Upcoming January Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Prescott Corral of Westerners is set for Thursday, January 8, 2026, at the Marlin D. Kuykendall Centennial Center (formerly known as the Prescott Centennial Center) at 1989 Clubhouse Dr. near the Prescott airport. 

The January program will feature two nationally known historians and authors, Paul Andrew Hutton (top photo left) and Paul Hedren, discussing their latest books. Paul Hutton’s book, The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy and the Shaping of the American West, looks at Ameria’s western expansion through the lives and actions of seven key historical figures, offering perspectives on both the notions of romantic conquest and the often violent and destructive reality that accompanied it. 

Paul Hedren’s book, Sitting Bull’s War: The Battle of the Little Big Horn and the Fight for Buffalo and Freedom on the Plains, views the ten-year struggle during the 1870’s to preserve traditional native life on the northern plains from the perspective of the Lakotas and Northern Cheyennes who experienced the struggle.

Note that reservations must be mailed by Tuesday, December 30, in order to ensure seats at the dinner. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. A reservation slip and instructions can be found in the January Roundup newsletter, which can be downloaded from the link at the top of this page. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Sheriff Ken Hoyle at (970) 560-9965.

Delia Muñoz Presented with Sharlot Hall Award at Westerners’ November Dinner

At the November 2025 dinner meeting of the Prescott Corral of Westerners, Sharlot Hall Museum Executive Director Stuart Rosebrook presented Delia Muñoz with the annual Sharlot Hall Award, which is given each year to a living Arizona woman who has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and awareness of Arizona history. Delia, born in Flagstaff, Arizona, as a third generation Ceballos, has worked for the Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library for 30 years, preserving and sharing the history of northern Arizona with students, researchers and the public. Starting with a grant in 1997, Delia spent the next 20 years capturing over 70 oral history interviews for the Los Recuerdos del Barrio en Flagstaff, considered one of the finer examples of an ethnography of an under-documented community in Arizona. In addition to being the content expert for a Cline Library physical and online exhibit based on her oral histories, she has been a frequent speaker in classes and for organizations on critical sociopolitical and socioeconomic issues of marginalized communities in Flagstaff. 

Western History Symposium

Annually, we host the Western History Symposium, a day-long series of interesting, provocative and informative talks and presentations from noted authors, researchers, historians and educators on a variety of subjects relevant to our western heritage offered free to the public. Check out the Symposium tab above for information on past Symposiums, including the 22nd annual Symposium held on July 26, 2025, at the Phippen Museum. Our 2026 Symposium is planned for Saturday, July 25, 2026, also at the Phippen Museum. As details become available, they’ll be listed on the same tab.