Tradition History

COMMENTARY:

• Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo has become quite an event
• Desert Botanical Gardens Luminaria walk
• The Christmas City, Prescott Town Square

Even More Christmas Traditions

COMMENTARY:

• The legend of ‘Scrubby’.  A cedar tree between I-17 north of the Prescott exit anonymously decorated each Christmas for decades.  Dolan Ellis wrote and performs a song about Scrubby
• Christmas tree at the summit of Camelback Mountain carried by hiker ‘elves’
• Tamales tradition evolved as a replacement for human sacrifice by Spanish Conquistadors
• Prediction of future Arizona traditions
• Steve describes a typical workday in his position

History Of Phoenix

COMMENTARY:

• Steve explains the Mayor’s plans showing the history of Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII
• Darrell Duppa is credited for naming Phoenix.  Other names considered were Stonewall and Salina

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• Darrell Duppa Homestead