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Tucson is on its way to becoming the world s center for straw-bale construction.
By Kay Sather
JUDY KNOX AND her husband Matts Myhrman say Tucson is on
its way to becoming known world-wide as the center if not quite the
birthplace of straw bale construction. This weekend Out on Bale,
the straw bale education organization they founded here in 1991,
will host a home tour and gathering of the movement s practitioners
from all over the world. The first straw bale structures were built in Nebraska in the
late 1800s by pioneers who considered them a temporary answer
to their need for shelter in areas where wood, and sometimes even
Local Olympian prepares to hit the road in Tokyo
Team USA cyclist, and Boulder Creek resident, Leah Thomas prepares for Tokyo Olympics Share Updated: 3:49 PM PDT Jul 23, 2021 usa cycling / casey b. gibson SOURCE: USA Cycling / Casey B. Gibson
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Team USA cyclist, and Boulder Creek resident, Leah Thomas prepares for Tokyo Olympics Share Updated: 3:49 PM PDT Jul 23, 2021 Team USA cyclist Leah Thomas has spent years living and training in the Santa Cruz Mountains.“I have ridden my bike all over the world and in all these different places. Boulder Creek is still by far my favorite place to ride my bike. The Santa Cruz mountains are amazing. It is varied and it is beautiful,” she said.Unlike many Olympians, Thomas did not dream of this moment as a child. She was introduced to the sport as an adult. It began as a hobby. She was
Holabird Western Americana Collections announces Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction
Photo diary of Pancho Villa with real photo postcards (RPCs) by Arizona photographer Walter Horne, plus three books on the Mexican Revolution (estimate: $25,000-$50,000).
RENO, NV
.- General George Armstrong Custers Civil War holster and gun belt, a photo diary of Pancho Villa with three books on the Mexican Revolution, and an 1898 prostitutes license and photo from Tombstone, Arizona are a few of the more interesting items in Holabird Western Americana Collections Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction, slated for August 5th-9th.
The five-day mega-event, packed with nearly 3,000 lots of Native Americana, philatelic (stamps) and numismatics (coins), militaria, railroad collectibles, Americana, mining memorabilia, stock certificates, art and more, will be held live in Holabirds Reno gallery at 3555 Airway Drive, as well as online, via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invalua
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