tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41546556585480185172011-09-24T23:31:19.841-07:00A chronicle of the Patagonia Local Working Group digging into the places, people, and progress to mark the upcoming celebration and commemoration of Arizona's Centennial 1912-2012 - One Hundred Years or more of history to recover . . . eyes on the future to decide what legacy to create now for all the generations to comeTim Mellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17991953317808900476noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154655658548018517.post-25632016023109003772010-02-08T16:34:00.000-07:002010-02-08T16:34:42.322-07:00

 A calendar of events throughout the State of Arizona, by region, is available by going to this link: http://azstateparks.com/find/images/arch_2009/AAHAM_calendar_2010.pdf

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If you see vandalism like this on any historical markers or historic sites throughout Arizona, you should report it.GET INVOLVED IN ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGY!!! The Arizona Site Steward Program is sponsored by the StateHistoric Preservation Office (SHPO) and is an organization of volunteers that aid the public land managers of Arizona by visiting prehistoric and historic archaeological and

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Grandmother

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Question: How Do You Make History Come Alive?" when it's more often than not thought about as way-back-then or way back when, or sketchy details of memories make a mash-up of interesting and entertaining misinformation that are nonetheless the way we look at history and create legends that have a life of their own sustained over time - could be history or could be fiction. . . and then we have a

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In doing research for a posting on this Patagonia Heritage blog after finding out about Marion's passing on Sunday on a birdwatching forum, it came to my attention that very few, if any, local Patagonians had received the news of her death at that time.The "local grapevine" - or how the news usually gets around town- had simply been co-opted in real time by the huge network of Marion's admirers

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Believe It or Not, dear readers, sometimes it takes a newspaper report from halfway around the world - this one from Nigeria published yesterday to focus on an individual in Patagonia whose achievements in philanthropy and micro-business have touched the lives of millions around the world.Like Dr. Delmar Mock, the subject of an earlier posting, John goes largely unnoticed or unrecognized here

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Too often we forget outstanding individuals who have made their indelible mark on the culture and traditions of Patagonia - like Dr. Delmar Mock who found his Eureka! in southeastern Arizona.Your blogger had the pleasure to meet him just last week around the occasion of both his and his wife's Cleo's 93rd Birthday observed without fanfare but radiating quiet devotion and loving warmth to each

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is running a Summer Photo Contest requesting entries for pictures.It's a nation-wide call for individuals and groups to upload and send photos of locations in their communities of particular important that they choose to promote.You can hit the following link to send emails to friends, to upload videos on YouTube, or to add to the area on Flickrhttp://

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Dear Readers,We urge you to pay attention to this pending budget "shortfall" that would eliminate funding for one of the keystone resources and repositories of Arizona History."Mother Mag" gives the facts and background along with a call for actionDaily Kos: What History Will Arizona Celebrate in 2012?

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PLACES: most residents either walk or drive by these locations all the time - hidden to some, but clearly marked on this 1994 Survey ... see a post by scrolling downfor some information about another location in Patagonia on the National Register of Historic PlacesPlease note that these places tend to cluster on a very walkable path in and around the Patagonia Town Park and can serve to anchor a

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PLACESNational Register of Historic PlacesCertification Date: 11/19/1974ID Number: 74000462Date: 18797.2 miles SW of Patagonia in Coronado National Forest.Privately OwnedBuilt during the area's silver mining boom near Hermosa Mining Company Stamp Mill which was largest in Arizona Territory at time of construction

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When your blogger lived in New York City there was a segment on one of the local television stations called "SHAME ON YOU! "With apologies ahead of time for the grossness of these images taken yesterday, April 27, 2009, this is what both residents - individuals and families - who use the town public park and visitors find approaching and going into the public restrooms prominently located on

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Sometimes is what's you see all around you - the small wonders of Patagonia that might go un-noticed or "hidden" or neglected in the big landscape of The Mountain Empire - and sometimes it's what groups of people are digging into once again: to expose and reveal early cultures living on the land along the water-giving lifeways of The Santa Cruz River and its tributary streams that once flowed on

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In this posting you'll see two "drive-by" Welcome signs at either end of town, and a grouping of other signage after the overpass over Sonoita Creek just before Taylor Avenue on Route 82. Please take a look at the images taken two days ago, just in case they have not come to your attention recently.The two identical 3 x 5 ft. yellow signs say the same things:Welcome to Patagonia (that's real nice

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Let's put those three categories in perspective: the places have been here for centuries, people live on the land and progress is made respecting all three for creating a future legacy.Some more details will be added later, but you might like to see that when you look at the website http://www.ridethewest.com/index.html, the same person featured in an earlier posting here on a horse called "Howdy

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"As Time Goes By . . ."Look closely, dear readers, at this recent digital image April 2009 taken from the Smelter Alley side of this property located at the intersection of McKeown & 3rd Avenues. WHAT do you see?Really now, WHAT DO YOU SEE?This is what residents of Patagonia look at either walking or driving by frequently year-in and year-out --and at the same time what visitors see when they

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Image featured is an equipment van for the Adventure Cycling Association - a group with headquarters in Seattle, Washington - from an overnight stay here a couple of weeks ago in the public park area dedicated to Dr. Delmar Mock for his 37 years of service to the community on a plaque on a stone historic marker at the west entrance to town. They planned their stop here last November asking for a

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 To give you an idea of a research target for our Patagonia Heritage Tile Mural Project 2009 take a look at this historical marker for The Mowry Mine.You'll note that the infamous Sylvester Mowry didn't appear on the scene here until 1859 although his name somehow got attached permanently to this mine that had been worked for centuries before by native labor and Mexicans. So-called "Anglos" wrote

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Here'a legacy image that someone chose to record for future generations highlighting the precipitation, population and elevation.You can see the Patagonia Drug Company building in the background with the train depot to the left.Finest All The Year Climate in the U.S.Somethings don't change, but some things doIf you have images that speak to future generations about the progress over the decades

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Information Wanted Having plowed through about fifteen books and research articles now, this business has not been notated anywhere so farPATAGONIA SMOKE HOUSEH.H. McCutchan, PropOther details somewhat fuzzy.Can anyone help identify anyone in the group, or the possible occasion for taking the photographs?

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CAPTAIN JAMES HENRY TEVISArizona Pioneer and Confederate Soldier??????????????????????????????????What? you might ask ... sometimes historical truth is stranger than fiction, as your blogger would like to bring your attention.Just one chapter in this man's life places him at Fort Buchanan, now wiped off the map but a military outpost before the Civil War about six miles northeast of Patagonia on

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Your blogger had just downloaded this foto from an archive of Judith Whitcomb's and no sooner had a print been made, in walks Margie Buyer to Patagonia-Mountain Empire Visitor Information Center to tell me some details: the cowboy on the horse is her son-in-law Dan Skiver, the horse's name is "Howdy", the image was captured at Poco Toro Ranch near Mowry (now "a deserted ghost town"), the fence -

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7 Dudes on the front porch of one of the town's seven saloons .Today there is only onewhile the Old Wagon Wheel gets some back-of-the-house refurbishing.Can anybody say and prove Who's Who?Holding the pose for history: so what's the story?

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Images of acreage, purchased in 1999 from private owners, of some of the vast original land holdings in the San Rafael de Zanja land grant when Spain and Mexico assumed jurisdiction and title to the rich grasslands in the geophysical features creating the headwaters of The Santa Cruz River as we know it today.The myth and popularity of Hollywood-style "cowboys" was created here, but it was

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Building on Sonoita Avenue . . . image taken about a week ago.In comparing this with a photograph from 2005 by Robert Whitcomb - just a few years ago - a mesquite fence has been replaced with a wire one, and a gateway entrance removed.This is a wider shot to show you the addition of a white picket fence, the installation of a satellite disk on the nearby house, and a trailer wedged under the

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This building stands in silent testimony to days gone by . . . alone and white-washed in an unspoken or unwritten history that goes unnoticed today except for the fact that it remains - a remnant of the tapestry of lives lived and things forgotten across the advance of time, woven through the decades of people, progress and places here in Patagonia.You've probably passed it by many times or

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Google Calendar

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One thing is certain: We Share The LandWith all that have come before in our diverse heritage and all who will create our future legacy.Everywhere is important producing "Echoes Down The Centuries" while we focus on all the people, places, and progress in the single century of Arizona's Centennial from 1912-2012.Geographically, several large systems that characterize what is now the American

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Three years in advance of the official Arizona Centennial Celebration 1912-2012, a group is being formed now to reflect on Arizona's past, present and future as well as our rich diversity - of people, places and progress. It is our mission to make this milestone meaningful and memorable by:Commemoration: providing the opportunity to learn from our past, and tell all the stories of Arizona that

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