RPC
PAST EVENTS
Book Signing Event
December 4, 2020
Cobre Valley Center for the Arts
4:00 pm to 7:00 p,
Hashbrowns, History & Hiking
When
Friday, January 10, 2020
Where:
Superior Arizona Chamber of Commerce (165 Main Street, Superior
What:
US 60 Million Dollar Highway
Old Toll Road/Murder & Mayhem (Presentation)
When
January 8, 2020 (6:30 pm)
Where
Pueblo Grande Museum - Community Room (Phoenix)
Location: 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85034
OLD DOMINION DAYS
When: September 12, 2019 (1:30 pm)
What: Million Dollar Highway - US 60 History
Where: Old Dominion Days - Gila County Museum
Channel 10 FOX Drone Zone
When: 7/17/2019 (1:30 pm) Recorded - Aired 7/24/2019 (5:00 pm)
What: Drone Zone TV report on the US60 Pinto Creek and Queen Creek Historic Bridges
Where: Gila County Historical Museum - Aired Cnannel 10 News
First Friday at Bullion Plaza
BULLION PLAZA
FIRST FRIDAY PROGRAM
When
May 3, 2019 (6:30 pm)
What
Murder and Mayham on the old Toll Road and the Pearl Hart Connection.
Where
Bullion Plaza Museum
Globe Historic Home and Building Tour 2019
When: April 6 & 7, 2019
What: Hosting the Railroad History Museum and Selling Books
Where: Historic Globe Railroad Depot Complex
History US60 - April 12, 2019
History of US 60 and the Apache Trail
Friday April 12, 2019
Hash Browns, History and Hiking:
The third and final event in the 2019 series was held Friday, April 12, the topic for the event was the History of US 60. Rick Powers a local historian and retired engineer from the Arizona Department of Transportation, conducted this informative and entertaining talk. Following the talk there was a guided hike on the Queen Creek Canyon segment of the LOST.
Globe Home Tour 2019
GLOBE HISTORIC HOME TOUR
When
Sat, April 6, 9:30am – 2:30pm
Sun, April 7, 9:30am-2:00pm
Where
Historic 1916 Globe RR Depot Building/Freight Office - Downtown Globe AZ
Description
BOOK SIGNING & Guided Tours of Freight Station and Depot Building.
Phoenix Mensa Talk 2018
Greater Phoenix Mensa Forum - Paradise Valley AZ October 27, 2018.
Presentation on the History of Roosevelt Dam was given at Paradise Valley Town Hall.
Oracle Historical Society
Murder & Mayham along the Old Toll Road, Making of Legend Pearl Hart
Friday September 28th 2018 6:30 pm
Rick presented the history of the Florence- Globe toll road and the adventures that occured there in days past, including Pearl Hart's meeting with destiny.
Murder and Mayhem on the Old Toll Road - Legend of Pearl Hart
Rick's presentation at the 2018 Arizona History Conference in Tempe AZ. Full house presentation also presenting was Bob Boz Bell.
April 28, 2018 (10:00am)
Ticket Anyone??
Host - 2018 Globe Home and Building Tour
Historic Railroad Freight Office
April 7 & 8 2018
“Butterfield Overland Trail, Treacherous Travel from New Mexico to Arizona”
6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 at the Bullion Plaza Museum.
Presented by local historian and author Rick Powers for the February First Friday lecture series sponsored by the Gila County Historical Society and the Bullion Plaza Museum. The proram was well attended.
Session Presentation by Rick
2017 Arizona/New Mexico Joint History Conference
Flagstaff AZ
April 20, 2017 (Little America)
"Treacherous Traval Along the BUtterfield Trail - Apache Pass Clash of Cultures" presentation.
Globe Historic Home & Building Tour 2017
April 8 & 9, 2017
Host of the 1916 Railroad Freight Office
Providing Tours and selling "Apache Trail" books
First Fridy Lecture
March 3, 2017 (6:30pm)
Bullion Plaza Museum
History of US Highway 60
Globe-Miami Home Tour 2016
Globe Railroad Freight Office Host
April 9 & 10, 2016.
Globe Home Tour 2015
Rick hosted the Globe Arizona Freight depot and Railroad History museum during Home Tour on April 11 and 12, 2015. He also had copies of the Apache Trail book for sale.
Roads & Streets Conference 2015
April 2, 2015 - Westin La Paloma (Tucson Az)
Rick gave an interesting presentation on the Apache Trail GIS Inventoery and Histroic Documentation project completed in 2012. The project received the national 2013 FHWA Environmental Excellence Award in the Geospatial Tools, Technology and Analysis category.
Costco Book Signing Event
November 22, 2014 (1-4 PM)
Great Event and good sales.
Costco Book Signing Event
June 14, 2014 Father's Day
A successful signing event at Costco, sold out of books.
Hard Scrabble Event
Feburary 19, 2014
History of Arizona"s Transportation System
"Rick Powers gave a presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 6:30p.m. at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum for the monthly "Hardscrabble" program. The title of this presentation is "Footpaths to Super Highways: Arizona Transporation History" This presentation examined the evolution of transportation from footpaths used by the Native Americans, through the development of wagon trails and the railroads, and on to the expansive superhighways of today."
COSTCO BOOK SIGNING
November 29, 2013 Black Friday
Rick was at the Costco Strore on Sossoman Road from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm for a very successful book signing event.
JFK Presentations
November 13, 2013 (6:30pm) "JFK Assassination - 50 Years Later"
Globe-Miami Hardscrabble - Bullion Plaza Museum & Cultural Center
Rick gave a presentation on the JFK assassination, summarizing what happened that fateful day in Dallas and discuss some of the events leading up to the assassination.
Nov 22, 2013 - JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary
Rick gave a follow-up presentation on the JFK assassination at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts on the 50th anniversary November 22, 2013 (6:00 pm). He explained why JFK went to Dallas, summarized his last few days, and presented some of the controversial conspiracy theories.
Excellent Feedback on this extetensive and detailed presentation.
June 15, 2013 Costco Book Signing
Book Signing at COSTCO
June 15, 2013 (12:00 - 3:00 pm)
Rick was at the COSTCO on Sossaman Road in Mesa AZ, and signed books for customers. Several excited people purchased the book. It was a fun day!
Apr 2013 - AZ/NM Joint History Conference
2013 Arizona/New Mexico Joint History Conference
Rick was a featured speaker at the Joint Arizona/New Mexico Historical Society Annual Conference on Saturday April 20th (10:30 - 12:00noon) in Las Cruces NM.
Topic: "100-Year History of Arizona's Highway System"
http://www.arizonahistory.org/2013%20conv/HSNMLC13--WebProgramJan292013.pdf
Mar 2013 Roads and Streets Conference
2013 Roads & Streets Conference - Tucson AZ
Rick is gave a presentation on the "Navajo Transit System" on Thursday March 28 , 2013 (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm) at Starr Pass Conference Center in Tucson Arizona. Co-presenter is Mike Normand of ADOT.
Nov 2012 Costco Book Signing
November 24th, 2012 Book Signing Costco
Oct 2012 APWA Northern Branch Meeting
APWA Northern Arizona Branch Meeting Presentation
Rick presented the "History of Arizona's Transportation System" on Thursday October 11, 2012 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm) at JB's in Show Low Arizona.
Sep 2012 - WTS Presentation
WTS-Arizona Chapter Meeting Presentation
Rick made a special presention of the "History of Arizona's Transportation System" on Thursday September 6, 2012 at Sky Harbour Airport. The event was well attend and appreciated by the attendees.
Book Signing @ COSTCO (June 16, 2012)
Rick assisted COSTCO at their Mesa Store by attending a book signing in honor of Father's Day and the Arizona Centennial. The event was held from 1:00pm until 3:10pm when all the books were sold.
Globe Historical Society First Friday Lecture
Rick made presenting on the "History of Roosevelt Dam" Friday May 4th, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Bullion Plaza Museum in Miami.
AzTA Conference (Flagstaff AZ)
April 23 & 24, 2012
Rick made a presentation on the "History of Transportation and Public Transportation in Arizona," at the Arizona Transit Association (AzTA) meeting in Flagstaff at 2:30 pm on April 23rd. The presentation was made with Eugene Caywood and Jim Dickey.
2012 - Roads And Streets Conference
In honor of Arizona's centennial Celebration, Rick gave a presentation "From Footpaths to Superhighwat the Roads and Streets conferenc on Thursday April 5th (9:00 am) at Starr Pass Conference Center in Tucson Arizona. This session was very well attended.
2012 Spring ITE-IMSA Conference
Rick was the Closing speaker for this conference and received praise for his History of Transportation presentation on March 8th, 2012.
Hardscrabble Lecture Series - AZ Scenic Drives
Rick gave and exciting interactive presentation on Arizona's Scenic and Historic Roads. The presentation was hel at 6:00 pm Wed Feb 8, 2011 at the Miami Public Library.
2012 Rural Transportation Summit (Yuma AZ)
2012 Rural Transportation Summit - Yuma AZ
January 18-20
Pivit Point Conference Center
Presentataion on "Arizona's History a Look Back"
COSTCO Book Signing
Rick was invited to conduct a book signing for COSTCO on December 4th, 2011 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Mesa store. Several copies of the book were sold and many positive comments were received by those who attended.
2011 ASU Materials Conference
Rick presented the History of Arizona's Transportation system at the annual ASU Materials Conference on Tuesday November 11th at 11:00am. The conference was held in the Memorial Union on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe.
APWA History Presentation
In preparation for Arizona's centennial celebration next year APWA has focused on history presentations during their monthly membership meetings. Rick gave a presentation on the History of Transportation and the Apache Trail during the Sep 14, 2011 meeting. There were approximately 180 in attendance.
Valley of the Sun Romance Writers Presentation
On September 13, 2011 Rick gave a presentation to the Valley of the Sun Romance Writers of Arizona at the Ironworks in Glendale. There were 26 in attendance.
2011 Roads & Streets Conference (Tucson AZ)
Mr. Powers give a presentation on the History of the Apache Trail and Innovative Historic Preservation through GIS, on Thursday April 21st at the 60th annual Roads and Streets Conference in Tucson.
2009 Roads and Streets
Roads and Streets Conference 2009
Preserving the Historic Road Conference
Rick gave a presentation on the Apache Trail GIS documentation efforts at the national Preserving the Historic Road Conference in Washington DC September 11, 2010.
Preserving Historic Roads (PHR) Web link... http://www.historicroads.org/sub7_1.htm
Lecture Series - Miami Library
Richard Powers gave an interesting presentation on the history of the Apache Trail GIS Historic Documentation process and discussed on-going historic preservation techniques. This Miami "Hardscrabble" event held on January 12th, 2011 was well attended.
Hardscrabble - History of Roosevelt Dam
In commemoration of the 100 year anniversaryof the Dam dedication by Theodore Roosevelt in March 1911 - Rick presented the "History of Roosevelt Dam" on Wednesday March 9th, 2011 at the Miami, AZ Library.
Book Signing - Superstition Mountain Historical Museum (Apache Junction)
Rick participated in the Superstition Mountain Historical Museum Author's gathering on Saturday March 5th to sign books. He also presented a lecture on the history of Roosevelt Dam and the Apache Trail on March 10th, 2011.
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