A spin through the history of the unique town of Oro Valley with vintage pictures. See the ancient communities of the Hohokum Indians; meet the original hound from the Hound and the Foxes. The Queen of the rattlesnakes, and an English Countess enhance the historical significant of this town. Meet them in original pictures. Arizona Press Women 2009 Finalist, Non-Fiction Book.

From 1935 to 1939 The Federal Writer’s Project interviewed Arizona pioneer women, most in their seventies and eighties. Here in their own words they tell of the hardships, disappointments, successes, and joys of traveling the hard trail to the wilds of Arizona, life on the frontier, and the making of a state.