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2024 OTM History Highlight
Save the date! The Old Trails Museum offers its free 2024 History Highlight on Saturday, April 20, at 2 pm in the La Posada Hotel Ballroom. Retired archaeologist Neil Weintraub will present Footsteps from the Past: Retracing the Epic 1928 Route 66, 3,400-Mile Bunion Derby Footrace Across Northern Arizona, followed by a question-and-answer session. On March 4, 1928, 199 of the world’s greatest long-distance runners from 24 countries embarked on an 84-day foot race across the United States. Weintraub will focus on the days they passed through northern Arizona—including Winslow—using newspaper accounts and photographs like the one above, which shows runners passing through what is now Parks, Arizona (courtesy of the Kaibab National Forest Archives). Read More
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WHS 2024 Annual Meeting
The Winslow Historical Society hosted its 2023 Annual Meeting on November 12 at the Winslow Visitors’ Center/Hubbell Trading Post. The free event began with 62 attendees enjoying a Mexican buffet and a performance by local dance troupe Aguilas de Oro Folklorico (above). The business meeting’s 27 attendees voted on new Board members (see story below) and heard brief reports on museum activities over the past year by President Christa Knox, Treasurer Gale Jones, and OTM Director Ann-Mary Lutzick. They also drew tickets to win terrific door prizes donated by La Posada Hotel, Motor Palace Mercantile, the Winslow Chamber of Commerce, and the museum. Winners included Diane Hartz, Jackie Hartz, Majorie Herron, and Jenny Kincaid. Read More
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African American History Month
The Old Trails Museum joins in the celebration of African American History Month, initiated in February 1926 to recognize the contributions that African Americans have made to our country. We invite you to visit the OTM Exhibits webpage to explore African Americans in Winslow: Scenes from Our History. One panel tells the story of Arizona Blues Hall of Fame inductee Tommy Dukes, who provided this promotional photo of himself (far left) with fellow Blue Bloods musicians Dale Cadell, John Willis, and Bob Blasi in the 1980s. Please contact OTM if you would like to contribute your or your family's story and photos to an exhibit panel.
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2024 OTM Historical Calendar
This Month in Winslow is still available at the museum, Arizona 66 Trading Company, La Posada Hotel, On the Corner Gifts, and the Winslow Visitors Center. You can also order through the OTM Online Store, with $2 added for shipping. Priced at $12, the 2024 edition presents photos of events from throughout Winslow’s history that occurred in the corresponding months. The "August" photo (above) of the Santa Fe Indian Band in front of La Posada Hotel in 1941 is courtesy of Rosemary Siow Natseway. Read More
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Working with OTM Collections
Every object, document, photo, textile, and oral history in the OTM Collections has been donated by current and former Winslow residents. These collections help museum staff and volunteers share Winslow's history with the public through exhibits, publications, and research opportunities like the one above, when in June 2023, Terry Morris (Patron Member) and Bert Peterson (Lifetime Member) made an appointment to come in and explore a topic of interest to them. OTM welcomes anyone who would to like to volunteer behind the scenes to catalog artifacts, photos, and oral histories, which is a great way to learn about Winslow's history!
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WHS Board Members for 2024
One order of business at the Winslow Historical Society Annual Meeting (see story above) was the election of new board members. Continuing members Jim Buckley, Christa Knox, Lori Bentley Law, and Harold Soehner welcome new members Bob Hall, RaeNell Holmes, Jodie Humphrey, Toya Rubi, and Erna Snukis. They also thank departing members Desiree Bengson and Connie Walton for their service, with a special thanks to Gale Jones for serving as WHS Treasurer for over five years! Seen left to right are Humphrey, Snukis, Hall, Buckley, Soehner, OTM Director Ann-Mary Lutzick, Knox, Law, Jones, and Walton. WHS Board Meetings are held at 5:30 pm at the Old Trails Museum on the third Thursday of the month.
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WHS Memberships for 2024
Regarding our supportive members, its time to renew your Winslow Historical Society memberships for 2024, either by sending a check or going to the OTM Online Store to make a secure payment. Click here to see the current list of Lifetime, 2024 Benefactor, and 2024 Patron members, including our newest Lifetime members Dixie Lane and Don Oswald of Phoenix. Above are Patron members Joan Harden and John Suttman at the 2023 Antiques Appraisal Fair with Sean Morton. Your memberships are a reflection of OTM’s community support and the backbone of our grassroots fundraising efforts. With you, we have a future; without you, we’re history!
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OTM 2023 Attendance Statistics
OTM hosted 2,621 visitors at the museum in 2023, and 10,950 visitors at its off-site exhibits, including A Hubbell Trading Post History at the Winslow Visitors Center and Journeys to Winslow in the Kenna Courtyard (above) and at the Affeldt Mion Museum. OTM hosted 102 attendees at the 2023 History Highlight, Winslow Antiques Appraisal Fair, and WHS Annual Meeting. People also “visited” the museum’s online outlets, including the OTM Website (27,933 visitors, with 3,541 views of the History of Winslow short film) and Facebook page (1,524 followers). Thanks to all our patrons for your interest in Winslow's history!
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Donate or become a member to support our mission: Founded in 1997, the Winslow Historical Society receives, preserves, and interprets information and artifacts representing the history and cultures of the Winslow area, in order to engage and enlighten all visitors to the Old Trails Museum’s exhibits and programs. | | | | |
