Flagstaff, AZ:
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park, 409 W Riordan Rd. 928-779-4395
These events are free and open to the public.

Please note that we are now on our Summer hours, open daily 8:30a.m. - 5:00p.m. with tours beginning at 9:00a.m. and continuing throughout the day at the top of the hour, the last tour of the day is always 4:00p.m.

Evening Slide Presentation Series, 7pm RSVP Free!
(Program is Free. Reservations are recommended due to limited availability.)
May 31 Everett Ruess
Steve Yoder, Executive Director, The Arboretum at Flagstaff One of the Colorado Plateau’s most intriguing personalities, Everett Ruess was an artist who wandered the canyons, deserts, and forests of the region in search of beauty and adventure. In 1934, at the age of 20, he vanished from a remote gulch near what is now Lake Powell. The events surrounding his departure remain a mystery. Join Steve Yoder on a photographic journey that follows Everett into to the heart of a land that has changed little since his disappearance.

Jun 7 Where a Soul May Speak Aloud: Sharlot Hall and the Arizona Strip
Rose Houk, Flagstaff Author
Sharlot Hall and hired guide Al Doyle departed in July of 1911 for a trip through the remote lands north of the Grand Canyon and forged westward to small Mormon towns in Utah and down through Nevada. Seventy-five days and a thousand miles later, their trip ended. Re-travel their route with Rose Houk as she relives the journey with the words from Sharlot Hall’s own diary, and photos by renowned photographer Michael Collier.

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On-Going Series of Brown Bag Lunch Lectures, 2nd Tuesday of Each Month 12:15pm, Free!
Jun 10 Flagstaff’s First Twenty Years: Building Community on the Railroad Line
Kathy Farretta, M.A., Riordan Mansion State Historic Park Many different people chose to move West, some sought opportunities to increase their financial stability, others left behind unpleasant circumstances and hoped to get a fresh start in a new place, and some just wanted adventure. However, just because people lived in remote areas, did not mean they were isolated from the rest of the country. In Flagstaff, located on the transcontinental rail line, they had trains, the telegraph, and even newspapers, which connected them to the news of the day. They brought their values and social structures with them and worked to recreate the society they had left behind in the East. With these ideas in mind, they worked together to create the community of Flagstaff.

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