The Historic Butterfield Trail (5) – Helen Erickson 2/5, 2/12, (HH) 2/19 (WC3) 2/26 and 3/5 (HH) 2:00 p.m
$10.00
The course has never before been presented publicly; ILR is both grateful and excited about bringing these presenters to Sun City.
February 5– Overview of the Trail – Gerald Ahnert, author of the recently published The Butterfield Trail (in Arizona)
February 12 – Finding the Trail with Historic Maps – Professor Helen Erickson, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the U of Arizona
February 19 – Tucson, East to Seneca Station through Vail– J.J. and Gerald Lamb
February 26 – Atanacia Santa Cruz and the Tucson Station – Ken Scoville
March 5 – Incident at Apache Pass/the Bascom Affair – Doug Hocking
For a short introductory video, click HERE.
Description
This is a very exciting inaugural event for ILR in Sun City. Only in 2023 was the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail designated by the United States Congress and is now administered by the National Parks Service. Interpretive markers and kiosks are being established along the Arizona segment which included 26 stage stations 15.5 miles apart. The entire trail is 3000 miles long from the Mississippi River to California and carried passengers, freight and mail in the 1850s.
This five week series involves the major researchers and developers of the Arizona trail and is supported by the Arizona Chapter of the Butterfield National Historic Trail Association.
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