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Grand
Canyon Country Lecture Series Schedule
General
Information
Space at the Prescott lecture series is limited; please call 928-44-3122
to inquire about seating.
All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information,
call Grand Canyon Association at 800-858-2808.
Where & When: Flagstaff; October 22; 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Where & When: Prescott; October 19; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Topic: "Ain't It Purty?": Tourist Impressions of Grand Canyon
Presented by: Paul Hirt and Yolanda Youngs
Description: Over the years, Grand Canyon has been publicized through popular images: from penny postcards to magazines like Arizona Highways to movies, which in turn influenced visitor facilities, park policy and the evolving cultural meaning of the canyon. Join Arizona State University professor of history Paul Hirt and ASU geographical sciences Ph.D. candidate Yolanda Youngs as they explore ho visual images helped make the Grand Canyon an iconic American landscape.
Where & When: Prescott, November 16; 1:00 p.m.
Where & When: Flagstaff, November 19; 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Tracing the Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau
Presented by: Ron Blakey and Wayne Ranney
Description: Imagine Colorado Plateau landscapes near sea level with tropical, shallow seas; sandy windblown deserts; and an Amazon-scale river system that reached as far as the Appalachian Mountains. Join geologists Ron Blakey and Wayne Ranney as they take you on an incredible journey through deep time, using a series of dynamic paleogeographic maps from their new book Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, published by the Grand Canyon Association.
Where & When: Flagstaff, December 3; 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Canyon Experiences: Sublime to Silly
Presented by: Gary Ladd
Description: Many canyon trips are carried out as planned - facts are uncovered, beauty is exposed and experienced, and hazardous routes are negotiated with aplomb. But not every trip into the canyons of the Colorado Plateau proceeds as intended; blunders, surprises and preposterously unlikely situations can and do occur. Join Gary Ladd, and award-winning landscape Photographer and author, on a photographic trip into the canyons of the Colorado Plateau.
Where & When: Prescott, December 21; 1:00 p.m.
Topic: Stories among the Aspens: An Archaeologist's Perspective on the Ranching History of the North Rim and North Kaibab
Presented by: Amy Horn
Description: Before tourists discovered the magnificent views from Grand Canyon's North Rim, cowboys and their cattle found the Kaibab Plateau's lush pastures. Over the past decade, Grand Canyon National Park archaeologists have discovered numerous archaeological sites from the ranching history of the North Rim. Amy Horn, a park archaeologists, will share the archaeological record of ranching on the North Rim.
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