The May meeting featured an interesting presentation by Chris Seggerman, an experienced genealogist from the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Division. His topic, Newspapers for Research, explained how to use publications to find information about ancestors. Chris suggested looking at death notices, obituaries, marriage notices and other news articles to locate important dates…
Nancy Harling The highlight of the Catalina Timewalkers Chapter of Questers tour of the Kannally Ranch House at Oracle State Park in April was viewing Lee Kannally’s WWI journal. The display case holding the fragile journal was purchased with a donation from the Catalina Timewalkers. The Kannally Ranch House was built from 1929 to 1932.…
Walt Shields Cochise was the most feared of the Chiricahua Apaches. During a period from 1860 to 1870, he and his braves conducted numerous raids on white settlements, miners and stagecoaches. The warriors hid out in an area of the Dragoon Mountains, 60 miles east of Tucson, known today as Cochise Stronghold. The site is…
Our square dance season is slowing down. We will not be dancing in July and August. Until then we will have our regular club plus dances on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom and on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. we will have plus dancing workshops at the MountainView Fitness Center. Square dancing is…
Pat Schlote Obsessed—Addicted—Intense It all brings pleasure to those of us who enjoy the challenges of putting together Jig Saw puzzles. You will be pleased to know that we have re-established a location for residents in SaddleBrooke to choose from a variety of puzzles (250 to 2,000 pieces). Clean those shelves of your puzzles and…
Dennis Korger Both our website and the computer classroom were closed at the beginning of May for remodeling and improvements. Several weeks ahead of expectations, both projects are now complete allowing our schedule to return to a normal state of affairs. As always, the earliest notice for new classes arrives first on our website at…