Tastes & Treasures II helping St. Jude's hospital

Raul Sanchez, Ruth McLeod, Susan Dale

Tastes & Treasures II does more than promote AZ history and foods. After meeting with Raul Sanchez at Lon's (pages 76-81 in Tastes & Treasures II), we partnered with St Jude's for their silent auction. They now have signed books of both volumes of Tastes & Treasures. Raul is a manager at Lon's, helping promote the resort and our book which features Lon's on the front cover.
Non-profits helping non-profits, working towards a good cause. 
https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/find-an-event/dinners-and-galas/raise-a-glass.html

Rock Springs Cafe is 100 years old

Congratulations to Rock Springs Cafe for 100 years!
Great history, delicious food, outstanding pies!! Featured in Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona with their photo on the back cover and pie recipes inside.
Be sure to visit for your holiday pie and take home a copy of the book or order at HistoricalLeague.org/shop.aspx

Tempe Book Festival

Patti Goss, Cathy Shumard, Norma Jean Coulter

Promoting Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona is fun and rewarding. Thanks to Cathy Shumard, Norma Jean Coulter and Patti Goss for selling the book at Tempe Book Festival yesterday. The weather was perfect and customers were very interested in the book. 
It was also an opportune time to share "Portraits of Courage", the new exhibit at AZ Heritage Center. Many were unaware of this and looking forward to seeing it.

Thank you luncheon for Cookbook Committee

Co-chairs Cathy Shumard, Leslie Christiansen, Linda Corderman,
writer Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, Ruth McLeod

Creating Tastes & Treasures II was a HUGE undertaking. A Thank You Luncheon was held at co-chair Linda Corderman's home November 1 to recognize all those who helped with the book. Celebrating the successes and chuckling over the gaffes, we remembered the details of publishing a storytelling book.
We continue to share the stories of Arizona, her history, her people, food memories, photographs, recipes and promote the AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park with this book.

Cathy Shumard, Ruth McLeod, President Mary Garbaciak

Barb Ziehler, Sharron McKinney, Mary Parker, Dee Steen, Norma Jean Coulter, Zona Lorig, Margaret Baker, Patti Goss

Dishwashing detail: Cathy Shumard, Nina Filippi, Donna Esposito, Leslie Christiansen, Bonnie Newhoff

Pat Faur, Barb Ziehler, Sharron McKinney, Mary Parker

Judy Kittoe, Barb Ziehler, Zona Lorig, Judy Blackwell, Norma Jean Coulter

Mary Parker, Bonnie Newhoff

Carolyn Mendoza, Delores Tomasek, Jan Murray, Judy Blackwell, Norma Hinton, Lisa Schnebly Heidinger
Mary Garbaciak, Leslie Christiansen,  Janet Weiss, Susan Dale, Bonnie Newhoff, Mariamne Moore

Zona Lorig, Margaret Baker, Patti Goss, Pat Christopherson

Nina Filippi, Cathy Shumard, Judy Kittoe, Donna Esposito, Mary Pat Honey, Pam Stevenson

Clockwise Left side: Mary Garbaciak, Leslie Christiansen, Janet Weiss
Right side: Judy Blackwell, Norma Hinton, Lisa Schnebly Heidinger

Ghost Towns of Arizona

Fairbank's passengers wait at the town's railroad depot.

October 2018 Arizona Highways features 13 Ghost Towns with historic pictures. Where do these great photos come from? Arizona Historical Society.
Interesting stories with authentic photos to make the places come to life as they were in their heyday.
What better way to celebrate Halloween than with a ghost story!

Pearce's first boarding house in late 1800's

 Harshaw's cemetery on top and a mill at the Hermosa Mine during construction in late 1870's.

Courtland was a thriving community in the early 1900's.

Historical League member Rene Blain

Sunnyslope Historical Society Museum may be small but they do good things. Congrats to Historical League member and President of S.H.S. Rene Blain for bringing more members, guest speakers and dynamics to this small museum.
And they are selling a lot of Tastes and Treasures II!

Tour of Water Treatment Plant

How does a desert city get water? Fascinating tour of a Water Treatment plant gave us a glimpse into this amazing process. Filtration, separation, chemistry, physics and engineering clean the water from the Colorado, Salt and Verde rivers. A series of canals supply water to Phoenix, the 5th largest city in the country. 
After yesterday's tour, Historical League members are more appreciative of our water. 
Thanks to Rene Blain and Judy Blackwell for organizing this tour.