with the camel patrols but also with opening up the region to Middle Eastern immigrants during the latter part of the 19th century. This grand experiment also added to Beale’s military record, especially when some of the camels were used in the only tactical charge led by the Camel Corps. The camels ate indigenous grasses and were faster and stronger than horses in the desert. Even though US Secretary of War Jefferson Davis desperately wanted the Camel Corps to be successful, the experiment was a failure. This presentation will look at the exploits of Hi Jolly within the larger context of the West, and at how the camel experiment added to the region’s unique history and continuing mystique. A storyteller at heart, Davis enjoys sharing with all types of audiences. He has been an educator for fifteen years and a writer for much longer. He is currently an Instructional Designer for Arizona State University University Technology Office. Davis has published curricula and textbooks in both the sciences and humanities, and his research interests include American history, religion, science, instructional design,gifted and talented students, and second-language learners. The 2019 Winter History Highlight is made possible in part by Arizona Humanities, anon-profit organization and the Arizona affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For the latest updates on all of the Old Trails Museum’s exhibits and programs, subscribe to our “News” feed or “like” the museum on...
Read More2018 Annual Meeting
The Winslow Historical Society (WHS) will host its 2018 Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 11, from 2 to 4 pm at the Winslow Visitors Center/Hubbell Trading Post, 523 West Second Street. The free event will begin at 2 pm with refreshments and a performance by vocalists Bailey and Madison Hartman. The twin sisters are freshman at Winslow High School and have been singing together publicly since the fifth grade. They have sung in their church and school honor choirs and have performed the National Anthem at various school functions and sporting events. The Hartman sisters will perform a mix of pop, country, and religious selections and will then open the WHS Annual Meeting at 2:45 pm with the Star Spangled Banner. The meeting will include the election of new Board members and brief reports on museum activities over the past year. While there, attendees can join or renew their memberships for 2019; order the Old Trail Museum’s 2019 historical calendar, Winslow: Then and Now; and take a ticket for a chance to win a terrific door prize donated by the OTM Store, La Posada Hotel, and several Board members. In addition to our current members, the Old Trails Museum extends a special invitation to anyone who might be interested in becoming an OTM Volunteer. If you or someone you know loves history, please consider joining us at the Annual Meeting and talking with current volunteers about their experiences. Our volunteers bring their enthusiasm and professional skills to a variety of duties: hosting visitors, organizing collections and archives, and helping with public programs. So they have their pick of ways to help, in manageable 2-1/2 hour shifts. OTM Volunteers learn more about our home and its history; they make new friends and deepen existing friendships; they attend the annual Volunteer Thank-you Party; and they meet and talk with visitors from all over the country and world. They serve as our public face to these visitors — as our ambassadors from the museum, from Winslow, from Arizona, and from Historic Route 66. The Winslow Historical Society’s annual celebration of our membership is a reflection of the Old Trails Museum’s community support and the backbone of our grassroots fundraising efforts. With you, we have a future; without you, we’re history!...
Read More2018 High Desert Fly-In & Gala a Success
The 2018 High-Desert Fly-In and 2018 Fly Back in Time Gala took place at the Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport on Saturday, October 13. In a first-time partnership with Winslow Head Start, attendees were invited to become “Fly-In Angels” by donating winter outerwear and accessories for 4-to-6-year-old children. Over 300 attendees attended the Fly-In that morning, when the Winslow Senior Center provided shuttle service from the parking lot, the Winslow Rotary Club hosted a pancake breakfast, the Just Cruis’n Car Club displayed some vintage automobiles, and Wiseman Aviation allowed attendees on the tarmac to view general aviation and historic aircraft. The latter included Glenn Anderson’s restored 1956 T-34A Mentor, which was a 2017 Copperstate Grand Champion, and Chuck Swanberg’s 1948 American Ryan L-17, which won Best Warbird at the 2016/2018 Land of Enchantment Fly-Ins. All visiting pilots enjoyed free breakfast, gift bags, fuel discounts, and an FAA Safety Seminar. Four pilots from Flagstaff’s EAA Chapter #856 provided complimentary plane rides to over 100 parents and their kids, who also enjoyed hands-on activities provided by the Winslow Public Library in the Flying Fun Kids Area. The Flying Through History Area included OTM’s Flying through History: The Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport and The Swamp Ghost and World War II exhibits. Historian Erik Berg and Steve Owen from the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum in Grants shared displays and talked with attendees about the region’s aviation history. That evening, 120 guests entered the hangar — beautifully decorated by Linda and Bruce Lazzarini – for the Gala. They were greeted by the Cherry Bombs, a nonprofit women’s group, with door-prize tickets and free retro treats from the Winslow Chamber of Commerce‘s Candy Terminal. Deborah Allen Photography took photos of attendees that she made available to them online for free later that week. Attendees then enjoyed a catered buffet dinner by Creations in Cuisine and the nostalgic sounds of the Big Band Connection from Flagstaff. Some also dressed in period attire and competed in the Vintage Threads Costume Contest. The High Desert Silent Auction came to a close as winners collected their items donated by local businesses and individuals. The High Desert Fly-In Committee thanks Pro 5 Design of Peoria, Arizona, for their Business Patron sponsorship. Don’t forget to check out our Facebook photo albums as well as our HDFI Website , which will soon link to a video of this year’s Fly Back in Time Gala by Venuti...
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