Sign up below for the
"Burro Express" E-newsletter
for updates on Southwest Events, Travel & Lifestyle news,
Hot Deals, Contests and more! |
|
|
|
|
|
Southwest
History & Heritage
Round-Up!
Southwest
History and heritage articles, reviews, interviews and events
plus a guide to Museums, Historic Sites,
Ghost and Mining towns and more.
|
PARDON OUR DUST:
Southwest Blend Magazine has merged with
The BIG BLEND
MAGAZINE...
All archived articles are in the process of being moved
over--
You'll find the latest History & Heritage
articles on The Big Blend!
Click
here. |
|
IN THIS ISSUE:
Featured
Articles, Interviews &
Events
 Pacific
Coast Pirate Faire – A Living History Experience! San
Diego’s largest Pirate Faire is being held at the Antique Gas &
Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA on Dec. 6 & 7. Featuring hundreds
of costumed re-enactors, live music and continuous entertainment,
education programs, battles and more - expect an exciting day of fun
and merriment as you intermingle with the likes of Pirate Captains
and their motley crews, coming ashore after a year of plunder on the
high seas. Read more about the
Pirate Faire!
 Tales
of The Vallecito - Nothing fires the imagination of a
desert enthusiast like bandits, gold and ghost towns. Here in the
southwest, the strange and colorful history associated with the
Vallecito Stage Station is one of those desert sites that stir the
imagination. Read Ed Keenan’s new article -
Tales of The Vallecito.
 Meteor
Crater in Northern Arizona - The Best Preserved and First
Proven Meteorite Impact Site on Planet Earth! Learn about the
Meteor Crater.
 Historic
Photos of Phoenix – Written by Eduardo Obregon Pagan, the
coffee table book ‘Historic Photos of Phoenix’ takes you through the
journey of Phoenix growing from a small agricultural community, to the
thriving metropolis of the 1970s. Read more about
Historic Photos of Phoenix.
 Historic
Photos of Los Angeles – Los Angeles, ever changing and ever
growing, is accurately and emotionally portrayed in this coffee table
book by Dana Lombardy. With Los Angeles county being the most populous
county in the US, this book is a valuable slice of the American people
and what they stand for. Read more about
Historic Photos of Los Angeles.
 Arizona
War: Colton Brothers Saga No. 3 - Set in 1861 ‘Arizona
War’ by Melody Groves is a riveting read that’s brings alive
frontier history when the civil war reached deep inside the American
Southwest. Read about
Arizona War.
 JOSEPH WILEY EVANS
was, arguably, one of the most efficient and capable lawmen in the
western United States, Part 2 - The Shootout,
read more.
 Meeting
the Medicine Men – Read Charles Langley’s rollicking
story of an utterly chaotic year spent immersed in the traditional
healing rituals of the Medicine Men on the Navajo Indian
reservations, and the startling larger than life characters met
along the way. Read about Meeting the
Medicine Men.
|
Hot Links
 Special
Women in Southwest History Radio Show - March 9
Special History
Radio Show -
April 27, 2008
 R.
Michael Wilson
writes
about Joseph Wiley Evans, lawman of the old west,
click here.
A retired deputy sheriff, Bob has been researching and writing the
West for many years, and so far has published ten books on the
subject. For more about Bob,
click
here.
 For
Mike Moutoux's Poem of the Month, please
click here.
For more about Mike, please
click here.
 For
Ed Keenan's historical vignette of the Month, please
click here.
For more about Ed Keenan, author of Cow Chip Poetry,
Lies Lingo and
Lore, please click
here.
|
|
Back to Top
Site Map & Archives
Contact Us
About Us
Advertising
This site developed by Free Spirit Promotions™, publishers of the Southwest Blend™, no part of it may be reproduced for any reason,
with out written permission. © from 1998, SouthwestBlend.com™, The Blend Magazine.com™, Southwest Blend Annual Guide™.
PO Box 1256, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily that of this publication or any of its staff. We reserve the right to edit submittals. All subject matter is intended for general information only and not to be take as personal advice in any matter. Although every effort is made to be accurate, we cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or plagiarized copy submitted to us by advertisers or contributors.
A Southwest magazine covering Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
and Mexico, featuring southwest travel, music, food, events, history, fashion, news and
more. |
|
