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Keyword: history

Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce announces 2023 Hall of …

11/20/2022

The Past Presidents’ Council of the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce announced the 2023 inductees for the 28th Annual Scottsdale History Hall of Fame event to be held Thursday, May 18, 2023.

State asks schools to sign up for Arizona Centennial …

11/1/2022

The Arizona Department of Transportation is offering public schools in each county an opportunity to obtain one of 15 Arizona Centennial road signs. The signs, which were put up to celebrate the …

Tempe’s Quantum Leap Productions premieres ‘Weight …

10/16/2022

“When it comes to wildlife, we think, ‘They’re up in the forest and deserts and rivers and lakes far away from us.’ But really, there’s a lot of wildlife that’s …

Ancient archaeological artifacts discovered along …

10/12/2022

A monumental archaeological discovery has been uncovered, documenting ancient roots put down in the Arizona desert long ago by the ancestors of the Akimel O’Odham, whose homelands once …

Mesa museum curator contributor to ‘African …

9/30/2022

Dr. Emily Early, curator of anthropology for Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald in Mesa, is a significant contributor to a new book, “African Paleoecology and Human …

$300K in tribal gaming compact funds to go to Mesa …

9/8/2022

More than half of $535,000 received by the city in Proposition 202 funds from the Gila River Indian Community will go to a new Sonoran desert’s first peoples exhibit at the Arizona Museum of …

Portal to the Past Festival brings life to history

9/7/2022

The Portal to the Past Festival returns as a free event 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St. in partnership with Cultural Coalition. One of the only events …

Adlam new director of Arizona Museum of Natural …

8/2/2022

Mesa has hired Simon Tipene Adlam as the new Arizona Museum of Natural History director. He starts Aug. 15. A seasoned museum administrator, Adlam worked at the Natural History Museum of Los …

Tempe museum shows off city’s pioneer past

5/25/2022

Imagine driving down Southern Avenue and instead of seeing strip malls and industrial facilities, it’s miles of dirt roads and alfalfa fields. That is what Tempe’s Petersen House Museum looked out upon when it was first constructed in 1892 for Niels Petersen, a Danish immigrant and rancher, and his wife Susanna.