Cactus and Pine, Songs of the Southwest

Hall, Sharlot M.

Sharlot Hall Museum Press

Cactus and pine: Songs of the Southwest

Hall, Sharlot Mabridth

Lindquist, Karen

Cory, Kate T.

The papers of a political figure allow us to form an accurate account of their interests and activities, as well as their interactions with contemporary colleagues. They are unmatched as a primary historical source. Ernest W. McFarland’s political career spanned three decades and saw him succeed as a U.S. senator, governor of Arizona, and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Dating back to a time before congressional staffers routinely created a virtual blizzard of impersonal paperwork with a senator’s name attached to it, McFarland’s papers reveal personal communications that passed through his hands and reflect who he was and who he wanted to be. Donated by McFarland before his death in 1984, the collection is housed at the McFarland Historic State Park in Florence, Arizona. The papers constitute a single record group with seven subgroups, the most important of which is the U.S. Senate group, which makes up 163 of the 333 boxes of archival material. It is an edited collection from this subgroup that forms this volume. Ernest McFarland served as a Senator during World War II and then as majority leader of the Senate during the Korean War. The papers from his Senate years are an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the political landscape of our nation around the middle of the last century.

The Ernest W. McFarland Papers: The United States Senate Years, 1940-1952

History

McMillan, James E.

Americas

Coexisting with urban wildlife: A guide to the central Arizona uplands

robert-l-hoffa

Arizonans in the First United States Volunteer Cavalry recorded a dramatic involvement in the Spanish-American War. Joined by men from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory, they were molded into a regiment of fighting men destined to become famous as the Rough Riders. Inflamed by the press in 1989 at the mysterious explosion of the USS Main in Havana harbor, a great many people in the United States favored an immediate declaration of war. Young men from all over the country began clamoring to enlist. None had more enthusiasm than an exuberant group of horsemen and riflemen from the Territory of Arizona. From the cattle ranges of the frontier West, from Arizona's mines and railroads, its towns and hamlets, they came: cowboys and miners, executives, laborers, and clerks - all answering a call to arms against the Spanish. Charles Herner has aptly and authentically set down the Rough Rider story. Against a political backdrop unfold the frenzied aspects of the crash training program in San Antonio, the emotional public reaction of the times to the situation in Cuba, and its effect on those who lived in the Territory. Memoirs, personal letters, official records, and interviews with the last survivors of the regiment provide an intimate story of those who charged into history on the heights of San Juan.

The Arizona rough riders

Herner, Charles

Gardner's poems, many of which have been set to music, have provided amusement for cowboys and for people all over the world with an ear for the authentic lore of the American West. He enjoys a unique status among the best cowboy poets of all time. The first poem in this collection, The Sierry Petes, or Tying the Knots in the Devil's Tail, is undoubtedly the single best-known cowboy song among working cowboys today. These gems, the full works of Gail Gardner, are not available from any other single published source. The book is illustrated with photographs and drawings, contains sheet music for some of the songs, a glossary of cowboy terminology, a brief autobiography, foreward by cowboy singer Warren E. Miller, and notes to the poems.

Orejana Bull

Gail I. Gardner

This richly illustrated book recounts the childhood years of Fagerberg in the central Arizona town of Prescott. Recounting the people, places, and activities of a small community in the West, his stories bring to life the day-to-day activities of school, social events, fads, commerce, and travel during the early part of the twentieth century. The book contains historical photographs, illustrations, maps, and indices.

Meeting the Four O'Clock Train and Other Stories: Boyhood Recollections of Prescott, Arizona 1909-1927

Fagerberg Jr., Dixon

Deadly Deception in Arizona: A Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Bruening Lewis Bright, determined and focused Abby Taylor has not lost her sense of humor in spite of taking an indefinite leave of absence from her position as Professor of Anglo Saxon Studies at Vassar College due to Polycystic Kidney Disease. And she certainly doesn't go out looking for trouble any more than her attractive companion, Northern Arizona Forestry Professor David Neale does. But once again it finds them. And once again, Abby's beloved Corgi dog Francis will do all that he can to protect his humans. In the midst of the beautiful ranching country near Prescott, AZ, where their borrowed house is located, Abby and David, along with the faithful Francis, should be enjoying a pleasant break from daily cares and concerns. But alas, disturbing events begin unfolding left and right. Who would poison a Hereford Yearling? Who would shoot an innocent and much respected Basque sheepherder? And who would turn the highway going down from Mingus Mountain into a death trap? As they try to live their peaceful lives amidst the splendor of the high desert, it becomes evident that some questions must be answered if Abby, David, and Francis are going to stay alive... in Arizona. Deadly Deception in Arizona won a first place award in the National Federation of Press Women's Communication Contest.

Deadly Deception in Arizona (An Abby Taylor Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Elizabeth Bruening Lewis

Thrillers & Suspense

As a U.S. senator, Ernest McFarland sponsored more than forty congressional laws, including the landmark GI Bill in 1944. Twice he led the Central Arizona Project (CAP) to passage in the Senate on its way to ultimate success, and his dedication led to his selection as U.S. Senate majority leader. After losing to Barry Goldwater in 1952, McFarland returned to Arizona, led a Democratic resurgence, and became a two-term governor. He enjoyed notable achievements preparing the way for industrial expansion in the state and successfully arguing the CAP case before the U.S. Supreme Court. At age seventy he successfully ran for the Arizona Supreme Court, where he wrote the controversial decision that was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona. He rose to chief justice in 1968, thus achieving the unique political triple crown of serving in the highest position in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government. Mac passed away in Phoenix in 1984 at age 89, having risen from a log cabin in Oklahoma to Capitol Hill and to the Arizona statehouse, working alongside such notables as Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson in a career marked by selfless concern for the common person and stewardship of his nation.

Ernest W. McFarland: Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Governor and Chief Justice of the State of Arizona

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Cactus and Pine Songs of the Southwest/revised and enlaraged

Sharlot M Hall

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