Identifier: arizonawonderla00jame (find matches)
Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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t YearBook, a modest little green pamphlet of sixteen pages,served for a four year record, and bears the date on itscover, Year Book, 1903-1907. It contains only alist of officers for the four years, of the State, and Gen-eral Federations — with which the Federation affiliatedvery soon after its organization — a list of the committees,of which there were but six, the Constitution and By-Laws, and the directory of federated clubs. The lattershows twelve clubs, with a total membership of threehundred and seventy-three. A striking contrast to theYear Book of Nineteen Sixteen, which is a substantialvolume of seventy-nine pages, full of interesting reportsfrom some twenty Departments and Committees, with agreatly augmented club and membership list. The present president of the State Federation is Mrs.H. A. Morgan, of Willcox. The eight clubs that have their own buildings are Tuc-son, to which reference has already been made, Bisbee,Florence, Glendale, Prescott, Yuma Valley, Madison Im-
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The Womens Clubs of Arizona 245 provement Club of Phoenix, and the Womens Club ofPhoenix. The latter building is a most beautiful andconvenient structure, erected in 1907 at a cost (includingthe lot) of over $20,000. The Club is incorporated witha capital stock of $10,000, divided into 2000 shares at$5.00 each. Every member of the Club must own atleast one share of this stock. From the ample porch oneenters a large reception hall, containing an immense hos-pitable-looking fireplace. The auditorium is large andspacious, with adequate stage and dressing-rooms. Thus the women of the new State have shown theirability to rise to the needs of the pressing hours, and bystarting out with the idea that their club-houses are to beopen centers of refinement and culture for all women,rather than the secluded meeting-places of the few, arefurthering the cause of true democracy and mental andspiritual uplift in their respective communities. CHAPTER XIX THE LITERATURE AND ART OF ARIZONA If a country

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