Jim Turner, Historian 

Welcome!

 I retired from the Arizona Historical Society and  Folktales and anecdotes make history fun.  

Click here for a list of 50 Arizona history topics, I give talks about, many with PowerPoint images.

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Roads Scholar

Qualifying groups pay only $50 for my talks through the Arizona Humanities Council. Click the title above for more info.

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 Caroline Cooke and I co-authored Grand Canyon from Rim to River, for Rio Nuevo Publishers. The 64 page book is full of beautiful photographs. 

And then we wrote: Arizona: Scenic Wonders of the Grand Canyon State, another large format book with plenty of gorgeous photographs from all over the state.  

Click for preview pages. of my pictorial history book, Arizona: A Celebration of the Grand Canyon State. 

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Events Schedule

March 6, 6 p.m. - Oral History Workshop, Pinal County Historical Society Museum, Florence, Arizona. All are invited. Call (520)868-4382 or visit their web site - http://www.pinalcountyhistoricalmuseum.org/.org/ 

March 14, 7 p.m. - Pancho Villa presentation, Apache Junction Performing Arts Center. Call (480) 982-1110, ext. 2250. Visit the web site -

http://www.ajusd.org/community.cfm?subpage=419775

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To read descriptions of my three presentations available through the Arizona Humanities, click here.

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Click here for a few laughs from my convention speaker promo video 



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Click here for the replay of my Arizona Daily Star two-hour chat about Tucson History

And here for the Tucson Trivia Quiz

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The Jim Turner Show

Thanks Fred and Jeff Ronstadt for having me on your radio show on KJLL 1130 AM, "The JOLT" I'm looking forward to being a regular on the show.

Play or Download show here

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Click the links below to read my "Life in the Old Pueblo" columns in the Arizona Daily Star:       

Ignacio Bonillas 9/19

Old Pueblo Name 10/17

Model T Fun 1/16

 Cattleman Kino 2/11   

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