Bridging Generations: Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

Program Presenter - Kevin Schindler is the historian at Lowell Observatory, where he has worked for 28 years as an active member of the Flagstaff history and science communities.  Schindler has given more than 1,000 presentations and written more than 600 magazine and newspaper articles on subjects ranging from local history and astronomy to baseball and the Lincoln Memorial, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column, "View from Mars Hill", for the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper. Schindler has written nine books, including Historic Tales of Flagstaff (written with Mike Kitt).  Fun fact: Kevin has both a fossil crab and asteroid named after him. from Arizona Humanities - AZ Speaks website

  Route 66 is one of the most storied roadways in North America, known for its roadside diners, historic hotels and kitschy attractions. However, it also boasts an extraordinary space heritage; along its course lies the birthplaces of space pioneers, centers of space exploration and discovery, training grounds for Moon-bound astronauts, the best-preserved asteroid impact site in the world, site of a famous UFO sighting, and museums celebrating these cosmic connections.  In honor of the upcoming centennial of Route 66, Lowell Observatory Historian, Kevin Schindler will lead a virtual trip along the Mother Road and explore this space heritage."  from AZ Humanities - AZ Speaks website​

     

The mission of the Society is to collect, preserve, interpret, and present the culturally diverse history and human experience unique to Parker and the surrounding area.

      *  PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT *

             (Mother) Road to the Stars

      Route 66 and its Space Heritage

                 presented by   

                  Kevin Schindler

Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026  

Time: 1:30 P.M.  

                               Location

               Arizona Western College  

                      PCOM-Room 107 

     

Welcome

Parker Area Historical Society  PARKER, ARIZONA


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* MEMBERSHIP MEETING *  

Date: Sat., January 31, 2026

Time: 1:00 P.M.

Location: 

 Arizona Western College

PCOM-Room 197

1109 S. Geronimo Ave.

                  Parker, AZ       


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      Friday and Saturday OR by appointment

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