Arizona: 100 Years Grand is a geographical, historical and cultural collection of our state's best and brightest people, places and events during the first century of statehood.
As the official book of the Arizona Centennial, this treasury celebrates our unique history, highlights our struggles and triumphs, presents our crown jewels, and leaves any reader dazzled by our state.
The foreword includes thoughts from Arizona leaders, and each year from 1912 to 2012 is featured on a double-page layout including photographs by legendary names like Josef Muench. In addition to the 101 main stories, a timeline throughout the book highlights other important and colorful aspects of our first century.
For Arizona residents who love our state, this is a retrospective of its greatest hits. From Gov. George W.P. Hunt walking to the statehood ceremonies to Gov. Rose Mofford greeting Mother Teresa, our political path is traced. Our social events from the opening of the Arizona Inn to the centennial of El Tovar live in these pages, along with Navajo Code Talkers, Hopi artist Fred Kabotie, thriving museums and treasured churches.
For newcomers and novices, Arizona: 100 Years Grand educates while it entertains...with tales of how the Chapel of the Holy Cross came to the red rocks of Sedona; what goes on behind the innocuous entrance to the Navajo Army Depot; who Sharlot Hall was before she became a profile on a museum sign.
Surprising anecdotes await even those who know our state well: about the manager of a drugstore on the Winslow "Standin' On A" corner who always wore a hat; about Buckey O'Neill's statue barely arriving at its own dedication; about a baseball game between a team of Tucsonans and Japanese-Americans played a half-century later than planned.
Arizona: 100 Years Grand is a visual hymn to a colorful place like no other.
Contributors include Senator John McCain, Governer Bruce Babbitt, Governer Rose Mofford, and more!
Arizona Centennial Commission Foundation Board Members:
Charles E. "Bud" Jones
President, ACC co-chair
Gov. Janice K. Brewer
ACC co-chair
Frank Barrios
Kenneth Bennett
Robert Booker
Doug Cole
Gene D'Adamo
Jason Furedy
Art Hamilton
Lisa Schnebly Heidinger
Sherry Henry
Win L. Holden
Vada O. Manager
Jim Norton
Devin R. Rankin
Steve Roman
Martin Shultz
Richard H. Silverman
Bruce Skinner
Mark Stanton
Gena Trimble
Dora Vasquez
Jerry Weiers
Lyn White
Anne I. Woosley
John Zidich
