By Madeline Morrill 2005
Marshall Trimble is his given name,
State Historian is his claim to fame.
We’ve come to listen to him every week,
For it’s knowledge of
They said, sign up now before he retires,
But he says, no way, I’m lighting too many fires.
It’s interesting, absorbing and amusing too,
What have we learned on this historical journey?
We’ve learned lots of facts and a little bit of blarney.
There were ancient Anasazi or is it Ancestral Pueblos,
They lived many years ago on those high Colorado Plateaus.
The Spaniards came looking for Glory, God and Gold,
Trappers and explores came next for the fur of the beaver,
Names like Walker and Carson and Williams and Weaver.
Steamboats and camels came with the engineers,
They mapped and surveyed all of
Finally with the stagecoach, along came the women,
Sarah Bowman became
The “Easterners” started up the Civil War,
Confederates tried to open up the Western door.
The westernmost battle took place at
The Apaches were just glad that it wasn’t their ____.
The Indians loved this beautiful land,
They decided to fight as a mighty band.
The army sent along General George Crook,
And the Indians soon had to go by his book.
The miners found copper and silver and gold,
They dug out the metals and had them bankrolled.
The greatest silver strike was the Silver King,
With Rich Hill and Vulture, the cash registers did ring.
On to Legends in
Their cowboy hats soon replaced those coonskin caps.
The Babbitt Brothers started the CO Bar,
It was
Cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers just didn’t get along,
The Pleasant Valley War began and boy, did it last long.
Don’t forget the infamous OK Corral and pretty Winnie
Ruth Judd,
She fought with her two girlfriends and nipped them in the
bud.
Horses and stagecoaches as transportation were okay,
But the coming of the railroads really brought a better
way.
Just don’t say impossible to Frank Murphy in Crown King,
People had to get to Ashfork, and his railroad was just the
thing.
Was
From
In 1889,
No more changes now, so let’s start the statehood chase.
In 1912,
George W. P. Hunt thought that this was just great.
For many, many years the Democrats ruled,
Then along came Barry Goldwater and the Democrats were
cooled.
Air conditioning was invented and the tender feet were
coming,
They dammed up the water and the power companies were
humming.
They all began to realize,
The only thing missing here is a good view of the sea.
Now our cavalcade is over and we very much enjoyed it,
May our knowledge of
As you must leave us now, wanting for more.
We hope you find that special woman, the one with a thin
cotton dress,
If we should happen upon her first, then we’ll send you
her address.
She must be out there somewhere and one thing we know is
true,
She lives in
“I hope we meet again someday”, Marshall Trimble says,
On the
Next time that you see us, Marshall, please give us a wave,
For now, we’ll go our own ways and try hard to behave.
And now we must go out and buy your latest book,
Arizona 2000 must really be worth a look.
There’s just one thing that we’d really like to say,
Please write an autobiography - that would really make our
day.
Thanks for showing us
With your humor and good looks, you’re sure not the
average schoolmarm.
If we have more questions about our state and really want
to chat,
We’ll be keeping a keen eye out for your signature black
hat.