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Retro LibrarianLibrarianRA@worldkey.io
2026-01-23

Who's been to Bisbee Arizona?
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#LavenderPit #BisbeeArizona #CopperMining #OpenPitMine #MiningHistory #IndustrialLandscape #ArizonaHistory #VintagePostcard #travel #Oldpostcards

This color postcard shows the Lavender Copper Pit in Bisbee, Arizona, an open-pit copper mine set in a dry, mountainous desert landscape. The pit dominates the foreground and midground, descending in wide, terraced benches that form concentric, stepped levels cut into the earth. A pale, winding haul road curves along the pit walls, leading down toward the lowest visible level, where exposed rock shows greenish and bluish mineral staining associated with copper ore. In the midground, several industrial buildings and processing structures sit on flattened ground near the pit’s edge, including a large rectangular metal building and conveyor systems extending across the site. The background consists of brown, sparsely vegetated hills under a clear blue sky. Large orange lettering across the top reads “Lavender Copper Pit, Bisbee, Arizona.”
ResearchBuzz: Firehoseresearchbuzz_firehose@rbfirehose.com
2025-10-08

Arizona State University: ASU launches groundbreaking database of Sonoran Desert archaeology . “The Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology, housed within tDAR, focuses on the archaeology of the ancient Sonoran Desert and the ancestors of the O’odham people living in central Arizona today.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/arizona-state-university-asu-launches-groundbreaking-database-of-sonoran-desert-archaeology/

CarveHerNameCarveHerName@mstdn.social
2025-05-30

#OnThisDay, 30 May 1899, Pearl Hart (and Joe Boot) hold up a stagecoach in Arizona: it's one of just two recorded instances of a woman holding up a coach in the US.

#AmericanHistory #ArizonaHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Pearl Hart posing after her arrest. She is a young white woman with dark hair, wearing trousers, a shirt and a big hat. She's holding a shotgun across her knee.
ResearchBuzz: Firehoseresearchbuzz_firehose@rbfirehose.com
2025-05-04

Arizona Department of Transportation: Arizona Highways launches digital archive spanning 100 years. “With Arizona Highways magazine celebrating its centennial, subscribers now can peruse every issue, photograph and article thanks to a new digital archive with robust search features…. Whether you’re exploring the original Arizona Highways edition in April 1925 or something more recent, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/arizona-department-of-transportation-arizona-highways-launches-digital-archive-spanning-100-years/

Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-09

Ranger Sarah learns about the Anza Trail which passes by Tumacacori NHP. The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail commemorates the route traveled by settlers from Mexico to the San Francisco Bay Area.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah learns about the Anza Trail which passes by Tumacacori NHP. The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail commemorates the route traveled by settlers from Mexico to the San Francisco Bay Area. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-09

Ranger Sarah walks through the orchard. Quite a few of the trees have fruit on them. The fruit trees that you see growing here today were started from seeds and cuttings of old cultivar fruit trees—the oldest trees that could be found in historic orchards and yards throughout southern Arizona. This replanted orchard was dedicated in 2007.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah walks through the orchard. Quite a few of the trees have fruit on them. The fruit trees that you see growing here today were started from seeds and cuttings of old cultivar fruit trees—the oldest trees that could be found in historic orchards and yards throughout southern Arizona. This replanted orchard was dedicated in 2007. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-09

Ranger Sarah walks through the gate into the orchard at Tumacacori. Within this 4.6 acre enclosure, the community grew vegetables and fruit trees. Since there are few fruit trees native to this area, the orchard would have contained favorite trees brought to the mission from Europe such as peach, pomegranate, quince, and fig.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah walks through the gate into the orchard at Tumacacori. Within this 4.6 acre enclosure, the community grew vegetables and fruit trees. Since there are few fruit trees native to this area, the orchard would have contained favorite trees brought to the mission from Europe such as peach, pomegranate, quince, and fig. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-09

Ranger Sarah reads about the orchard at Tumacacori. The establishment of a mission brought new fruits, imported from Europe and considered essential to a “civilized” life by the priests and settlers. As farmers, the O’odham welcomed these new crops.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah reads about the orchard at Tumacacori. The establishment of a mission brought new fruits, imported from Europe and considered essential to a “civilized” life by the priests and settlers. As farmers, the O’odham welcomed these new crops. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah looks at what is left of the Acequia. The fired adobe structure is part of the acequia madre, the main irrigation channel that brought water to the mission from the Santa Cruz River a mile or more to the south.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah looks at what is left of the Acequia. The fired adobe structure is part of the acequia madre, the main irrigation channel that brought water to the mission from the Santa Cruz River a mile or more to the south. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah approaches the Acequia. The all important water was taken out of the Santa Cruz River nearly a mile upstream to the south of here through a series of channels.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah approaches the Acequia. The all important water was taken out of the Santa Cruz River nearly a mile upstream to the south of here through a series of channels. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah walks through the site where the mission garden was. While no garden grows here now, an irrigation system did bring water here.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah walks through the site where the mission garden was. While no garden grows here now, an irrigation system did bring water here. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah enters the location of the Mission Garden. An irrigation channel can be seen just inside the trees.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah enters the location of the Mission Garden. An irrigation channel can be seen just inside the trees. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah is under the wa:ato (“WAH-ah-toe”), or mesquite ramada. Here she finds several Metate and Manos.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park..

Ranger Sarah is under the wa:ato (“WAH-ah-toe”), or mesquite ramada. Here she finds several Metate and Manos. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park..
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-08

Ranger Sarah looks inside the Melhok Ki. The O’odham word for house is ki (“kee”). Melhok (“MOOro”) is the spiky plant known in Spanish and English as ocotillo. These houses were made of mesquite timbers, ocotillo sticks, saguaro ribs, and mud.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah looks inside the Melhok Ki. The O’odham word for house is ki (“kee”). Melhok (“MOOro”) is the spiky plant known in Spanish and English as ocotillo. These houses were made of mesquite timbers, ocotillo sticks, saguaro ribs, and mud. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-07

Ranger Sarah visits a Melhok Ki, a traditional O’odham dwelling, made of mesquite timbers, saguaro ribs, ocotillo sticks, and mud. Originally, the O’odham built round kis but later adopted the square rooms favored by the Spanish. A home would also include a juato (whä´ to), or shade ramada. See less
— Tumacácori NHP.

Ranger Sarah visits a Melhok Ki. This structure is a modern construction of a traditional O’odham dwelling, made of mesquite timbers, saguaro ribs, ocotillo sticks, and mud. It was built in 1997 by O’odham workers using traditional hand tools and dedicated with O’odham blessings. Originally, the O’odham built round kis but later adopted the square rooms favored by the Spanish. A home would also include a juato (whä´ to), or shade ramada. See less — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-07

Ranger Sarah stands inside the Convento Fragment. This fragment includes the rooms in which the priest likely resided. After the mission residents left, it was used as a house by various people and was even used as a school in the 1930’s during the early days of Tumacácori National Monument.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah stands inside the Convento Fragment. This fragment includes the rooms in which the priest likely resided. After the mission residents left, it was used as a house by various people and was even used as a school in the 1930’s during the early days of Tumacácori National Monument. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-07

Ranger Sarah walks up to the Convento Fragment. The standing ruin of a fragment of the convento includes the rooms in which the priest is likely to have lived.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah walks up to the Convento Fragment. The standing ruin of a fragment of the convento includes the rooms in which the priest is likely to have lived. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-07

Ranger Sarah looks at the Jesuit Church Foundation. The outline that you see before you marks the footprint of the community’s first church, begun in the spring of 1753. The date of its completion is uncertain, but it is known to have been in use by the summer of 1757.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park

Ranger Sarah looks at the Jesuit Church Foundation. The outline that you see before you marks the footprint of the community’s first church, begun in the spring of 1753. The date of its completion is uncertain, but it is known to have been in use by the summer of 1757. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-06

Ranger Sarah looks at the Lime Kiln. Here the limestone was cooked for several days over high heat until it could be pounded into a powder. The powder was made into a paste and applied to the adobe bricks.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah looks at the Lime Kiln. Here the limestone was cooked for several days over high heat until it could be pounded into a powder. The powder was made into a paste and applied to the adobe bricks. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.
Adventures of Ranger SarahAdventuresofRangerSarah
2025-03-06

Ranger Sarah reads about the Lime Kiln. Lime plaster was used to protect adobe buildings from moisture. Tons of raw material (limestone boulders) had to be brought to the mission for processing so that a coat of plaster, often more than two inches thick, could be applied to the walls.
— at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Ranger Sarah reads about the Lime Kiln. Lime plaster was used to protect adobe buildings from moisture. Tons of raw material (limestone boulders) had to be brought to the mission for processing so that a coat of plaster, often more than two inches thick, could be applied to the walls. — at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

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