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1 100 Years 100 Ranchers Project Number: AHAC09-09 Type: State Budget: $217,264 Approved On: Sep 24, 2009 Applicant: Scott Baxter Photographer Contact: Scott Baxter Website: http://www.100years100ranchers.com/ Description: This black and white photographic project will document 100 Arizona ranchers whose families have been ranching in the state in 1912 or earlier. Each rancher will be interviewed to obtain information about the family's history and their ranch operations. The culmination of the project will coincide with the Arizona Centennial in 2012. An exhibit is tentatively scheduled to open in January 2012 at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal Four Gallery. In addition, a limited edition fine-art book and a short documentary film are planned. ...more 100 Years of Arizona Press Women Project Number: AHAC08-09 Type: State Budget: $60,000 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009 Applicant: Arizona Press Women Contact: Brenda Warneka (480) 778-8775 Website: http://www.azpw.org/ Description: This history book, presented as a book of short stories, will be written to capture the emotions of the people and times in which they lived. Each story, researched and written by current members of the Arizona Press Women (APW) organization, will chronicle the contribution of a woman in Arizona who made a significant contribution to the history of the state through her writing. ...more 100 Years of Arizona Sports Project Number: AHAC48-11 Type: State Budget: $198,126 Approved On: Oct 13, 2011 Applicant: Phoenix Regional Sports Commission Contact: Jon Schmieder (602) 258-6272 ed@phoenixsports.org Website: http://www.phoenixsports.org/ Description: The Phoenix Regional Sports Commission is embarking on a publication that will celebrate the history of Arizona sports. Authored by several influential contributors in Arizona, the "100 Years of Arizona Sports" is dedicated to athletes in the Grand Canyon State. Unforgettable stories and other major events are highlighted to bring local legends, athletes, eras, and different sports in Arizona together to commemorate Arizona's first 100 years. The book will be comprised of ten categories which recognize significant contributions to the history of Arizona sports. Ultimately, this endeavor will recognize the top 100 Arizona teams, athletes, and moments in Arizona sports history. ...more 100 Years of Arizona Wildlife Conservation Project Number: AHAC15-11 Type: State Budget: $7,500 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011 Applicant: Arizona Game and Fish Contact: Mark Weise (623) 236-7475 mweise@azgfd.gov Website: http://www.azgfd.gov Description: In commemoration of one century of service to the citizens of Arizona the Game and Fish Department proposes to construct an interpretive foot path highlighting significant milestones in the history of the Arizona Game Ranger and their important contribution to the evolution of wildlife conservations, science-based wildlife management and their public service as commissioned law enforcement officers. The Trail will be located adjacent to the front entry plaza at the Department's state headquarters facility on the Carefree Highway in Phoenix. The trail will end at the Department's Memorial Garden which commemorates all those Department personnel who have lost their lives protecting and conserving the wildlife of Arizona. ...more 100 Years of Continuous Presence, Latino Life and Contributions Traveling Photo and Arts Exhibit Project Number: AHAC49-11 Type: State Budget: $15,000 Approved On: Oct 13, 2011 Applicant: Advocates for Latino Arts & Culture Consortium Inc. (DBA, ALAC, Latino Arts and Culture Center) Contact: Dr. Jose Leyba (480) 620-2480 leyba.jose@gmail.com Website: http://www.alacaz.org/ Description: The Latino Life and Contributions Traveling Photo and Arts Exhibit will consist of a community based collection of photos (with accompanying vignettes that describe the significance to the development of Arizona), and artifacts representing the Latino presence in Arizona over the past 100 years. The exhibit will travel throughout the State during the Centennial Year to museums and schools and be permanently housed at the ALAC Galeria for future generations to enjoy. Notable Latino(a) heroes include: Governor Castro, Cesar Chavez, Linda Ronstadt and Medal of Honor Winner Sylvestre Herrera. The project will highlight contributions in other areas such as mining, agriculture, and education, including the role of Latinas who also served as the "Latina" Rosie the Riveters and the contributions of Latinos in the Migrant Labor Camps of Litchfield Park, and other Arizona Communities. In addition, the project will provide for ALAC First Friday receptions and shows to highlight the Exhibit as part of the regular City of Phoenix First Friday Events....more 100 Years, 100 Chefs, 100 Recipes Project Number: AHAC51-11 Type: State Budget: $25,000 Approved On: Nov 11, 2011 Applicant: Margo Kesler Contact: Marg Kesler (602) 264-2655 margo@mmprmarketing.com Website: http://www.100years100chefs100recipes.com Description: 100 Years, 100 Chefs, 100 Recipes is a culinary tribute celebrating Arizona's Centennial and will feature recipes from across the state. The cookbook is a collection of 100 chefs and cooks from each region throughout Arizona, acknowledging their recipe and most importantly the region. With ten James Beard Award Winning Chefs, over 50 culinary events, 60 farms and farmer's markets statewide, not to mention the countless restaurants that have shaped Arizona's culinary world, there are plenty of reasons to deem Arizona a culinary capitol. The cookbook will educate readers about the history and impact of the Five C's in Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast Arizona, as well as each region's culinary (Arizona's sixth C) history. Each recipe will have a small anecdote about the chef, their chosen dish and their restaurant....more 1891 Schoolhouse Project Project Number: AHAC28-10 Type: Local Budget: $10,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010 Applicant: Arizona Site Steward Program Contact: Shelley Rasmussen Website: Not applicable. Description: The Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument has formed a committee to research and establish the location of this historic schoolhouse as well as the names of the local ranching families that were involved in both the building and its usage. The site will be a destination for not only Arizona residents but also for visitors from other states and overseas - for them to see and experience what life might have looked like in the 1890's prior to Arizona statehood. ...more

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26 Blocks
Project Number: AHAC16-11 Type: State Budget: $200,000 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Joey Robert Parks Contact: Joey Robert Parks (480) 236-5517 joey@joeyrobertparks.com Website: http://www.26blocks.com
Description: 26 Blocks, AZ is a first-of-its-kind collaborative art project celebrating Arizona. 26 Blocks, one for each of 26 cities in Arizona, debuted on May 2, 2010 and had toured continually since then. One block is created for a city with A as the first letter in it's name. Another block is created for a city with B as the first letter in it’s name and so on. The project's name is an double entendre referring to city blocks and children's alphabet building blocks. ...more

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Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo
Project Number: AHAC07-11 Type: State Budget: $15,600 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Linda Radke Contact: Linda Radke (480) 940-8182 info@FiveStarPublications.com Website: http://www.fivestarpublications.com
Description: Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo is a book designed for fourth to seventh grade readers to acquaint them with the life and time of Addie, the young daughter of John Horton Slaughter, famous Cochise County sheriff and owner of the San Bernardino Ranch. True episodes are based on stories that Addie told her own daughter, Adeline Greene Parks, and on the research of Reba Wells Grandrud, PhD, San Bernardino Ranch historian. ...more
African American Firsts in Arizona
Project Number: AHAC130-11 Type: State Budget: $310,440 Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Free Soil Films Contact: Napoleon D. Palmer (520) 777-3048 aafisa2015@gmail.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: A five part mini-documentary series that will explore the backgrounds and perspectives of African-American leaders who are the first African Americans to hold their position in their perspective career. The series will include DVDs, a robust companion website and a strong educational element....more
Alpine Area Family History Preservation Project
Project Number: AHAC30-10 Type: Local Budget: $13,000 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Alpine Public Library Contact: Evelyn Williams (928) 339-4925 Website: http://www.co.apache.az.us/
Description: Document biographical and historical information about families and former residents of the communities of Alpine, Nutrioso, Blue, Springerville, and Luna, NM, to increase and enhance the availability of historical and genealogical informaiton available to all Apache County library patrons as well as to the larger community of internet users. ...more
Arizona African American Historical Project
Project Number: AHAC37-11 Type: State Budget: $87,000 Approved On: Aug 08, 2011	Applicant: Bruce Nelson Contact: Bruce Nelson (480) 603-6534 Brucenelson1@yahoo.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: The Arizona African American Historical Project, to be created by local actor/filmmaker Bruce Nelson, will include five short films, five young adult books and five audio drama recordings. These will be based on local experience growing up in the small African American community known as the Washington Park Neighborhood in Mesa, Az. In addition, Nelson will complete a documentary about the history of the segregated Washington Park neighborhood. The Short Film series is entitled Raglin Tales. The book series is entitled The Porch Volumes I-V and contains five poems and five short stories with illustrations. The audio series is entitled The Porch, consisting of five audio recordings. The stories are centered on what life was like growing up during the 1950’s and 1960’s in Mesa, Az. One short film has already been completed and won acclaim as the official selection at the Phoenix Film Festival, Arizona Black Showcase, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Pan American Film Festival, and The San Francisco Black Film Festival. The documentary, “The Mitchell Addition” will include interviews with residents in the Washington Park neighborhood, collected vintage photos and oral histories from the collection of the Mesa City Library....more
Arizona Black Rodeo presents Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo
Project Number: AHAC54-11 Type: State Budget: $41,580 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Lanette Campbell Contact: Lanette Campbell (602) 550-0034 lanetcamp@aol.com Website: http://www.billpickettrodeo.com
Description: The Arizona Black Rodeo in partnership with Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo will present a historical narrative and skits honoring Arizona Buffalo Soldiers who had an early and significant impact on the settlement, growth, and development of the West and the State of Arizona. Two days are planned for February 24 and 25, 2012 at Rawhide Rodeo Arena at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Arizona. The venue will host school age children on the first day and be opened up to the general public on the second day . It is expected that 7,000 will attend each day. Arizona's Black Rodeo events will include guest speakers, African-American cowboy storytelling, music, dancing, calf roping demonstrations and vendors. ...more
Arizona Centennial Artists ~ Arizona's Early Women Artists
Project Number: AHAC03-11 Type: State Budget: $6,500 Approved On: Feb 14, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Committee of the National Museum of Women Contact: Fran Elliott (928) 282-4086 Website: Not applicable.
Description: The exhibition of 30-35 paintings and etchings produced by influential women artists who lived and made their livelihoods producing art between 1905 and 1955. ...more
Arizona Centennial Commemorative Blanket
Project Number: AHAC124-11 Type: State Budget: $9,250 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Cactus Needles Knitting Guild Contact: Jo-Ann Mullen (970) 302-8954 jmullen2@aol.com and Francine Ebersman (480) 419-4064 febersman@cox.net Website: http://cactusneedlesknittingguild.com/
Description: Celebrates and elaborates on the history and significance of several symbols associated with the culture of our State of Arizona. These include visuals such as saguaro cacti, geckos, the Mission of San Xavier del Bac, Native American Rock Art and tribe-specific icons, the Cactus League logo, and a representation of winter residents. These symbols will be knit into a Centennial Blanket by CNKG members and exhibited throughout the state with accompanying educational presentations in both the Flagstaff-Tucson Corridor and outlying cities not as well-served as Arizona's population centers....more
Arizona Centennial Musical Compositions
Project Number: AHAC13-09 Type: State Budget: $11,000 Approved On: Nov 05, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Commission on the Arts Contact: Robert Booker Website: http://www.azarts.gov
Description: This project includes the creation of two Centennial musical compositions, a band piece and choral music piece. Both pieces will be appropriate for high school, college or community bands and will be made available free of charge to any performing group or ensemble that wishes to perform either piece. ...more
Arizona Centennial Quilt Project
Project Number: AHAC11-09 Type: State Budget: $76,800 Approved On: Nov 08, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame Contact: Barbara Polston, President Website: http://www.arizonaquiltershalloffame.org
Description: A quilting project to observe Arizona 's Centennial that includes a fabric competition, a quilt challenge, the creation of a quilt depicting scenes from Arizona history by the Arizona quilting community, and a traveling exhibition of selected challenge quilts will tour state and national quilt shows and museums. ...more
Arizona Centennial Theatre Foundation
Project Number: AHAC08-08 Type: Regional Budget: $50,000 Approved On: Jul 17, 2008	Applicant: Arizona Centennial Theatre Foundation Contact: Ben Tyler, (480) 213-6086 Website: http://centennialtheatrefoundation.com/Home_Page.php
Description: Each decade of Arizona 's first century will be defined in a series of 10 original Arizona plays by local actor-playwright-humorist Ben Tyler. ...more
Arizona Centennial Yavapai County Schools Postcard Project
Project Number: AHAC52-11 Type: Local Budget: $1,100 Approved On: Nov 10, 2011	Applicant: Ann Sterling Contact: Ann Sterling (928) 771-3200 string@cableone.net Website: Not applicable.
Description: The Yavapai County Education Service Agency, in conjunction with the Yavapai County Centennial Committee is pleased to announce that the traditional student Christmas card contest will be modified this year in honor of the Arizona Centennial. The focus of this year's contest, however, will be the celebration of Arizona's 100th birthday, honoring the past and celebrating the future. Designs this year must be related to the Arizona Centennial and may include aspects of the winter holiday season. The winning cards will still be used as the Christmas cards distributed to schools, elected officials and community members. They will also be sold as Postcards, Note Cards an/or Calendars. Three designs, one each from K-4,5-8, and 9-12 will be chosen for printing. All entries will be delivered to the main post office in Phoenix on Feb. 14, 2012 for affixing the Arizona Centennial stamp and first day cancellation. They will then mailed to each of the students as a lasting souvenir of the Centennial....more
Arizona Centennial: The Making of a State
Project Number: AHAC22-11 Type: Local Budget: None Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Jo Baeza Contact: Jo Baeza (928) 367-0240 jobaeza@cableone.net Website: http://www.micentral.com
Description: A year-long project published weekly or semi-weekly in the White Mountain Independent regional newspaper in Show Low, about the seldom-told story of how Arizona became a state, who the people are and how they came about. The history will cover the entire state with an emphasis on northern Arizona and the last area of the state to be settled. ...more
Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame Volume One 2008-2012
Project Number: AHAC47-11 Type: State Budget: $30,654 Approved On: Oct 13, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Farm and Ranch Experience/ Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame Contact: Carole De Cosmo (623) 695-9614 codeco2@aol.com Website: http://www.heritageatlakinfarm.org/
Description: In 2012 the Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame will publish Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame, Volume One 2008 - 2012. The book will contain photographs and oral histories from the first five years. This volume will cover the state from Navajo Nation to Douglas, Safford to Parker and much of central Arizona. The honorees are farmers, ranchers, writers, beekeepers and businessmen that have contributed to the industry and to Arizona. The goal of the Hall of Fame is to select seven Honorees each year, five living and two posthumous from nominations received from around the state. After selection, an audio and video oral history interview is done with each honoree and family photographs are gathered for a presentation at an annual dinner as well as for the creation of an archive at the future history museum to be built at the Arizona Farm and Ranch Experience....more
Arizona Glass Plate Negatives
Project Number: AHAC02-09 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: May 05, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Historical Foundation Contact: Rebakah Tabah (480) 965-3283 Website: http://www.ahfweb.org/
Description: In collaboration with the Arizona Memory Project, the Arizona History Foundation will curate an online photographic exhibit. Using nationally accepted descriptive standards, the project includes cleaning, cataloging, and housing Arizona History Foundation glass plate collections, totaling more than 5,000 images....more
Arizona Historymakers
Project Number: AHAC12-09 Type: State Budget: $30,000 Approved On: Nov 08, 2009	Applicant: Historical League Contact: Marilyn Parke Website: http://www.historicalleague.org
Description: Over 150 hours of oral history interviews of influential Arizonans who have shaped the Arizona we live in today will be made available to the public, teachers and classrooms through the Centennial Video "IN OUR OWN WORDS"; the transcription of the complete oral history manuscripts on www.HistoricalLeague.org; and a hardbound 320 page Centennial commemorative book, ARIZONA Recollections and Reflections of Arizona Historymakers....more
Arizona Jewel of the American West
Project Number: AHAC08-10 Type: State Budget: $256,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Running Iron Books Contact: Gary Johnson, Rick Elder, Marshal Trimble - (602) 882-6028 Website: http://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/
Description: Marshall Trimble, Arizona's Official Historian, Gary Johnson, contributing photographer to Arizona Highways and Native Peoples magazines and Rick Elder, editor/writer are collaborating on the book, Arizona, Jewel of the American West - Centennial Edition. This book will be a 279 hardbound edition presenting the history of the state and its peoples from the earliest days to the dawn of the Centennial....more
Arizona Jewish Centennial Project
Project Number: AHAC19-10 Type: State Budget: $25,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Arizona Jewish Historical Society Contact: Lawrence Bell (602) 241-7870 Website: http://www.azjhs.org/
Description: The goals of this project are to play a leadership role in the Jewish community in celebrating the Centennial and to link the Jewish community to the larger celebrations statewide. This project includes a museum exhibition on the history of Arizona's Jewish communities over the past 100 years, a sponsored series of educational programs on Arizona history and the history of our local Jewish community, and a special Centennial festival event. ...more
Arizona Living History Presentations
Project Number: AHAC01-08 Type: State/Regional Budget: $6,000 Approved On: Feb 28, 2008	Applicant: Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge (FFVF), Phoenix Chapter Contact: Hon. Edward Cirillo and Barbara Dienes, (623) 546-6920 Website: http://www.freedomsfoundationaz.org
Description: A dozen or more historic dramatizations of the lives of significant Arizona characters will be researched, written and available for presentation by the Phoenix Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. ...more
Arizona Memory Project
Project Number: AHAC03-06 Type: State Budget: $1,077,800 Approved On: Jun 27, 2006	Applicant: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Contact: Rebakah Tabah (480) 965-3283 Partnerships Contact Information: Richard Prouty (602) 926-3464 Website: http://azmemory.lib.az.us/
Description: Rich collections from Arizona libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions are being digitized and stored online by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records for the use and enjoyment of Arizonans for all time. ...more
Arizona Newspapers 1880-1912
Project Number: AHAC13-08 Type: State Budget: $525,381 Approved On: Sep 16, 2008	Applicant: Arizona State History and Archives Division - Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Contact: Melanie Sturgeon (602) 926-3727 Website: http://www.lib.az.us/archives/
Description: A statewide partnership, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), is digitizing the major territorial newspapers from across the state in order to make them available through Arizona Memory Project, the U. S. Library of Congress and the NEH National Digital Newspaper Program Web site....more
Arizona Profiles ~ The Music of Louise Lincoln Kerr
Project Number: AHAC12-10 Type: Statewide Budget: $100,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Four Seasons Orchestra Contact: Dr. Carolyn Waters Broe (602) 923-0300 drcarolynbroe@gmail.com Website: http://www.fourseasonsorchestra.org
Description: The Four Seasons Orchestra, in collaboration with the Arizona State University Kerr Cultural Center, will be producing a CD of symphonic music by Louise Lincoln Kerr (1892-1977) of Scottsdale, Ariz. The project will include Kerr's southwest impressionist pieces that feature Spanish folk music and Native American melodies of early Arizona. ...more
Arizona State Greats Biography Series
Project Number: AHAC07-08 Type: State/Regional Budget: $77,000 Approved On: May 29, 2008	Applicant: Marilyn Myrick Watson, author Contact: Marilyn Myrick Watson (602) 616-4079 Website: http://acaciapublishing.com/
Description: Former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona's first Latino Governor Raul Castro and beloved former Governor Rose Mofford are among the 10 or more famous Arizonans to be featured in biographies written by the author to enrich the learning of Arizona history for fourth through seventh graders....more
Arizona State Hospital, 1912 Administration Building
Project Number: AHAC17-08 Type: Local Budget: $500,000 Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: Arizona Department of Health Services Contact: Patrice Caldwell (602) 220-6175 Website: http://www.azdhs.gov/
Description: The 1912 Mahoney Administration Building is unique in that it is one of few remaining government buildings dating back to 1912. It also represents the first institutional commission for the architectural engineering firm of Lescher & Kibbey, a prolific company responsible for many significant buildings throughout Arizona. As the second oldest remaining structure on the Arizona State Hospital campus and one of the earliest remaining examples of Mission Revival-style architecture in Phoenix, t he Arizona State Hospital will stabilize and rehabilitate the 1912 Mahoney Administration Building to be a mixed-use public facility containing a visitors' information and welcome center, interpretive exhibits, and possibly a medical research library....more
Arizona State Railroad Museum ~ Williams, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC01-07 Type: Local Budget: $25,000,000 Approved On: Mar 22, 2007	Applicant: City of Williams/Grand Canyon Railway Contact: Al Richmond (928) 606-2781 Website: http://www.azstaterrmuseum.org/
Description: Slated for a beautiful 16-acre park in Williams, Arizona, a 106,500 square-foot museum will memorialize the cultural and ethnic diversity of Arizona's people using as a backdrop the 76 railroads that since the mid-1800s developed and continue to sustain virtually every aspect of the state's economy by featuring railroad engine houses and shops, interpretive exhibits, archives, an art gallery, meeting rooms, interactive computer facilities, a 500 seat auditorium and an outdoor amphitheater....more
Arizona Stories
Project Number: AHAC16-08 Type: State Budget: $570,660 Approved On: Sep 16, 2008	Applicant: Eight/KAET-TV Contact: Suzanne Guery (602) 496-6444 Website: http://www.azpbs.org/arizonastories
Description: Multiple aspects of Arizona's culture and history will be featured in a multimedia project, including at least 28 hours of original content for television documentaries, DVDs, a Web site and educational materials for broadcast and publication during 2012. ...more
The Arizona Story
Project Number: AHAC07-09 Type: State Budget: $28,000 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Historical Society Contact: Kyle McKoy (480) 929-0292, ext. 139 Website: http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/
Description: The Arizona Story represents the new generation of educational programming. Written by the Arizona Historical Society (AHS), the 4th grade textbook combines vivid graphics, museums collections, state and national history, and supports multiple intelligence learning strategies for the classroom. ...more
Arizona Storytellers
Project Number: AHAC19-11 Type: State Budget: N/A Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: The Arizona Republic, azcentral.com, 12 News Contact: Gene D'Adamo, Vice President, Community Relations (602) 444-8078 gene.dadamo@arizonarepublic.com Website: http://www.azcentral.com
Description: Timed to the Centennial, this project will celebrate what makes Arizona unique and unforgettable - the people. Guided by The Arizona Republic, Arizona Storytellers is a website featuring Arizonans telling stories in their own voices, with their own photographs and videos. Stories of heartbreaking journeys, thrilling moments, uncomfortable passages, wrenching defeats, unexpected joys, close calls, breakthroughs, and touching exchanges. Each weekday, starting on Feb. 14, 2011, The Republic will post one new story, aiming for 250 total stories. The best story of the week will be published in the paper and may be aired on KPNX - TV Ch. 12. The Arizona Republic and students at ASU will produce half of the stories. The other half will be user generated. ...more
Arizona Voices
Project Number: AHAC12-08 Type: State/Regional Budget: $15,365 Approved On: Jul 17, 2008	Applicant: Territorial Brass Contact: Don Larry (480) 495-2299 Website: http://www.territorialbrass.com/
Description: Researchers and musicians from Territorial Brass will search the state over for music and stories that describe Arizona 's journey to statehood, and then create an audio compact disc of the collection for distribution across Arizona....more
Arizona Way Out West and Wacky
Project Number: AHAC34-10 Type: State Budget: $30,000 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Five Star Publications Contact: Linda Radke (480) 940-8182 Website: http://www.fivestarpublications.com/
Description: An Arizona history activity book targeted to children in kindergarten through sixth grade. ...more
Arizona Wildlife for Children
Project Number: AHAC04-10 Type: State Budget: $32,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: Terry T. Clapp Contact: Terry T. Clapp ttclapp@cox.net Website: http://www.arizonaelksociety.org/
Description: The Arizona Wildlife for Children is a project that grew out of a children's picture book series that the applicant wrote in collaboration with the Arizona Elk Society. This book series is designed to introduce children to Arizona's biodiversity, natural resources and diverse wildlife. ...more
Arizona Wildlife History Book Covering 1912-62
Project Number: AHAC40-11 Type: State Budget: Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Game and Fish Department Contact: Craig McMullen, Wildlife Recreation Branch Chief cmcmullen@azgfd.gov Website: http://www.azgfd.gov/
Description: A book exploring how the state managed wildlife during its first 50 years of state. The book will portray how professional wildlife management developed as a responsibility of the newly established state of Arizona. In addition to introducing readers to influential early figures such as the first State Game Warden, the book will cover various aspects of wildlife history, including the development of lakes and fish-stocking programs, the transition of hunting to a state-regulated activity, the financial contribution of hunters and anglers to the development of a professional wildlife management agency and similar topics. The book is intended to be accessible and interesting to people who enjoy Arizona wildlife and want to know where the state's abundant opportunities to fish, hunt and watch wildlife came from....more
Arizona Women's Hall of Fame ~ 100 Years of Arizona Women
Project Number: AHAC18-08 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: Carnegie Center - Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Ted Hale (602) 926-3736 Website: http://www.lib.az.us/awhof/
Description: Women's Hall of Fame is dedicated to sharing the stories of women, the stories of their struggles, their accomplishments and contributions to our community, heritage and freedom. It strives to educate society about the great women of Arizona's past and to make a more complete record of Arizona history by including stories of a group whose tremendous achievements have sometimes been overlooked. The Women's Hall of Fame is on display at the Carnegie Center, near the Capitol Mall. ...more
Arizona Women's Heritage Trail
Project Number: AHAC02-07 Type: State Budget: $75,000 Approved On: Mar 22, 2007	Applicant: Arizona Women's Heritage Trail Contact: Joan Anderson Meacham (490) 471-7792 Website: http://www.womensheritagetrail.org/
Description: Launched in early fall 2005, the Arizona Women's Heritage Trail is a statewide project which is expanding Arizona Women's History by locating and matching women's historic sites with remarkable women who have contributed to the growth of Arizona and this nation. AWHT participates in a unique collaboration with the Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts through the Institute for Humanities Research and with Arizona State University Foundation serving as their fiscal officer. Due to the collaborative agreement, ASU Foundation shares their tax exempt status with AWHT. The website, http://www.womensheritagetrail.org/, has 75 women/sites listed with texts and photographs. The first self-guided walking tour is in the historic district of Tucson. A Central Regional Driving Tour has just been completed and will be publicly announced in July. Research and development is now being conducted for a Northern and North Central Regional Driving Tour. Advance research in Prescott does warrant the establishment of a walking tour in that community. We are currently seeking funding for its completion and for public educational brochures. AWHT developmental design includes a regional driving tour in each of the five Arizona Office of Tourism designated regions. Walking tours will also be established in communities where warranted....more
Arizona: One Hundred Years Grand!
Project Number: AHAC33-10 Type: State Budget: $85,000 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Lisa Schnebly Heidinger Contact: Lisa Schnebly Heidinger (arizlady@cox.net) Website: http://www.arizonawriter.com/
Description: A book that will include a double-page spread for each year, featuring either an important person, place or event connected to that year. In addition, each page will contain a box with five to ten other important or interesting events that occurred. ...more
Arizona's Forgotten Highway
Project Number: AHAC50-11 Type: State Budget: $24,000 Approved On: Oct 13, 2011	Applicant: Roberta Serface Contact: Roberta Serface (928) 634-7295 or (928) 254-9652 ozrob22@hotmail.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: One of the great American highways of the 1920's and 1930's was known as The Broadway of America. Originally the route stretched from Tybee Island, Georgia, north through Tennessee, and then west through Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, to end at the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. It passed directly through southern Arizona, notably Douglas, Tucson, Phoenix and Yuma. Unlike its famous "cousin", Route 66, The Broadway of America has been virtually forgotten. Arizona's Forgotten Highway will be a collection of historical photographs and other sources compiled into a photo-essay featuring one of Arizona's first great intra-continental automobile routes through Arizona, with an impact on towns in southern Arizona between 1920 and 1940....more
Arizona's Historic Route 66 Centennial Geocaching Project
Project Number: AHAC08-11 Type: Regional Budget: $2,000 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona Contact: Sharlene Fouser (928) 814-2797 sharlene_fouser@yahoo.com Website: http://www.azrt66.com/
Description: The Historic Route 66 Centennial Geocaching Project will use historic photographs of lesser known spots taken along Route 66. Each photo will be laminated and secured to the top of the geocache container. Clues to the historic location will be posted on the geocaching website along with the GPS coordinates. Once the cache is found, the person opening the container will actually be looking at the very same view the photographer looked at through his/her camera lens. In addition to Route 66 trinkets, each cache will have a short story of the historic site they are now standing on or are looking at. Geocaching is a modern day treasure hunt game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. Trinkets are stored in a waterproof container ("cache") that can be located in the wilderness or in a public venue, typically not in plain view. The GPS coordinates of the cache are published for free on the geocaching.com website. The object of the hunt is to locate the cache and enter your name in the log book inside the cache, as well as move the objects from one cache to the next. Like a traditional treasure hunt, the contents of one geocache may provide the coordinates of the next one. A major goal of geocaching is to track an object as it moves across the country or around the world....more
Arizona's Initial Point at Monument Hill
Project Number: AHAC09-10 Type: Local Budget: $152,500 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: City of Avondale Contact: Rogene Hill (623) 333-1025 Website: http://www.avondale.org/
Description: Monument Hill is the point for all government land surveys in Arizona where east-west (baseline) and a north-south (meridian) intersect. This project will help the City of Avondale educate visitors about the site's historical significance. A hiking trail will promote local tourism and educational materials will be created to foster an appreciation for the site's history. ...more
Arizona's Mexican Heritage: An American Story
Project Number: AHAC29-10 Type: State Budget: $140,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Braun-Sacred Heart Center, Inc. Contact: Pete R. Dimas (480) 345-8590 Website: http://www.braunsacredheartcenter.com/
Description: None....more
Arizona's Museums ~ A Journey into Arizona's Memory
Project Number: AHAC01-10 Type: State Budget: $26,894 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: The University of Arizona Press Contact: Patti Hartmann, Senior Acquiring Editor hartmann@uapress.arizona.edu Website: http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/
Description: This book will include a comprehensive list of Arizona's museums to include photos, description and locations. The book's author, Jane Eppinga, has visited many of these museums to record the stories of how they came into being....more
Avondale Public Library Oral Histories
Project Number: AHAC56-11 Type: Local Budget: $7,500 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Avondale Public Library Contact: Peter Grant (623) 333-2650 pgrant@avondale.org Website: http://www.avondale.org/library
Description: The Avondale Public Library would like to begin a project to make people aware of its history and begin recording this history of the past fifty years by creating an ongoing oral history project. The Avondale Public Library was founded by the Avondale Women's Club in 1930 and began with fifty books on the stage of the Avondale Public School #1, and has grown to a two branch system with a collection of 96,000. In addition to involving the community in the oral history project by having community members check out equipment and record oral interviews, there will be a permanent display created that will feature a timeline, with reproduced newspaper clippings, photographs and artifacts....more

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Barriers2Bridge: A Border Celebration
Project Number: AHAC30-11 Type: Regional Budget: $217,000 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: San Luis Corporation for the Arts and Humanities Contact: Dr. Michael Trend (928) 341-8584 mtrend@cityofsanluis.org Website: http://www.sanluisarts.com
Description: Barrier2Bridge consists of two major parts: (1) A ten-day festival that celebrates border life, border arts, and border culture; and (2) a three-day academic conference that looks at the history, culture, demography, economics, and politics of the US/Mexico border. The festival will take place from February 10, 2012 through February 19, 2012. Festival features include: Participation by both sides of the border (Arizona and Sonora) as well as other regional entities. There will be involvement by artists and performers at all levels - both professional and non-professional. There will be broad coverage of the arts, including painting, sculpture, photography, film, dance, performance art, street art, and culinary art. It will include a melding of existing festivals and exhibitions, including the Taste of San Luis Block Party. It will be an all day Saturday extravaganza, an open-area fiesta lasting far into the night. Conference features include: A tour, luncheon, performances by local artists, and an opening event sponsored by the Mexican partners. A set of concurrent sessions will be held on Feb.17th and 18th, 2012 that have speakers, discussion groups, etc. that feature academics and lay persons who live and/or work on the border. Topics to include agribusiness, art and culture, economic development, demography, environmental issues, history, and the topic of health education and emergency management....more
Barry M. Goldwater Statue for National Statuary Hall
Project Number: AHAC53-11 Type: State Budget: $625,000 Approved On: Oct 25, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Historical Advisory Commission Contact: Anne Wallace (602) 926-3810 awallace@lib.az.us Website: http://www.azcentennial.gov
Description: The Arizona Historical Advisory Commission (AHAC) has been directed by a joint resolution to "acquire a statue for placement in Statuary Hall in the Capitol of this nation: to select and contract with a gifted and experienced sculptor to create a suitable statue of Senator Barry Goldwater; and to make the statue available for placement in Statuary Hall", which is the rotunda of the US Capitol. Mr. Goldwater explored the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, photographed the landscape and people of the state and was a friend to Arizona's Native American tribes. He served his constituents, both rural and urban with equal passion. His service to the people of this state earned him the nickname "Mr. Arizona." The artist creating the statue will be selected after a through vetting of applications submitted. The statue will be bronze with a marble veneer base. ...more
Becoming Arizona
Project Number: AHAC03-08 Type: State/Regional Budget: $500,000 Approved On: Feb 28, 2008	Applicant: History Department, Public History and Scholarly Publishing Program, Arizona State University Contact: Ken Calder (480) 965-7726 Website: Not applicable.
Description: An online "cyperpedia" of essays, lesson plans, and digitized collections regarding Arizona and history is planned for debut in January 2012 and will be a reference resource for all Arizonans. ...more
The Benjamin Sacks Collection, Territorial AZ for the 21st Century
Project Number: AHAC01-09 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: May 05, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Historical Foundation Contact: Susan Irwin (480) 965-3283 Website: http://www.ahfweb.org/
Description: Dr. Benjamin Sacks created the most extensive annotated bibliography known to exist on the history of Territorial Arizona and the borderlands. This project will recapture "lost" historical material that is in high demand by researchers. A bibliographic database with online access and cross references and will be created with high resolution scans of more than 53,000 resource documents and 150 photographs. ...more
Beyond Geronimo: The Apache Experience
Project Number: AHAC02-11 Type: State Budget: $147,700 Approved On: Feb 14, 2011	Applicant: Heard Museum Contact: Janet Cantley (602) 251-0233 Website: http://www.heard.org/
Description: A 3,800 square foot exhibit with more than a hundred pieces of cultural and fine art, an A/V component, publication and online exhibit availability. The exhibit will look at Apache groups in relation to Geronimo, and how this complex and intriguing individual has had a lasting impact on Apache people, in general. Other leaders of the Chiricahua will be highlighted. ...more
Brigham City Arizona Territory Historic Site Restoration - Winslow, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC03-07 Type: Local Budget: $1,095,660 Approved On: Mar 22, 2007	Applicant: City of Winslow Contact: James Ferguson (928) 289-1414 Website: http://brighamcityproject.blogspot.com/
Description: A five-phase, five-year living history project will restore Brigham City, a 26-acre site settled as a fort in 1876 by a band of Mormon pioneers northeast of present day Winslow, Arizona. The expedition of 20 families and 15 bachelors included many who descendants went on to settle other parts of Arizona. ...more

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Cady Hall Courtyard Garden - Patagonia, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC05-07 Type: Local Budget: $6,485 Approved On: Jul 25, 2007	Applicant: Town of Patagonia Contact: Abbie Zeltzer (250) 394-2010 Website: http://www.patagoniapubliclibrary.org/
Description: A garden adjacent to the Patagonia Library will be restored with original homestead plantings. The library is housed in a former Patagonia Hotel (built during 1900-1912) that later became known as Cady Hall. ...more
Canalscape
Project Number: AHAC05-09 Type: Regional Budget: $39,000 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009	Applicant: Nan Ellin - School of Geographical Sciences and Planning, Arizona State University Contact: Diane Brossart dbrossart@valleyforward.org Website: http://canalscape.org/
Description: Develop vibrant urban cores and corridors along Metro Phoenix's 181 miles of undeveloped canal systems. This mixed-use "urban infill" would provide highly desirable places to gather by the water as well as an alternative to sprawl. ...more
Cavalry Soldiers Relocation
Project Number: AHAC11-07 Type: Local Budget: $65,000 Approved On: Sep 20, 2007	Applicant: Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery Contact: Joe Larson (520) 266-2510 Website: http://dvs.az.gov/services/cemetery.aspx
Description: A dedicated Historic Memorial Cemetery has been constructed within the existing Southern Arizona Veteran's Memorial Cemetery to resemble the historic Fort Huachuca Post Cemetery. The memorial will honor those who served in Arizona primarily between 1860 an 1866 as well as provide a permanent resting place for the remains of 60 of these soldiers. ...more
Celebrating Arizona Women
Project Number: AHAC35-10 Type: Regional Budget: $60,400 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: AAUW Scottsdale and Scottsdale Community College Contact: Dorie Roepke (480) 657-8714 Website: Not applicable.
Description: An historical narrative and sketches honoring women who had an early and significant impact on the settlement, growth, and development of the State of Arizona, beginning with Native American and Hispanic women. ...more
Celebrating Arizona: 48 Women Who Make a Difference
Project Number: AHAC24-11 Type: State Budget: $397,500 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Connie Robinson and Catherine Serie Contact: Connie Robinson (602) 896-9000 cbrobinson@cox.net Website: http://www.48women.org/home/
Description: The emphasis of this project is to recognize 48 women, living in the state today, who "make a difference" in the way they live their lives and/or through their leadership and dedication. Nominations are being taken in a variety of categories, based on contributions built over the last several decades. 48 women will be selected from a variety of professions and lifestyles that reflect the strength and diversity of the 48th state of Arizona. Each person will be photographed in their home, ranch or business/worksite. A one page written profile will describe who they are, what they have achieved and how they have contributed to their family or community. A book and an on-line component are also part of this project....more
Celebrating Arizona's Centennial with Trees - Prescott Valley, AZ
Project Number: AHAC01-11 Type: Local Budget: $694,398 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Town of Prescott Valley Contact: Brian Witty (928) 759-3090 Website: http://www.pvaz.net/
Description: The culmination of two independent capital development projects providing a municipal park with over 3,000 linear feet of 10 foot wide, accessible, LED lit, concrete multiuse path integrated into a certified American Society of Landscape Architects plan complete with trees and a community exercise system. ...more
Celebrating Arizona's Influencers
Project Number: AHAC24-10 Type: Local Budget: $35,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: The Stockyards Contact: Gary Lasko (602) 273-7378 Website: http://www.stockyardsrestaurant.com/
Description: Leading up to Arizona's Centennial in 2012, The Stockyards will host a series of events that recognize and thank deserving Arizonans for their impact on the history and future of the state. Each event, hosted entirely by The Stockyards, will be themed according to the honoree's impact on Arizona. ...more
Centennial Celebration of Arizona Post Offices
Project Number: AHAC26-10 Type: State Budget: $5,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Postal History Foundation, Slusser Library Contact: Charlotte Cushman (520) 623-6652 x107 Website: http://www.postalhistoryfoundation.org/
Description: The goal of this project is to document the history of three post offices from different counties of Arizona in preparation for the state's Centennial. In partnership with the historical societies of Vail, Oracle, and Jerome, joint digital exhibits will be created and posted on the Arizona Memory Project. ...more
Centennial Park - Tucson, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC09-07 Type: Local Budget: $120,000 Approved On: Sep 20, 2007	Applicant: El Presidio Association Contact: Gerald A. Talen (520) 903-0039 Website: Not applicable.
Description: A pocket park with historic interpretive displays will developed in the heart of Tucson's oldest neighborhood on a now vacant lot adjacent to Presidio San Augustin and the Tucson Museum of Art. ...more
Centennial Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park - Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC16-10 Type: Regional Budget: $1,404,182 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: City of Sierra Vista Contact: Charles Potucek, City Manager charles.potucek@sierravistaaz.gov Website: http://www.sierravistaaz.gov/
Description: The Sierra Vista City Council has authorized the design and construction of a new band shell to be located in Veterans Memorial Park. The new shell will replace the smaller, less functional shell. ...more
Centennial Plaza - Peoria, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC11-10 Type: Local Budget: $3,491,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: City of Peoria Contact: J.P. del la Montaigne (623) 773-7137 Website: http://www.peoriaaz.gov/
Description: The development of almost 3 1/2 acres, near existing buildings will serve as a space for residents and visitors to reflect both on the history of Arizona and the City of Peoria. The plaza will include gathering spaces for seasonal and special events. ...more
Centennial Walk - Flagstaff, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC16-09 Type: Local Budget: $475,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: City of Flagstaff Contact: Heather Ainardi, Convention and Visitor's Bureau Director (928) 779-7645 hainardi@flagstaffaz.gov Website: http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/
Description: The Flagstaff Centennial Walk is a section of the Flagstaff Urban Trails System (FUTS) which is currently being constructed along the northern edge of the historic train depot property where the Flagstaff Visitor Center is located. To celebrate the Arizona Centennial, 100 feet of this new FUTS section will be designated at the "Centennial Walk" commemorating the State of Arizona Centennial with a mural along the walkway that depicts 100 years of Flagstaff history. ...more
Central Arizona Project Oral Histories
Project Number: AHAC10-09 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: Sep 24, 2009	Applicant: Central Arizona Project Contact: Susan Bitter Smith, Board President Website: http://www.cap-az.com/
Description: During the past century, hundreds of people contributed to the planning, construction and management of the Central Arizona Project (CAP). In an effort to retain the valuable stories and experiences of key individuals who were instrumental in the development of this project, CAP is working to collect oral histories for preservation. These oral histories are available at the CAP Web site and posted as transcripts exactly a they were recorded with the permission of each individual or "water buffalo" such as Bruce Babbitt, Marvin Cohen, Grady Gammage, Jr., Jack Pfister, George Renner, John Rhodes. By capturing these histories on tape and posting their words online, the personalities of these pioneers are preserved for those to experience the passion, reflection and thoughtfulness of their words. ...more
Cheery: The true adventures of a Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Project Number: AHAC127-11 Type: State Budget: $37,000 Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Five Star Publications, Inc. Contact: Linda F. Radke (480) 940-8182 info@fivestarpublications.com Website: http://www.fivestarpublications.com
Description: Cheery, written by Arizona State University professor Elizabeth W. Davidson, PhD, is designed to help preserve a piece of Arizona's ecological heritage by raising awareness of the plight of the Chiricahua Leopard Frog. The picture book for children is illustrated by Michael Hagelberg....more
City of Sedona Public Artwork for State Route 179 Roundabouts at the "Y" and Brewer Road
Project Number: AHAC105-11 Type: Local Budget: $92,000 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: City of Sedona Contact: Kathy Levin, Associate Planner (928) 203-5035 klevin@sedonaaz.gov Website: http://www.sedonaaz.gov/
Description: This project entails two major and complementary public art installations on State Route 89A roundabouts in the City of Sedona. These works of art by a local artist team will reflect both the project theme and the Sedona Arts and Culture Commission's Belief Statement on Culture....more
Cochise County History on the Move
Project Number: AHAC22-10 Type: Regional Budget: $13,500 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Cochise County Arizona Centennial Committee Contact: Carrie Gustavson Website: http://www.cochise100.org/
Description: The Cochise County Arizona Centennial Committee has been tasked with the planning of a countywide celebration of Arizona's 100th birthday. This celebration will include a traveling exhibit, a website and an informative booklet. ...more
Copper Art Museum: Showcasing Arizona's Greatest Treasures
Project Number: AHAC07-10 Type: Local Budget: $267,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Copper Art Museum Contact: Drake Meinke (928) 634-3273 CopperArtMuseum@msn.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: A Museum of Copper Art is planned to be housed in the former Clarkdale High School. Built in 1928 this building will be restored to its original grandeur and will showcase unique copper art from around the world. ...more
Copper State Monument - Clarkdale, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC06-08 Type: Local Budget: $159,700 Approved On: Mar 27, 2008	Applicant: Clarkdale Heritage Center, Town of Clarkdale Contact: Drake Meinke (928) 649-7230 Website: Not applicable.
Description: The Town of Clarkdale founded in 1912 as a community to house workers from a nearby copper smelter, shares the same Centennial year as the Copper State of Arizona. A permanent monument to Arizona and the town will be built in the center of Clarkdale's Historic Business District to mark their mutual 100th anniversaries. ...more
Crown King Historical Building Registry
Project Number: AHAC118-11 Type: Local Budget: $5,000 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Crown King Historical Society Contact: Margaret Henningsen, President (928) 632-9199 crownkinghistoricalsociety@yahoo.com Website: http://www.crownkinghistoricalsociety.org
Description: Research and document the history of the many historic homes and buildings still standing in Crown King, Arizona, and prepare a community walking tour booklet to educate Arizona residents and visitors about Crown King's rich heritage....more

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A Dream of Arizona
Project Number: AHAC08-07 Type: Local Budget: Not Set Approved On: Jul 25, 2007	Applicant: Contact: Allen Abel Website: Not applicable.
Description: In collaboration with historic and cultural organizations, author and documentary film producer Allen Abel will travel across Arizona seeking unique stories of Arizonans for inclusion in two illustrated companion volumes, Arizona 1912 and Arizona 2012, to be published in advance of the Centennial. ...more

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Eagar Centennial Park
Project Number: AHAC21-10 Type: Local Budget: $31,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Town of Eager Contact: Kim Holaway (928) 551-2295 Website: http://www.eagaraz.gov/
Description: The Town of Eagar has designated an area on Main Street as Eagar Centennial Park. Kiosks will be added that will contain old pictures of Eagar with corresponding narrative explaining the pictures. The kiosks will educate people as to how the Town of Eagar was founded and how it has evolved. ...more
Early Danish Pioneers
Project Number: AHAC23-08 Type: Regional Budget: $28,990 Approved On: Jan 15, 2009	Applicant: A. Jorgenson Contact: Avis Jorgenson (520) 577-7169 Website: Not applicable.
Description: To ensure that Arizona 's history and culture are represented adequately, accurately and appropriately, Mary Cole and Avis Jorgenson are researching early Danish pioneers who immigrated to the New Mexico/Arizona Territory prior to statehood in 1912. This information will be published in a hard-cover history book. ...more
Eisendrath House
Project Number: AHAC36-10 Type: Regional Budget: $5,782,000 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: City of Tempe Contact: Mark Vinson (480) 350-8367 Website: http://www.tempe.gov/
Description: Rehabilitation and adaptive reuse efforts for the Eisendrath House at the Carl Hayden Campus for Sustainability have begun and are ongoing. Once completed, the site will serve as a medium of educational exchange for visitors, incorporating interactive museum-style exhibits outlining local history, with specific emphasis on the life of Rose Eisendrath and the career of architect Robert Evans. ...more
Enhancing Arizona Military Museum
Project Number: AHAC21-08 Type: Local Budget: $20,750 Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: Arizona National Guard Historical Society Contact: Col. Joseph Abodeely (Ret.) (602) 253-2378 Website: http://www.azdema.gov/museum/index.html
Description: The project involves enhancing the Arizona Military Museum by devising and making portable display cases for exhibits for presentations at sites away from the Museum and preserving the presentation of selected archival materials relating to the extensive and colorful history of the military in Arizona. ...more
Exodus Project
Project Number: AHAC06-10 Type: Local Budget: $293,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: Yavapai Apache Nation ~ Camp Verde, Ariz. Contact: Robert Mills (928) 649-7103 Website: http://www.yavapai-apache.org/
Description: This project focuses on a significant historical event for the Yavapai and Apache people observed each February known as "The Exodus." The event celebrates a Yavapai elder who carried his wife in a burden basket during the march of 1875 where the Yavapai and Apache people were forced to walk 180 miles from the Verde Valley to San Carlos where they stayed as prisoners of war for 25 years. As the story goes, so great was the elder's love for his wife he would not leave her behind. The focal point of the project is a 6' by 9' bronze statue of the elder carrying his wife on the exodus to be placed in front of the Yavapai Apache Nation's Culture Center. ...more
Extraordinary Youth in Arizona
Project Number: AHAC14-09 Type: Regional Budget: $20,200 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: East Valley Children's Theatre Contact: Karen Rolston (480) 756-3828 Website: http://www.evct.org/
Description: East Valley Children's Theatre wants to spotlight children and youth in history who have gone on to accomplish extraordinary things. The theater has commissioned a playwright, C. Lynn Johnson, to write an original play about heroic and bigger than life youth in Arizona history. ...more

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Fountain Hills Centennial Circle
Project Number: AHAC18-11 Type: Local Budget: $73,500 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Fountain Hills Cultural and Civic Association Contact: Jerold L. Miles (480) 837-3214 jerrymiles@aol.com Website: http://www.fountainhillscca.org/
Description: This project will be known as the "Fountain Hills Centennial Circle." It covers approximately 18,625 square feet of land in front of the Fountain Hills Community Center, the Fountain Hills Library and the L. Alan Cruikshank River of Time Museum. The Circle will serve as a public, multi-functioning gathering and display space. The circle will be improved by a a series of monuments dedicated to the historical Five C's, cattle, copper, citrus, cotton and climate, another monument showing the Arizona Centennial Seal, probably one honoring the neighboring Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation and, perhaps, one other. In addition there will be ground cover of various types and other improvements to be determined. Each of the monuments to the Five C's will include a large photo etched in stainless steel and a discussion of what that particular "C" meant to the history of Arizona. The community's ranching tradition will be represented in the photo and text of the monument to cattle....more
Fountain Hills Public Art Collection
Project Number: AHAC35-11 Type: Local Budget: $1,000,000+ Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Fountain Hills Cultural and Civic Association Contact: Sandi Thompson (480) 816-1298 sandinorm@cox.net Website: http://www.fountainhillspublicart.org/
Description: In early 2011 the Fountain Hills Public Art Committee set, as a goal, to have at least 100 pieces of public art, including sculptures, paintings and photographs, in the community by the date of the Arizona Centennial, February 14, 2012 celebration. This goal has already been achieved and efforts are well underway toward the second 100 pieces. These works, reflecting the history of the community and the state, are, and will be, located in and around the Fountain Hills Town Center, which includes the Fountain Hills Town Hall, the Community Center and the local library and museum. Other pieces are located in Fountain Park, the primary community park. Pieces are also located on the median of the Avenue of the Fountains and in many other locations within the community....more

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Ghost Towns: A Theatrical Odyssey
Project Number: AHAC28-11 Type: State Budget: $58,500 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Chamber Music Plus Contact: Claire West (602) 258-9455 cwest9455@hotmail.com Website: http://www.cmpsouthwest.org/
Description: Ghost Towns is a theatrical portrayal of ghost towns throughout Arizona and their stories. Arizona's ghost towns are the backdrop for a theatrical glimpse into the Grand Canyon State's stories of people, purpose, and place gone bad. This multi-media production created by the renown team of composer Brad Richter and writer Harry Clark featuring music, drama and visuals will be presented throughout Arizona in a variety of venues, the world premier taking place at the 600 seat Webb Center in Wickenburg in January of 2012. There will be pre-performance version presented at the Golden Nugget Saloon in Wickenburg, prior to the premier, where the playwright and the composer will be present. Two humanities/history scholars will guide the authenticity of the project development of the educational piece, bringing together the arts and history to illuminate significant events and myths....more
Glendale History Online
Project Number: AHAC11-08 Type: State Budget: $48,558 Approved On: Jul 17, 2008	Applicant: Glendale Public Library Contact: Diane Nevill (623) 930-3554 Website: http://www.glendaleaz.com/library
Description: Five local cultural and academic organizations are working together to develop an online photographic archive of Glendale that will be available through the library Web site and the Arizona Memory Project. ...more
Greening of Downtown - Fountain Hills, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC15-10 Type: Local Budget: $275,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Fountain Hills Cultural and Civics Association, Greening of Downtown Committee Contact: Jenny Willigrod jwilligrod@cox.net Website: http://www.fountainhillscca.org/GreeningofDowntown.html
Description: The Greening of Downtown Project was identified by citizens as the first step to implementing the Downtown Vision Plan. This step entails the planting of about 500 desert-adapted trees, shrubs and gardens in the landmark Fountain Park and downtown corridor. The project will preserve the views of the Fountain for residents, businesses and visitors in the downtown area while providing shade for the sidewalks and benches in the park. ...more

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Heritage Park - Buckeye, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC10-08 Type: Local Budget: $9,676,400 Approved On: Jul 17, 2008	Applicant: Town of Buckeye Contact: Cheryl Sedig (623) 349-6302 csedig@buckeyeaz.gov Website: http://www.buckeyeaz.gov/
Description: The 13.9-acre site of former cotton gin in Buckeye will be redeveloped to incorporate the Buckeye Museum, a park, a trail, native agricultural fields, a farmers' market and outdoor amphitheater. ...more
Historic Springerville School - Springerville, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC04-09 Type: Local Budget: $450,000 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009	Applicant: Town of Springerville Contact: Larisa Bogardus Website: http://www.springervilleaz.gov/
Description: Renovation of the historic school to revitalize the rich and diverse history that includes ancient cultures, Spanish, explorers, Mormon pioneers, Old West outlaws, long-standing ranching and timber industries and modern-day forest management. This facility will be used as a combination museum, chamber of commerce and conference center. ...more
A History of Scouting in Southeastern Arizona and Environs
Project Number: AHAC113-11 Type: Regional Budget: Not reported Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Grand Canyon Council, BSA Contact: The Honorable Wyn Chris Gibbs mayorgibbs@ci.safford.az.us Website: Not applicable.
Description: A locally produced 84 page booklet exploring the history of Scouting in Arizona. Included are three separate papers of different time segments of the Scouting story in Southeastern Arizona. Covered are the communities in the Graham, Gila and Greenlee counties....more

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I Am Arizona Music: MIM Celebrates 100 Years of Arizona Music History
Project Number: AHAC60-11 Type: State Budget: $170,742 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Musical Instrument Museum Contact: Shelly White (480) 245-6935 shelly.white@theMIM.org Website: http://www.theMIM.org
Description: The Musical Instrument Museum will explore Arizona's history through a musical lens by developing an exhibit that will feature stories of some of the state's noteworthy musicians and significant musical traditions from the past 100 years. The exhibit will tell stories of the music and bands involved in the original Statehood celebrations in 1912; legendary musicians that come from Arizona, and the strong tradition of guitar making here in Phoenix. The exhibit will include artifacts, audio, and video. The exhibit will be complemented by a special evening of Arizona music on Feb. 14, 2012, ongoing centennial themed public programs, a curriculum for 4th grade teachers to supplement field trips, and an educational video project in which renowned Arizona musicians will perform and be interviewed....more
In Our Own Words: The Lives of Arizona Pioneer Women
Project Number: AHAC17-10 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Fireship Press Contact: Tom Grundner (520) 360-6228 Website: http://www.fireshippress.com/
Description: In this book, the recollections of 115 different women have been edited and organized into four categories: Backgrounds, Traveling the Hard Trail, Life on the Frontier, and Wild Beasts, Indians and Outlaws. They tell of heartbreak and joy, success and disappointment - but most of all, they tell the hardscrabble story of the building of a State. ...more
In the Devil's Frying Pan: The Arizona story from the mouths of those who lived it
Project Number: AHAC31-10 Type: State Budget: $56,500 Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Desert Foothills Theatre Contact: Lori Vander Maten / Meribeth Reeves Website: http://www.desertfoothillstheater.com/
Description: A production that will weave together important and colorful characters from our history to tell the Arizona story through music, dance, poetry and theatrical performance of their oral histories.
Inventory of Arizona Historic Cemeteries
Project Number: AHAC04-08 Type: State/Regional Budget: $3,835 Approved On: Feb 28, 2008	Applicant: Pioneers' Cemetery Association Contact: Frank Barrios (602) 534-1262 Website: http://www.azhistcemeteries.org
Description: A comprehensive database containing, archival research, completed inventory forms and oral histories of known historic cemeteries in Arizona will be created, based on the field work of volunteers with the Pioneers' Cemetery Association. ...more

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Jerome, a Historical Perspective
Project Number: AHAC18-10 Type: Local Budget: $1,220 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Jerome Public Library Contact: Kathleen Jarvis (928) 639-0574 Website: http://www.yavapailibrary.org/yavapai/jerome.asp
Description: The Jerome Library, in collaboration with the Jerome Historical Society and the Town of Jerome, will mount an exhibit titled Jerome: A Historical Perspective showing the evolving culture of the Jerome community and historic use of important buildings in the years between 1910 and 2010. ...more
Justice Learning Center and Museum
Project Number: AHAC05-08 Type: Local Budget: $400,000 Approved On: Mar 27, 2008	Applicant: Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County Contact: Robin Hoskins (602) 372-3004 Website: Not applicable.
Description: A Justice Learning Center and Museum will be created in and around a restored cellblock on the sixth floor of the renovated 1929 Maricopa County Historic Old Courthouse; among the featured exhibits will be the famous Miranda case and the story of notorious accused axe murderess Winnie Ruth Judd. ...more

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Kenichi Zenimura - Japanese American Baseball Pioneer
Project Number: AHAC04-11 Type: State Budget: $36,000 Approved On: Feb 14, 2011	Applicant: Bill Staples Jr. Contact: Bill Staples Jr (billstaplesjr@gmail.com) Website: http://zenimura.com/
Description: A book documenting the most influential figure of the Japanese American Nisei Leagues, Zenichi Zenimura (1900-1968). ...more

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Lady Law: Lorna Lockwood of Arizona
Project Number: AHAC27-10 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Sonja White David Contact: Sonja White David (480) 981-1707 Website: Not applicable.
Description: A book for children, Lady Law: Lorna Lockwood of Arizona tells the story of Arizona's first woman judge and Chief Justice, from her birth in 1903 in Douglas, Arizona Territory, to her death in 1977 in Phoenix. ...more
A Legacy in the Valley
Project Number: AHAC61-11 Type: State Budget: $81,485 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Paul Bryant Monteilh (Monteilh Productions) Contact: Bryant Monteilh (708) 825-2984 bryantmonte@yahoo.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: "A Legacy in the Valley" is a digital film documentary that will explore the life and legacy of Helen K. Mason as founder of The Black Theater Troop, Inc. here in Phoenix, Arizona. She comes from a legacy of Arizona pioneers. Her grandmother, Mary Green was the first freed (former) slave to settle in the valley back in 1868. Numerous interviews will be conducted to bring together a collective voice to help tell the story. The project will incorporate old photos, videos, audio recordings, and print media to tell the story about Helen K. Mason, the early days of The Black Theater Troop, Mary Green, her settling in Phoenix, Az. and how African Americans have contributed to the cultural and artistic heritage of Arizona through the performing arts....more
The Life and Music of Louise Lincoln Kerr ~ Biography
Project Number: AHAC13-10 Type: State Budget: $20,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Dr. Carolyn Waters Broe Contact: Dr. Carolyn Waters Broe (602) 493-3118 drcarolynbroe@gmail.com Website: http://www.classicsunlimitedmusic.com/
Description: This biography will look at the life of Louise Lincoln Kerr (1892-1977), composer, humanitarian and philanthropist. Kerr was the co-founder of the Phoenix Symphony, the Phoenix Chamber Music Society and many other arts organizations in Arizona. ...more

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Mesa Grande
Project Number: AHAC20-08 Type: Regional/Local Budget: $334,350 Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: Arizona Museum of Natural History Contact: Thomas Wilson (480) 644-3418 Website: http://www.azmnh.org/
Description: Mesa Grande is prehistoric Hohokam platform mound owned and preserved by the City of Mesa through the Arizona Museum of National History. The centennial legacy program will be the first phase of the project to include trails, interpretive modules and kiosks with shelters. The phase one centennial legacy project will allow the site to be open to the public. ...more

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New Chandler Museum
Project Number: AHAC12-07 Type: Local Budget: $13,000,000 Approved On: Sep 20, 2007	Applicant: City of Chandler Contact: Jean Reynolds (480) 782-2751 Website: http://www.chandleraz.gov/
Description: Operated by the Chandler Historic Society, the 25,000-square-foot New Chandler Museum will be constructed in historic downtown Chandler to replace a smaller facility. ...more
The New Deal in Arizona ~ Connections to Our Historic Landscape
Project Number: AHAC03-10 Type: State Budget: $20,300 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: J.J. Lamb Contact: J.J. Lamb (520) 419-4428 aznewdeal@yahoo.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: The New Deal in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landscape is an ongoing project designed to research our state's historical response to the Great Depression. The project has produced a heritage tourism map and is developing a website to make research results available to history classes, historians and heritage travelers.

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Official Centennial U.S.P.S. Postal Station
Project Number: AHAC59-11 Type: Local Budget: $469.80 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Show Low Historical Society Museum Contact: Susan Sisson (928) 532-7115 showlowmuseum@citlink.net Website: http://www.showlowmuseum.com
Description: The Show Low Historical Society Museum has a post office room with original furnishings from one of their past post offices. The room has been re-done to show the history of the Show Low Post Offices from the 1860's to the present. This room will be used as an Official Centennial Postal Station on February 14, 2012. Arrangements have been made with the U.S.P.S. to accept and cancel mail here that day. They will also have a special philatelic cover with a cachet, stamp and cancel created just for the Centennial Celebration that will be available for the general public to purchase and mail, just for that one day from the Show Low Centennial Station at the museum. The pen, canceller and philatelic covers will then be permanently sealed in a special viewable, glassed in post office box for continuing display at the museum. ...more
Old Dominion Historic Mine Park
Project Number: AHAC23-10 Type: Local Budget: $156,400 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Gila County Historical Society Contact: Ellen Kretsch (928) 425-4495 Website: Not applicable.
Description: The vision is to have several miles of hiking trails, picnic ramadas and benches available to visitors of Old Dominion Historic Mine Park. Signage will point out various mining artifacts and discuss the history of the Old Dominion property as well as mining in general. ...more
Old Litchfield Train Depot - Goodyear, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC24-08 Type: Local Budget: $55,500 Approved On: Jan 15, 2009	Applicant: City of Goodyear Contact: Matthew Hanson (623) 882-7806 Website: http://www.goodyearaz.gov/
Description: The City of Goodyear is planning to purchase the Old Litchfield Train Depot. The Spanish Eclectic style building was constructed in 1928. The city is establishing a centennial commission who will make the final decisions as to what the building will be used for. Some suggestions include: veteran's memorial, children's reading room, senior meeting room, public art space, etc. ...more
The Old Vail Post Office ~ Between the Tracks - Vail, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC02-10 Type: Local Budget: $302,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: The Vail Preservation Society Contact: J.J. Lamb (520) 419-4428 vailpreservationsociety@gmail.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: The old Vail Post Office/Vail's Station is the only surviving building from the railroad era on the original Vail town site. When restored this station will serve as a visitor's center displaying the history and exhibits of Vail and surrounding area. The location of the station is considered a gateway leading to the Arizona Trail, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Saguaro National Park East, and the Rincon Valley. ...more
One Book AZ
Project Number: AHAC02-06 Type: State Budget: $29,000 Approved On: Jun 27, 2006	Applicant: Carnegie Center - Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Holly Henley (602) 926-3604 Website: http://www.onebookaz.org/
Description: Sponsored by The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records since 2002, OneBook AZ celebrates the joy of reading and the richness of our state by encouraging all Arizonans to read one book, each year, chosen by popular vote and to participate in discussions about its content. Over time, thousands of Arizonans each year will have the common experience of sharing wonderful stories about our state, one book at a time. ...more
Our First Century of Hope: Arizona's Children Association 1912-2012
Project Number: AHAC21-11 Type: State Budget: $8,404.72 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Children's Association (AzCa) Contact: Dayna Gabler (602) 234-3733 dgabler@arizonaschildren.org Website: http://www.arizonaschildren.org/
Description: In honor of their 100 year Anniversary, Arizona's Children Association will put together a three-tiered plan to share its history with Arizonans in every county across the state. This plan will include the creation of a mini booklet, a timeline and a multi-module digital history presentation detailing the history of the organization and its commitment to Arizona's children. Each of the three tiers will rely heavily upon primary source material available in the AzCa Archive Collection. Tier1: A sixteen-page mini booklet that will focus on the mission and values established during their foundational years, 1912-1921. Content will include narrative, quotes and photos. Tier 2: An eight-page timeline that will feature milestones across their 100 year history;1912-2012. Content will include photos and captions. Tier 3: Multi-module digital history presentation that will provide a comprehensive look at their "First Century of Hope: 1912-2012". Content will include narration, video, photos and graphics....more

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The Past Meets the Future
Project Number: AHAC06-09 Type: State Budget: $60,000 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009	Applicant: The City of Casa Grande Contact: Gloria Leija (520) 421-8600, ext. 1100 Website: http://www.casagrandeaz.gov/
Description: The Casa Grande Arts and Humanities Commission will plan to commemorate the Arizona Centennial Anniversary with the "Past meets the Future" celebration. This event will incorporate the entire Casa Grande community and will include historical brochures, commissioned art projects, student art and essay contents, and much more. ...more
Past Treasurers of Cochise County
Project Number: AHAC15-09 Type: Regional Budget: $700 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: Cochise County Treasurer Contact: Marsha Bonham (520) 432-8408 Website: http://cochise.az.gov/cochise_treasurer.aspx?id=52
Description: Photos and biographies of Cochise County treasurers are being collected to be exhibited in the treasurer's office and website. The information will also be made available in the 2010 Historical Journal, published by the Cochise County Historical Society. ...more
Pioneer Park Save Our Train
Project Number: AHAC17-11 Type: Local Budget: $90,000 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Save Our Train Committee Contact: James Ruiz (480) 329-3226 junsterdee@gmail.com Website: http://www.saveourtrain.com
Description: In 1958, the Southern Pacific Railroad donated engine #2355 to the children of Mesa. It has resided in the Pioneer Park playground for the past 50 years. One of a class of 10, the model T-31 4-6-0 was built by Baldwin Locomotive works in Philadelphia in 1912. What followed was more the 45 years of service, mainly in the west and southwestern US. With its accompanying oil tender, the train is approximately 80 feet in length and about 12 fee wide. The train was fenced off in the mid-1990s due to liability concerns. ...more
Prescott - Where It All Began: A Celebration of Arizona's Centennial
Project Number: AHAC25-10 Type: Local Budget: Not reported Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: City of Prescott's Arizona Centennial Committee Contact: Barbara Gilliss Website: http://www.cityofprescott.com/
Description: A book consisting of 52 essays written by 52 authors about the history of Prescott from 1912 to the present and a series of 52 newspaper stories which have been edited from the book chapters to be published each week in the Prescott Daily Courier during Arizona's Centennial celebration year. ...more
Preserving Arizona's Records through the Years
Project Number: AHAC17-09 Type: State Budget: $9,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: Friends of Arizona Archives Contact: Jane Eppinga FAzA2012@cox.net Website: http://www.faza.org/
Description: The purpose of this project is to make information easily available to the public about where Arizona's public records are stored and how to access them. It will include a searchable Web database, a searchable CD Rom, and paper copies of the information to be made available to libraries. In addition, it will also include a brief history of public records preservation in Arizona, including stories of preservation successes and losses. This project will celebrate selected individuals who have been responsible for records preservation in various ways. ...more
Proclamation: Buffalo Soldiers Day, June 19, 2012 - Valley of the Sun Juneteenth Celebration
Project Number: AHAC33-11 Type: Local Budget: $3,500 Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory - Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment Contact: Cmdr Fred Marable and Michelle London-Marable (480) 415-5439 mlondon3@cox.net Website: http://www.buffalosoldiersaztrty.smugmug.com
Description: To celebrate the Proclamation, signed by Governor Brewer in 2009, 2010, and 2011, that June 19th would be designated as Buffalo Soldiers Day with an exhibit and displays. The Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory - Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment, wearing authentic dressed uniforms and dresses of the 1864 time period, are dedicated to teaching the history of the Buffalo Soldiers 9th and 10th Calvary and 24th and 25th Infantry. An exhibit is tentatively scheduled to open by the end of 2011 at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Phoenix by the Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment and will include timelines, pictures and literature. Appearances at the Juneteenth Celebration as well as other events are planned throughout the year....more
Project 2012 - Stories for Arizona's Centennial Celebration
Project Number: AHAC19-08 Type: State Budget: $128,000 Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: Citrus Valley Playhouse/KJZZ Contact: Brian Nissen (480) 239-5344 Website: Not applicable.
Description: None....more

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Reclamation and Arizona - A Century of Cooperation
Project Number: AHAC13-07 Type: State Budget: Not reported Approved On: Sep 20, 2007	Applicant: Phoenix Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation Contact: Jon S. Czaplicki (623) 773-6253 Website: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/phoenix
Description: The project is an interactive website that examines the Bureau of Reclamation's historic, current and future roles to develop, manage and help conserve water and related resources in the State of Arizona. ...more
Rehabilitation of Florence - Silver King Hotel - Florence, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC06-07 Type: Local Budget: $1,230,000 Approved On: Jul 25, 2007	Applicant: Town of Florence Contact: Ken Lawrence (520) 868-7554 Website: http://www.florenceaz.gov/
Description: The non-profit Florence Preservation Foundation purchased the historic Florence/Silver King Hotel property in 1995. With donations, awards and grants the foundation has worked to rehabilitate the structure. In 2007 the foundation turned the property over to the Town of Florence to complete the rehabilitation. The town has distributed a RFP to acquire a public partner to assist in the rehabilitation effort. Within 18 months to two years this project is expected to be completed. This hotel is considered the "cornerstone" of the Florence Downtown Historic District. ...more
Restoration of the 1906 Train Order Semaphore - Patagonia, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC04-07 Type: Local Budget: $25,665 Approved On: Jul 25, 2007	Applicant: Town of Patagonia Contact: Randy Heiss (520) 394-2229 Website: Not applicable.
Description: The historic steel and cast iron apparatus used to signal trains to stop or proceed during the heyday of railroads in Southern Arizona will be restored as part of larger project to rehabilitate the train depot used by the Town of Patagonia as a Town Hall....more
A River Runs Through Us
Project Number: AHAC26-11 Type: Regional Budget: $2,000 and significant in-kind support Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Contact: Michelle Haas (928) 608-6354 michelle_haas@nps.gov Website: http://www.nps.gov/glca/index.htm
Description: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area with collaboration from its partners will create and provide a series of non-personal interpretive media that highlight the role of the Colorado River and the unique Glen Canyon landscape in the exploration, settlement, and development of Arizona. The project also includes an Arizona Artist-in-Residence program, as well as a lecture series....more
Route 66, Arizona, An American Story
Project Number: AHAC62-11 Type: Regional Budget: $18,000 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Diamond Valley Productions, Inc. Contact: Norman Fisk (928) 925-0621 norman@diamondvalleyproductions.com Website: http://www.rt66az.com
Description: "Route 66, Arizona, An American Story" is a DVD whose purpose is two fold. First, it is the history of Arizona's section of Route 66. Second, it is meant to entertain the viewer as they watch it at home. Seeing this fantastic part of Arizona's history will create a desire for others to make the trip and visit all the great places along this wonderful ribbon of history. This project contains video taken over a two year period and includes interviews with some very significant people including Angel Delgadillo, who had a very important part of the nature and longevity of this highway. There will be humor, facts and fun interwoven into the fabric of the story. The project was conceived, created and produced in Arizona by Norman Fisk, an Arizona native, himself, and also one of the creators of the original music. The narrator is William Strickland, a London Recording artist and actor....more

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Salute to Sun Devil Service
Project Number: AHAC38-11 Type: Local Budget: $2,800 Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Arizona State University Intercollegiate Athletics Contact: Bryan Winfrey (480) 965-6389 bryanwinfrey@asu.edu Website: http://www.thesundevils.com
Description: Sun Devil student-athletes and coaches have served their country throughout the years in a disproportional amount. An exhibit at Arizona State University's Schaefer Hall of Fame titled, "Salute to Sun Devil Service" will honor all of the student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators who have served or are currently serving in the military. The exhibit will educate visitors as to how from serving with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish American War to the present, the service of these individuals is interconnected with the community, the university, the state of Arizona and the country. Highlighted will be several individual stories of outstanding courage, sacrifice and service, a listing of each of the 200+ individuals and authentic historical items. ...more
San Xavier Mission
Project Number: AHAC09-08 Type: Local Budget: $375,000 Approved On: Jul 17, 2008	Applicant: Patronato San Xavier Contact: Vern Lamplot (520) 407-6130 Website: http://www.patronatosanxavier.org/
Description: Preservation work begun in 1989 will continue at San Xavier del Bac Mission, founded by Father Eusebio Kino in 1692. The restoration team has been working since 1989 on the National Historic Landmark to refinish the exterior with a traditional lime plaster. ...more
Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Project Number: AHAC14-10 Type: Regional Budget: $88,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance Contact: Vanessa Bechtol, Executive Director (520) 429-1394 vanessa@santacruzheritage.org Website: http://www.santacruzheritage.org/
Description: The Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance in partnership with other organizations and jurisdictions is seeking federal designation as a National Heritage Area for the Santa Cruz Valley. This area will encourage residents, government agencies, non-profit groups and private partners to plan and implement programs and projects that recognize, preserve and celebrate the defining landscapes and cultural traditions of the Santa Cruz Valley. ...more
Scottsdale History - Access and Images
Project Number: AHAC07-07 Type: Local Budget: $88,923 Approved On: Jul 25, 2007	Applicant: Scottsdale Public Library Contact: Leigh Conrad (480) 312-2693 Website: http://www.scottsdalelibrary.org/
Description: A collaborative effort between Scottsdale Leadership, the Scottsdale Public Arts program and the City's Communications and Public Affairs Office to collect historical photographs of Scottsdale. This project to gather, digitize describe and store historic Scottsdale photographs, using text and audio will be made available through the Scottsdale Public Library Web site and catalog, as well as the Arizona Memory Project. The library will work with the Scottsdale Unified School District to make the photographs available as part of the Scottsdale history curriculum unit. ...more
Scottsdale Remembers - Recollections of Our Past
Project Number: AHAC14-08 Type: Local Budget: $61,646 Approved On: Sep 16, 2008	Applicant: Scottsdale Public Library Contact: Leigh Conrad (480) 312-2693 Website: http://www.scottsdalelibrary.org/
Description: The Scottsdale Public Library will act as the source for partnering with community organizations to make their histories available to the public. These organizations will digitize and describe historic photographs using text and audio. This information will be made available through the Scottsdale Public Library website. ...more
Secrets: A Map to Prescott's Public Art Treasures
Project Number: AHAC63-11 Type: Local Budget: $7,030 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: 'Tis Foundation Contact: Patti Ortiz (928) 775-0223 tisartmarketing@gmail.com Website: http://www.tisartgallery.com
Description: This project will provide a guide that introduces or reintroduces individuals to Prescott's public art treasures that date from 1907 to the present. The guide is in the form of a map that the public can use to locate and visit these public art treasures. It includes photographs, information and anecdotal questions about each work. Contact with some of Prescott's public artists will be made to see if they would be willing to provide information about the role of public art in society, it's history and what it is like to create public art. The proceeds from the sale of the maps serves as a fundraiser and educational tool for the 'Tis Foundation's art and education programs....more
Show Low and the Last Train to Maverick
Project Number: AHAC05-11 Type: Regional Budget: $15,183 Approved On: Feb 14, 2011	Applicant: Show Low Historical Society Contact: Melanie Hefner (928) 532-7115 Website: http://www.showlowmuseum.com/
Description: Includes two permanent exhibits. The first is "Show Low, Arizona, 1912-2012 Past, Present and Future." It contains images of what was happening on the "world stage" in 1912, plus images of buildings in Show Low in 1912 with their present counterpart. The second is "The Last Train to Maverick" which is being built by the Silver Creek Railroaders model train club and will tell the story of the timber industry in the town of McNary and Maverick in the White Mountains. ...more
Signs of Arizona
Project Number: AHAC46-11 Type: State Budget: $3,000 Approved On: Oct 13, 2011	Applicant: Phillip Waring Contact: Phillip Waring (480) 502-0707 mail@SignsofArizona.com Website: http://www.signsofarizona.com/
Description: Signs of Arizona is a historical photo book showing actual signs found all over Arizona. Frequent visitors and residents alike will recognize signs from Holbrook, Yucca, Tucson, Ash Fork, Sedona, Jerome, Cave Creek and of course, Phoenix. ...more
The Sister Seraphim Memorial Museum at The Hermitage Cat Shelter
Project Number: AHAC36-11 Type: Local Budget: $4,750 Approved On: Aug 11, 2011	Applicant: Jeanmarie Schiller-McGinnis Contact: Jeanmarie Schiller-McGinnis (520) 299-1876 jeanjschiller@hotmail.com Website: Not applicable.
Description: This project will create a small museum that will tell the story of Sister Seraphim's love of animals and how the desert environment inspired her to found the first "no-kill" cat sanctuary in Arizona. Born in England as Veronica Lowe, Sister Seraphim had already lived an extraordinary life by the time she became an Orthodox nun. As a wife and mother, she traveled the world and worked as a teacher and an artist. During World War II she came to America to work for General DeGaulle's Free French Forces. After the war, she became an Orthodox nun, eventually moving to Tucson because of her arthritis. The Sister Seraphim Memorial Museum at The Hermitage Cat Shelter will commemorate the remarkable life of this woman and the founding of her unique cat sanctuary through a collection of original artwork, photographs, newspaper articles, letters and other memorabilia....more
A Stereoscopic History of Territorial Arizona
Project Number: AHAC06-11 Type: State Budget: $28,500 Approved On: Mar 11, 2011	Applicant: Jeremy Rowe Contact: Jeremy Rowe (480) 299-9543 jeremy.rowe@asu.edu Website: http://vintagephoto.com
Description: The book produced through this project provide a brief overview of stereo photography from its inception to ca 1870 when the bulk of Arizona stereo documentation begins. The text is organized by decades and includes an overview of Arizona history and brief biographies of the most notable stereo photographers illustrated with examples of their work in Arizona. ...more
Story of the American West
Project Number: AHAC11-122 Type: State Budget: None Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Carol Sletten Contact: Carol Sletten (928) 367-1079 carolsletten@cableone.net Website: http://www.storyoftheamericanwest.com
Description: A new book that tells the story of Arizona, concentrating on the real-life history of the diverse groups who have lived in east-central Arizona, ranging from pre-historic communities through the historic Native American tribes, the early Hispanic and Anglo explorers to the early settlers. The stories in the book are being told in events throughout the state during the Centennial celebration....more

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Teaching Arizona History with a Geographical Perspective
Project Number: AHAC03-09 Type: State Budget: $63,150 Approved On: Jul 23, 2009	Applicant: Arizona Geographic Alliance Contact: Gale Olp Ekiss (480) 965-5361 Website: http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/
Description: Teaching Arizona History with a Geographic Perspective would create a bank of lesson plans that are based on the Arizona Academic Standard for K-12 education. These lesson plans will reflect use Arizona geography to enhance history, reading, writing and math skills. All lessons will include: teacher instructions, student worksheets, answer keys, maps, charts and be in a standardized format. ...more
Times Past - Reflections of Arizona History
Project Number: AHAC15-08 Type: State Budget: $26,500 Approved On: Sep 16, 2008	Applicant: Arizona Capitol Times Contact: Barry Gartell, (602) 258-7026 Website: Not applicable.
Description: Since 1980, the Arizona Capitol Times, the state's political weekly, has published "Times Past," a column featuring Arizona historic vignettes. About 120 of the periodic columns will be collected into book form. ...more
Tovrea Castle and Carraro Cactus Garden - Phoenix, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC02-08 Type: Local Budget: $30,665,400 Approved On: Feb 28, 2008	Applicant: Parks and Recreation Department, City of Phoenix Contact: Mark Lamm Website: http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/tovrea.html
Description: A partnership among the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, the Phoenix Historic Preservation Office, the State Historic Preservation Office and others is restoring the landmark Tovrea Castle and the 44 acres that surrounds it. The Castle was constructed by Alessio Carraro and later sold to cattle baron E. A. Tovrea whose widowed occupied the building until 1969. The restored castle and cactus gardens will be open to the public with interpretive trails, exhibits, tours and the opportunity for public and social events. ...more

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U.S. Route 89 Project
Project Number: AHAC05-10 Type: State Budget: $150,000 Approved On: Feb 03, 2010	Applicant: U.S. Route 89 Appreciation Society Contact: James & Barbara Cowlin (602) 944-3286 ttclapp@cox.net Website: http://www.us89society.org/
Description: The project creates public awareness of U.S. Route 89 not only as a travel route, but also a way to explore Arizona's cultural heritage, history, geography and people. The project is a collection of photographs, maps, and travel guides to the destinations of the many towns, cities, state and national parks, historic sites and scenic areas on the route. The website will feature much of the information with a monthly e-mail newsletter created for subscribers. ...more
Udall Home, Elm Motel - St. Johns, Ariz.
Project Number: AHAC22-08 Type: Local Budget: $245,000 Approved On: Dec 11, 2008	Applicant: City of St. Johns Contact: Jayne Pulsipher (928) 337-2644 Website: Not applicable.
Description: This project will involve restoring the Udall home, built by David K. Udall in 1912, to its historic grandeur. Five spacious rooms on the second story will be renovated to provide a clean, comfortable "bed and breakfast" atmosphere. ...more

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Verde Confluence Digital Storytelling Legacy Project
Project Number: AHAC20-10 Type: Regional Budget: $2,000 Approved On: Nov 04, 2010	Applicant: Verde Confluence Centennial Committee Contact: Steve Ayers (928) 567-4101 Website: Not applicable.
Description: Through the process of digital storytelling, the project will capture the rich history of the area once known as lower Verde, an area that inludes the current communities of McGuireville, Rimrock, Lake Montezuma, Camp Verde and Yavapai Apache Nation. ...more
Voices of Afterschool
Project Number: AHAC23-11 Type: State Budget: $11,273 Approved On: May 19, 2011	Applicant: Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence Contact: Caitlin King (602) 496-3308 caking@azafterschool.org Website: http://www.azafterschool.org
Description: Voices of Afterschool is a statewide afterschool writing project celebrating Arizona's Centennial and the creative expressing of Arizona's youth. Through the project, youth in grades K-12 participating in afterschool programs throughout Arizona will have the opportunity to submit a piece of writing based on one of three prompts: I am proud to live in Arizona Young people are important to Arizona's future because... My vision for Arizona in the next 100 years is... AzCase will select 100 essays for inclusion in a published piece representing the diversity of youth views and perceptions across the state which will debut at the annual awards luncheon. The publication will be used as an advocacy tool to build awareness about the strength of Arizona's afterschool programs and the children who participate in them....more
Voices of Vail - Making a Life along Cienega Creek
Project Number: AHAC11-11 Type: Regional Budget: $25,000 Approved On: Mar 10, 2011	Applicant: Vail Preservation Society Contact: J.J. Lamb (520) 419-4428 vailpreservationsociety@gmail.com Website: http://www.vailpreservationsociety.com
Description: The Voices of Vail documentary will present the many stories of Vail through on-camera interviews, historic and current photographs, oral history recordings, footage of our beautiful landscape and on-site filming of events like 84 year old Jimmy Lopez roping an with younger family members at the 100+ year old family homestead. The Vail Preservation Society is working with videographer Dennis Farris of VisualCoolness, a Vail based business. Mr. Farris has a broad base of experience and a vision for this project that will represent our history and community well. ...more

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Why Arizona? The Arizona Migration Digital Library
Project Number: AHAC25-08 Type: State Budget: $148,280 Approved On: Jan 15, 2009	Applicant: Libraries of Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona Contact: Karen J. Underhill Website: Not applicable.
Description: The three Arizona university libraries will collaborate on creating a database describing as many as 50,000 items. ...more
Wickenburg: Images of America
Project Number: AHAC41-11 Type: Local Budget: $1,500 Approved On: Aug 08, 2011	Applicant: Desert Caballeros Western Museum and Lynn Downey Contact: Dr. James Burns (928) 684-2272 wjburns@westernmuseum.org Lynn Downey (707) 694-0440 clio1954@gmail.com Website: http://www.westernmuseum.org
Description: It has been over twenty years since a book was written about the full history of Wickenburg, Arizona. Wickenburg: Images of America presents the story of this city through the use of local historical images, and with the benefit of new research and interpretation, linking the town and its fabled mine - the Vulture -to developments throughout the region. The book, written by western historian Lynn Downey in collaboration with the Desert Caballeros Western Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing, is due to be released in January of 2012....more
Williamson Valley Road
Project Number: AHAC32-10 Type: Local Budget: Not reported Approved On: Jan 13, 2011	Applicant: Morgan Ranch Park Association Contact: Kathy Lopez (928) 541-0484 Website: Not applicable.
Description: Morgan Ranch Park Association, in cooperation with the Yavapai County State Centennial Committee, is submitting the book Williamson Valley Road, to be published in 2012....more

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Yavapai County Attorney's Office Legacy Project: Verde Valley Historic Photographs
Project Number: AHAC55-11 Type: Local Budget: $4,155 Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Sheila Sullivan Polk Contact: Sheila Sullivan Polk (928) 777-7352 sheila.polk@co.yavapai.az.us Website: http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/Attorney.aspx
Description: The Yavapai County Attorney's Legacy Project involves the collection and reproduction of historic photographs of the Verde Valley area. The photographs have been selected by themes and represent many communities in the Verde Valley region of Yavapai County. These communities include Cottonwood, Rim Rock, Jerome, Camp Verde, Clarkdale and Sedona. The collection of historic photographs will accurately portray the history of the Verde Valley communities through the years 1870 to 1930. The photographs will be on permanent display in the lobby and conference rooms of the Yavapai County Attorney's Office in Camp Verde. The collection will be unveiled during a public open house on February 10, 2012, in honor of Statehood Day....more
Yavapai County: The Key to Arizona
Project Number: AHAC10-10 Type: Regional Budget: $55,000 Approved On: Jul 08, 2010	Applicant: Manzanita Films Contact: Helen Haxton Stephenson (928) 445-2088 helen@gvn.com Website: http://www.manzanitafilms.com/
Description: A documentary titled, Yavapai County: The Key to Arizona, will look at this unique area in central Arizona and will help to bring the county into a personal sense of belonging to the state's centennial celebration....more
Yavapai: 12 Poems in Honor of Arizona's Centennial, 1912-2012
Project Number: AHAC58-11 Type: State Budget: None Approved On: Dec 08, 2011	Applicant: Mary Holden and Kathryn Henneman Contact: Mary Holden (602) 758-6995 mlholden999@cox.net Website: http://www.marylholdeneditor.com/
Description: This book of art and poetry is a collaboration between author Mary Holden and artist Kathryn Henneman, honoring Arizona's first 100 years. The poetry is all about the experience of living in Arizona; the art used illustrates the colors of Yavapai County and a Navajo rug. The first 2,500 copies have already been paid for by State Farm Insurance and distributed at the National Hispanic Women's Conference in October of 2011....more

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