Topical Issues Spice History Gathering
Politics, controversial legislation, gold, murder, war heroes and Rough Riders will be among the topics explored at the seventh annual Western History Symposium on Saturday, August 7 in Prescott. The Sharlot Hall Museum will be the venue for five presentations about the Old West and the Arizona Territory from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Then at 7:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel (4499 East State Route 69), Dr. Martin Feess, the author of Theodore Roosevelt’s Arizona Boys, will discuss Roosevelt’s special connection to the Arizona Territory and his relationship with those “rough riding men from Arizona."
The Symposium presentations are free and open to the public, although seating at the Museum is limited. The Symposium includes five presentations at the Museum’s Lawler Exhibit Center on August 7, starting at 10 a.m. with the “Canyon Diablo Train Robbery of 1889,” presented by Dr. Paul Hietter of Mesa Community College. Other presentations are “Murder on Whiskey Row,” presented by Prescott Corral member Fred Veil, an attorney and a regular Symposium speaker; “Early Female Politicians in Arizona,” presented by Dr. Heidi Osselaer of Arizona State University; “Ernest Love,” the namesake of Prescott’s Love Field, presented by author Alan Roesler; and “The Founding of Prescott,” presented by author-historian Al Bates.
Click here for Symposium details.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:44 |
About Sharlot M. Hall and Her Museum
Sharlot Hall Museum is named after its founder, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943), who became well known as a poet, activist, politician, and Arizona’s first territorial historian. Sharlot Hall was one of the West’s most remarkable women. As early as 1907, Ms. Hall saw the need to save Arizona's history and planned to develop a museum. She began to collect both Native American and pioneer material. In 1927, she began restoring the first Territorial Governor’s residence and offices and moved her extensive collection of artifacts and documents opening it as a museum in 1928. Today, the Museum features seven historic buildings, compelling exhibits and beautiful gardens, which serve as the setting for numerous public festivals. The Library and Archives, open to the public, hold a vast collection of rare books, original documents, historical photographs, maps and oral history. The Blue Rose Theater offers an entire season of historically based plays, and Living History programs bring the past alive through hands-on demonstrations. Click here to see a video about Sharlot and her museum.
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How to Find Us
415 W. Gurley St., Prescott AZ 86301
(Click here for Mapquest map showing our location.)
Phone: 928-445-3122
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Museum Hours
May-September: Monday-Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday, Noon to 4 pm
October-April: Monday-Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm; Sunday, Noon to 4 pm
Library and Archives
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Noon to 4 pm
Closed Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
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