The Apache Gold Casino and Resort sits just 5 miles outside of Globe on land owned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and has played a key role in the economic health of the region since it’s inception in 1994. So in 2009 when the Casino announced that due to …
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Kip Culver: Caring for Downtown
Cities outgrew them long ago and towns have over looked them in a rush to attract box stores and strip malls. Yet memories of a time when the main streets of our childhood literally held the lifeblood in the community is one reason why nearly 30 years ago the National …
Read More »Preserving history: Gila Historical Museum
Historical Museums play an important role in communities across America. They are the repositories of local lore, and family histories. They share a common desire with the community to preserve what has gone before and make it available to future generations. Our own Historical Museum has been called “an exceptional …
Read More »A Walk Around Globe: The Stairs
In an age where shopping malls and super highways rule our lives, the downtown district of Globe, with its “Main Street” of small shops, walk-able sidewalks, park benches and local traffic is something locals may take for granted, but visitors find charming. It’s more human scale satisfies the senses. Since moving to …
Read More »Photo Gallery of Tex-Mex Festival
” menu_order=”0″ order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Linda GrossWriter, photographer. Passionate foodie, lover of good books and storytelling. Lives in Globe. Plays in the historic district. Travels when possible.
Read More »Tex-Mex Festival in Globe this weekend!
This coming weekend, the Globe community will host one of the largest community events in recent history. A Tex-Mex Festival in celebration of Cinco de Mayo will be held at the Globe Community Center both Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. The City of Globe and Los Vecino y …
Read More »Birding in the Pinals
If you love the outdoors as much as we do, there is no such thing as time wasted in the Pinals. However, spring IS an opportune time to see all kinds of birds, from black-chinned sparrows to Lucy's warblers.
Read More »Noftsger Hill Inn hosts Bird Watchers
It looked like a great party. Folks kept arriving. The late afternoon warmth was perfect. Picnic tables were spread with barbeque fare. Big coolers held drinks that would quench thirst. Lively music played. But the small group gathered nearby, at the Besh Ba Gowah parking lot, was not invited. Would …
Read More »For Collectors – Bakelite: Plastic Planet
Our world would look much different, perhaps with a lot less plastic, had it not been for the advent of Bakelite in the early 1900s. In 1907, Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland of Belgium was experimenting with a new form of insulator when he created the compound now known as phenolic formaldehyde resin... He called it Bakelite. From then on, it was all the rage.
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