Author: Jay Mark and Ronald L. Peters, AIA
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From fire to empire, the story of the Buckhorn baths is a rags-to-riches tale. After a disastrous 1935 Christmas Eve fire destroyed their small country gas station/taxidermy business, a new, unimagined door opened for Ted and Alice Sliger. In 1936, the Sligers began turning tragedy into triumph, transforming a dusty patch of scrub-covered desert eight miles east of Mesa into a legendary roadside oasis. Their chance discovery of mineral-laden hot springs led to the valley's first therapeutic spa. With the New York Giants' initial attraction to Buckhorn's mineral baths, a decades-long association with Major League Baseball helped pave the way to Cactus League baseball. By the time it closed in 1999, the Sligers had built the Buckhorn into an iconic, quintessential roadside business along the route of four federal highways. It was renowned for its celebrity guests, eclectic architecture, colorful neon, mineral spa, retreat for baseball players, wildlife museum, and wide-ranging collection of memorabilia.
Buckhorn Mineral Baths & Wildlife Museum
Author: Jay Mark and Ronald L. Peters, AIA
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From fire to empire, the story of the Buckhorn baths is a rags-to-riches tale. After a disastrous 1935 Christmas Eve fire destroyed their small country gas station/taxidermy business, a new, unimagined door opened for Ted and Alice Sliger. In 1936, the Sligers began turning tragedy into triumph, transforming a dusty patch of scrub-covered desert eight miles east of Mesa into a legendary roadside oasis. Their chance discovery of mineral-laden hot springs led to the valley's first therapeutic spa. With the New York Giants' initial attraction to Buckhorn's mineral baths, a decades-long association with Major League Baseball helped pave the way to Cactus League baseball. By the time it closed in 1999, the Sligers had built the Buckhorn into an iconic, quintessential roadside business along the route of four federal highways. It was renowned for its celebrity guests, eclectic architecture, colorful neon, mineral spa, retreat for baseball players, wildlife museum, and wide-ranging collection of memorabilia.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467126969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From fire to empire, the story of the Buckhorn baths is a rags-to-riches tale. After a disastrous 1935 Christmas Eve fire destroyed their small country gas station/taxidermy business, a new, unimagined door opened for Ted and Alice Sliger. In 1936, the Sligers began turning tragedy into triumph, transforming a dusty patch of scrub-covered desert eight miles east of Mesa into a legendary roadside oasis. Their chance discovery of mineral-laden hot springs led to the valley's first therapeutic spa. With the New York Giants' initial attraction to Buckhorn's mineral baths, a decades-long association with Major League Baseball helped pave the way to Cactus League baseball. By the time it closed in 1999, the Sligers had built the Buckhorn into an iconic, quintessential roadside business along the route of four federal highways. It was renowned for its celebrity guests, eclectic architecture, colorful neon, mineral spa, retreat for baseball players, wildlife museum, and wide-ranging collection of memorabilia.
Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace
Author: William Wyckoff
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826361412
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
2021 Southwest Books of the Year In Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace, award-winning geographer William Wyckoff celebrates the photographic legacy of Norman Grant Wallace, whose work as an Arizona highway engineer during the first half of the twentieth century afforded him the opportunity to survey every corner of the Grand Canyon State. Possessing a passion for photography, Wallace documented Arizona throughout his travels. From 1906 to 1969 Wallace photographed the state's natural and rural landscapes; its burgeoning infrastructure including roads, bridges, and dams; and its towns and cities, some of which experienced exponential growth following World War II. Nearly one hundred years later, Wyckoff retraces Wallace's southwestern travels using the engineer's photographs and meticulous notebooks as a guide. The author rephotographs many of Wallace's iconic vantage points, giving us a historical tour of Arizona, a "then-and-now" viewpoint that also tells the personal story of Wyckoff's own vicarious travels with Wallace through Arizona's vast countryside and its urban centers and small towns.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826361412
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
2021 Southwest Books of the Year In Riding Shotgun with Norman Wallace, award-winning geographer William Wyckoff celebrates the photographic legacy of Norman Grant Wallace, whose work as an Arizona highway engineer during the first half of the twentieth century afforded him the opportunity to survey every corner of the Grand Canyon State. Possessing a passion for photography, Wallace documented Arizona throughout his travels. From 1906 to 1969 Wallace photographed the state's natural and rural landscapes; its burgeoning infrastructure including roads, bridges, and dams; and its towns and cities, some of which experienced exponential growth following World War II. Nearly one hundred years later, Wyckoff retraces Wallace's southwestern travels using the engineer's photographs and meticulous notebooks as a guide. The author rephotographs many of Wallace's iconic vantage points, giving us a historical tour of Arizona, a "then-and-now" viewpoint that also tells the personal story of Wyckoff's own vicarious travels with Wallace through Arizona's vast countryside and its urban centers and small towns.
Cactus League
Author: Susie Steckner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143964229X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Arizonas baseball roots run long and deep, but the star of the show is the Cactus League. The states spring training history is filled with social, political, and cultural intrigue, not to mention a roster of baseball greats. Early on, fans watched Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, and the American Leagues first black player, Larry Doby. Beyond the field, baseball became part of the states social fabric, as players and fans alike flocked to watering holes, hotels, parades, and a desert resort famous for its mineral baths. History also saw a political battle to save the Cactus League and fend off Floridas attempts to dominate spring training. Today, the Cactus League is a 15-team powerhouse that holds court in Arizona each spring.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143964229X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Arizonas baseball roots run long and deep, but the star of the show is the Cactus League. The states spring training history is filled with social, political, and cultural intrigue, not to mention a roster of baseball greats. Early on, fans watched Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, and the American Leagues first black player, Larry Doby. Beyond the field, baseball became part of the states social fabric, as players and fans alike flocked to watering holes, hotels, parades, and a desert resort famous for its mineral baths. History also saw a political battle to save the Cactus League and fend off Floridas attempts to dominate spring training. Today, the Cactus League is a 15-team powerhouse that holds court in Arizona each spring.
Quarterly Bulletin
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Category : Geothermal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Category : Geothermal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Journal of Arizona History
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Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Fun with the Family Texas
Author: Sharry Buckner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762763205
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Fun with the Family Texas leads the way to historical attractions, children's museums, festivals, parks, and much more.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762763205
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Fun with the Family Texas leads the way to historical attractions, children's museums, festivals, parks, and much more.
Chattahoochee River, Seward, Chickasaw NRA, and Valley Forge National Historical Park
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Amendments to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Category : Indian land transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 1862
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Category : Indian land transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 1862
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Pleasures of the Spa
Author: John Duguid
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Category : Health resorts
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Category : Health resorts
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (N.M.) Draft Resource Management Plan
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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