San Pedro River Videos are important to keeping the history and culture of the Sonoran Desert alive. Mike Foster seeks to preserve the memory of endangered cultures and environment.https://vimeo.com/203354344 The Friends of the San Pedro River work tirelessly to preserve this historical and environmental treasure. Please support them by buying … Continue reading
August 2017. The lifegiving rains of the monsoon season have been plentiful this year. The summer rains are awesome indeed, but must be treated with respect. Over the years, 68 people have lost their lives at or near Carr Canyon falls and every summer more lives are lost in other … Continue reading
I found this book on the history of Mt. Lemmon at the Palisades Ranger Station on Mt. Lemmon last summer and have been trying to get time to read it ever since. The complete title is: Look to the Mountains: An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people … Continue reading
From Southeastern Arizona to Sonora, Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez, Mike Foster documents the wide variety of birds, both common and rare in his video, Faces of the Landscape. Avid birders, as well as armchair adventurers, will appreciate the large variety of birds that Mike has been able to capture … Continue reading
In the beginning, about 14 billion years before there was a City of Tucson in the State of Arizona, all the space, all the matter, and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume less than one-trillionth the size of the period at the end of … Continue reading
When life gives you lemons… The museum is working hard to make the most with what we have during these unprecedented times. To learn more about what we are… Continue reading
Mala Mujer is a herbaceous plant with stinging nettles, native to the Sonoran Desert. In this video, Mike Foster tells the folktale behind La Llorona, the Mala Mujer. Mike Foster is a freelance videographer, creating educational videos for San Pedro River Educational Videos, El Pinacate, and others. You can see … Continue reading
This is the story of a special nation, the Chiricahua Apache Nation, and its culture as seen through the eyes of its women, four women in particular. First, a bit of history. To quote from the Introduction: “For no other group of American Indians was as relentlessly pursued by the … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: After reading my review of books I have used as resources in writing about local history in general and Apaches in particular, one of our newsletter readers, Tim Simmons, sent me an additional list from his own library. Several of these will be added to my own library … Continue reading
