Tag: Arizona

History of Arizona and New Mexico A Captivating Guide to the Grand Canyon State and the Land of Enchantment [Audiobook]


Free Download Captivating History, Jason Saffir (Narrator), "History of Arizona and New Mexico: A Captivating Guide to the Grand Canyon State and the Land of Enchantment"
English | ISBN: 9798868644412 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~07:26:00 | 218 MB
Two manuscripts in one audiobook:
History of Arizona: A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About the Grand Canyon State
History of New Mexico: A Captivating Guide to Historical Events and Facts You Should Know About the Land of Enchantment

(more…)

Awesome Arizona 200 Amazing Facts About the Grand Canyon State [Audiobook]


Free Download Awesome Arizona: 200 Amazing Facts About the Grand Canyon State (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKG7TTV7 | 2023 | 6 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 301 MB
Author: Roger Naylor
Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Which state has the most national monuments? Where in America can you find one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Where is the largest contiguous forest of ponderosa pine? In Awesome Arizona, Roger Naylor, "the Dean of Arizona Travel Writers," has amassed 200 amazing facts and fascinating commentary about his beloved state. This is the fast-paced, funny encyclopedia that lovers of Arizona have been craving. Awesome Arizona captures the essence of the sixth-largest state, from its rowdy past to its epic landscape bulging with mountains, slashed by canyons, and blown apart by volcanoes. Learn about trees that once shaded dinosaurs, the West’s most legendary gunfight, the world’s largest antique, the best-preserved meteor crater on earth, where the post office still delivers mail by mule, the longest poker game in history, how Arizona saved the unicorn, and so much more.

(more…)

It Happened in Arizona Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened in the West)


Free Download James A. Crutchfield, "It Happened in Arizona: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened in the West)"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1493023535 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 0.4 mb
It Happened in Arizona features thirty-six episodes from Arizona’s history-from the thirteenth-century creation of the Hohokam’s irrigation canals to the building of the Hoover Dam, and from

(more…)

Arizona’s National Parks and Monuments


Free Download George Hartz, "Arizona’s National Parks and Monuments"
English | 2013 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 1467130427, 1531675204 | EPUB | 28,8 mb
Arizona’s 20 national parks and monuments celebrate the natural wonders and rich heritage of Arizona, preserved through the efforts of countless citizens and the American Antiquities Act of 1906. Aggressively implemented by eight US presidents, this legislation permits the president to unilaterally proclaim sites as national monuments without congressional action. The Antiquities Act was applied in Arizona 23 times, more so than any other state in the union. Using more than 200 historical photographs, many of which have never been published, this book contains the stories of the creation of each of Arizona’s national parks and monuments, emphasizing the importance of the landscape and cultural heritage to Arizona’s identity.

(more…)

Arizona Off the Beaten Path® A Guide To Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)


Free Download Carrie Frasure, "Arizona Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide To Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0762750219 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 0.9 mb
Everyone has heard of the Grand Canyon, but what about the Petrified Forest or Goldfield Ghost Town? For travelers interested in exploring the unusual and unique, this unconventional guide to Arizona offers everything from the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to the Tallest Fountain in the World.

(more…)

Chasing Arizona One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State


Free Download Ken Lamberton, "Chasing Arizona: One Man’s Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State"
English | 2015 | pages: 382 | ISBN: 0816528926 | PDF | 11,0 mb
It seemed like a simple plan-visit fifty-two places in fifty-two weeks. But for author Ken Lamberton, a forty-five-year veteran of life in the Sonoran Desert, the entertaining results were anything but easy. In Chasing Arizona, Lamberton takes readers on a yearlong, twenty-thousand-mile joyride across Arizona during its centennial, racking up more than two hundred points of interest along the way.

(more…)