Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona committee

Cookbook committee meetings are great times to discuss the new book, recipes, Historymakers, tribute pages, stories of historic Arizona, fundraising, promotions, and, of course, publishing. How many books do we print? Where do we distribute them? What special events should we participate in? How many pre-sales of boxes of ten books? Lots of talk and lots of progress.

We are so grateful for the time and talents of all those Historical League members who have worked so hard on his new book. Stay tuned for the publication date! Here's a picture of committee members at the October 2 meeting. There are many more members not pictured here.

L to R: Zona Lorig, Ruth McLeod, Mariamne Moore, Cathy Shumard, Judy Blackwell, Leslie Christiansen, Pam Stevenson, Bonnie Newhoff, Susan Dale, Renee Donnelly, Norma Jean Coulter, Julie Moore, Linda Corderman, Sharron McKinney, Linda Fritsch, Mary Parker

Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit "Footprints on the Desert"

Celebrating 150 years of Frank Lloyd Wright, the AZ Heritage Center opened a new exhibit on Thursday, October 12 with great fanfare, food and fun.

October 13, 2017 – March 31, 2018
AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park

The exhibit features notable Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings in Arizona. Wright’s architectural designs reveal painstaking attention to detail, with an intense dedication to sustainability and beauty. The exhibit includes images and artifacts from Wright’s Taliesin West, David Wright House and Harold C. Price House, as well as other Wright designs – including some that were never built. The exhibit will include supplemental information available digitally on mobile devices via the free Cuseum application. Footprints on the Desert: Frank Lloyd Wright in Arizona was organized by the AZ Heritage Center in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and in conjunction with the year of Wright’s 150th birthday.

Lisa Schnebly-Heidinger featured in AZ Highways

With her fantastic knowledge of Arizona and her amazing skills in writing, the Historical League is so fortunate to have Lisa as a member. We celebrate her upcoming book about her grandmother Sedona Schnebly, The Journal of Sedona Schnebly, and her recent article in Arizona Highways.

We are also grateful that Lisa was the creative writer in Tastes & Treasures II, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona due out in a few months. 

Alan Day, author of new book Cowboy Up

As part of the monthly Historical League meetings we often have guest speakers. Hearing the personal stories from Alan Day as he talked about his new book, Cowboy Up, on October 2 was most informative and entertaining. Alan grew up on the Lazy B and has been a rancher his entire life. After graduating from University of Arizona, he went straight back to the ranch and never left! Forty-five years later, he is sharing his life work in this new book and it is fascinating.

When his grandfather, H.C. Day started the ranch in 1880, it was part of New Mexico and Arizona Territories. It grew to 200,000 acres. The 5,000 head of cattle were originally from Chihuahua, Mexico and had the Lazy B brand. The name stayed.

H.C. Day and his wife, Alice, had many firsts in the area: the first brick house, the first bank, the first orchard, the first schoolhouse.

Cowboy Up, co-written with Lynn Weiss Sneyd, is filled with short stories of those times. Alan gave us the premier showing of his video of the ranch and his family. It has wonderful photographs and memories of his grandparents, his parents, and sister, Historymaker and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Foremost in his talk, Alan shared his love of the land, the grasses and the importance of stewardship to the ranch.

H.C. and Alice Day

Sandra Day O'Connor and Alan Day

Water is the life blood of the ranch. Each cow needs 60 acres to graze.

Lazy B Ranch

October 2 General Historical League meeting

The AZ Heritage Center fall season is a busy one. At our October meeting, Museum Director Tawn Downs spoke of upcoming events open to the public.
"Footprints on the Desert" celebrates 150 years of Frank Lloyd Wright opening Oct 13.
"2017 Historymakers Exhibit" opening October 19.
"Phoenix City Rising" -presentation is Nov 1 from 6:30-7:30 pm.
"Geology of Central Arizona" - lecture series is Nov 15 from 6:00-7:30 pm.
It's always good to hear the sounds of active school groups visiting the exhibits!

"History in the Desert" Exhibit Opening is Nov 18 from 9-10:30 am.

Frank Lloyd Wright students are all over the world

While visiting the upper peninsula of Michigan, I found this at Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan.
The AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park in Tempe, AZ is celebrating 150 years of Frank Lloyd Wright with an exhibit opening Thursday, October 12. Save the Date!

Entrance on campus

Finlandia's first building in Hancock, Michigan

Lunch at St Marys Foodbank Community Kitchen

Standing:Margaret Baker, Mary Parker, Zona Lorig, Ruth McLeod,
Pam Stevenson, Norma Jean Coulter.
Seated: Cathy Shumard, Linda Corderman

With the informative tour of Roswell Bookbindery filling our heads, members of the September Historical League tour headed to St. Marys Foodbank Community Kitchen for lunch and relaxation. In a lovely conference room upstairs, we found lunch bags with delicious sandwiches, potato chips and chocolate brownies all neatly packaged for us. An icy tub held sodas and bottled waters.

The meals were prepared by the students in the Community Kitchen program, which offers a 12-week culinary training program aimed at giving our students a second chance in life by providing all of the skills necessary to be successful in the food service industry. The Community Kitchen is a life skills and food service training program for those with barriers to employment. Students gain the skills to get jobs offering livable wages, benefits, and opportunities for advancement through hands-on food service training as well as classroom studies.

During the past decade, the Community Kitchen has provided thousands of meals to those in need, while transforming the lives of countless participants and families. New sessions start every four weeks. In addition to training, each student receives job-placement assistance and support following graduation.
We are pleased that our new cookbook, Tastes & Treasures Volume II, features Roswell Bookbindery and St. Mary's Foodbank with photos, stories and delicious recipes.

New to our group were Donna Parisi and Chris Robinson

Linda Corderman standing by the ceramic tribute to sponsors of St. Mary's Foodbank