Flagstaff, AZ: Riordan Mansion State Historic Park is pleased to announce the following special events for the month of July 2008. 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.
On-Going Series of Brown Bag Lunch Lectures, 2nd Tuesday of Each Month 12:15pm, Free!
Jul 8
Map in Hand and Pack on Back: Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton Susan Olberding, M.A., MNA Research Associate Co-founder of the Museum of Northern Arizona with her husband, Harold Colton, Mrs. Colton was an accomplished artist and saw the museum as an opportunity to foster art on the Colorado Plateau. In this presentation, Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton’s journeys around the west in the early 1900s are shared through her letters home and her beautiful paintings. Our hometown museum with a world-class reputation celebrates 80 years of existence in 2008. Susan will also share some of the plans for the next 80 years.
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Evening Slide Presentation Series, 7pm RSVP Free!
(Program is Free. Reservations are recommended due to limited availability.) Jul 12 West on Route 66: Americans on the Move Sean Evans, Librarian, NAU Cline Library History of Route 66 with lots of photos illustrating the people and places. Photos will also show how Route 66’s geography and personality change as one moves westward. Sean will also discuss the NPS Corridor Preservation Office and the ARC initiative, plus the growing digital archives at NAU’s Cline Library.
Jul 19
National Old Trails Highway (Hot off the Press!!) Richard and Sherry Mangum, Flagstaff Historians Before there was Route 66, there was the National Old Trails Road. It was boldly conceived in the early days of automobile travel as the nation’s first coast-to-coast highway, running from New York to Los Angeles. When the people of Flagstaff realized that they had a shot a routing the highway through town, they reacted vigorously and effectively, and Flagstaff became a memorable stop on the fabled road, with tremendous consequences for the town.
The talk is lavishly illustrated with old photos, maps and colorful graphics, showing the history of the National Old Trails Road in Arizona. You will have fun seeing this presentation and will learn a lot about a fascinating chapter in the history of Flagstaff, one that has had a lasting impact, still benefiting us today.
For more info on events at Riordan, go to www.azstateparks.com.
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