Arizona historian Jim Turner will present at the Christmas event in Miami on Friday, Dec. 13.
Come hear the Centennial Band Brass play a little Christmas music at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum in Miami, wish your friends a Merry Christmas, then come hear some wonderful stories of some very interesting people in Arizona’s history, as told by Arizona historian Jim Turner. Round Mountain Baking Co. will be available with coffee and cookies for purchase.
Second Friday programs are always free to attend. Donations are appreciated and help to pay for the electricity and other costs, including bringing speakers here from the Arizona Humanities’ “Arizona Speaks” program, like Jim Turner.
Arizona’s history is much more than Hollywood’s Wild West stereotypes of cowboys, lawmen and outlaws. In addition to miners, merchants and ranchers, the area attracted faith-based farmers, health seekers and women entrepreneurs of many creeds and cultures, including a Greco-Syrian camel driver. This presentation describes Arizona history’s notables and notorious characters from common folk to public heroes.
Jim Turner has been teaching Arizona history for 47 years. His numerous books include: The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf (2016), Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest (2018), and Arizona: A History of the Grand Canyon State (2021). He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook, The Arizona Story.
This program is made possible by Arizona Humanities. Arizona Humanities is a statewide 501(c)3 non-profit organization and the Arizona affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Arizona Humanities supports public programs that promote understand of the human experience Arizona and provides funds to cultural, educational, and non-profit organizations across Arizona.