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2019 Historymakers Announced at AZ Heritage Center

It was a perfect evening at AZ Heritage Center on Feb 13 to announce the new 2019 Historymakers. Museum Director Tawn Downs introduced Arizona's official historian and 2014 Historymaker Marshall Trimble. Marshall then announced the next honorees for Historymakers Gala 2019.

Congratulations to
Betsey Bayless: Arizona Secretary of State, Health and Civic Leader
Dr. Arthur DeCabooter: Educator, Land Preservationist
Michael J. Fox: Art and Heritage Preservationist
Alfredo Gutierrez: Arizona State Senator and Community Activist
Merrill Mahaffey: Western Artist, Painter
Vernon D. Swaback: Internationally Recognized Architect

Statehood Day Celebration at AZ Heritage Center

With a capacity crowd in the Steele Auditorium, the celebration of statehood was a big success.
The 2019 Historymakers were announced with the Historymakers Gala to be held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort on Feb 23, 2019.

Tastes and Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona made it's debut and was well received.
Entertained by Arizona's official historian Marshall Trimble and Arizona's official balladeer Dolan Ellis, the crowds thoroughly enjoyed the event. Marshall Trimble was honored as a Historymaker in 2014 and continues to tell the story of Arizona wherever he travels. Dolan Ellis has been the official balladeer for 53 years.

Tastes & Treasures II at Roswell Bookbinding

Working with Mike Roswell at Roswell Bookbinding is awesome! Great people and great business that has been in the Phoenix area for over 50 years!
Cathy Shumard and Leslie Christiansen approved the sample book so we are on track to have this cookbook looking wonderful.

Roswell's Kim Hodgson with Cathy Shumard and Leslie Christiansen

New member Rene Blain

Congratulations to Rene Blain for being elected the Vice President of the Sunnyslope Historical Society. We are glad to have Rene join the Historical League, invited by friend Reba Wells Grandrud.
Raised in Arizona, with a father who was a walking encyclopedia of Arizona history, she grew up camping in this state. Rene has a passion for history and excited to be a part of the preservation of Sunnyslope. Since 2011, she is also an active hiker with over 300 different hikes in 3 different hiking clubs.

Autographs of Tastes & Treasures II cookbook

Jeannine Moyle

Jeannine Moyle bought her copy of Tastes and Treasures II cookbook at the AZ Statehood Celebration at the AZ Heritage Center on Feb 13 and immediately started to go through it. Sitting next to Margaret Baker in the auditorium, she asked Margaret to sign the Gass Bros. page in her cookbook!  This page is about Margaret's grandfather's restaurant in downtown Phoenix. Margaret was so surprised and honored. Jeannine commented that she thought the Gass Bros. page was one of the best of the tribute pages because it was such a part of early 1900 Arizona history.
Read the fascinating yourself in this new book. $30 at www.HistoricalLeague.org/SHOP.aspx

Margaret Baker

Lunch at Lon's at Hermosa Inn

Ruth McLeod and Elaine Kapach

Delightful patio and delicious food on a lovely late January day, that's what happens at Lon's at Hermosa Inn. We enjoyed the gardens and big trees; visited with Stan and Nancy Evans who also thought it was a great day for Lon's. Recognize the front door to Hermosa Inn? It's the front cover of Tastes & Treasures II; A Stortytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Written by all volunteers and at O'Neil Printing now, the book is the latest publication from the Historical League.

It will be available for the first time at the February 13 Statehood Day Celebration at AZ Heritage Center. Featuring Historymaker Marshall Trimble and balladeer Dolan Ellis, as well as announcing the 2019 Historymakers, this will be quite an evening. From 6-8:30 pm. Tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-statehood-day-with-marshall-trimble-and-dolan-ellis-tickets-41889759398