The Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning’s (CLL) Brown Bag Lecture Series is presented every month on Zoom. The lectures are free and open to the public. The webinar and presentations offer attendees some exciting and informative programs.
In March, lectures are presented on Wednesday, March 3 and 17 from 12 to 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
• “My Life in Ruins” – Wednesday, March 3
Becky Orozco, a former Cochise College instructor, has spent much of the last 50 years pursuing archeology. Join Orozco as she shares how a girl from Willcox ended up traveling the world (62 countries and counting) and digging up the past.
• “Trouble at White City” – Wednesday, March 17
Built in 1905 by John and Ellen Reilly, the building that was most recently Daisy Mae’s was the first structure in the area outside the gates of Fort Huachuca. Originally named “The White City,” it was constructed as an eight-room saloon, brothel, and dance hall built to cater to soldiers. When a red-light district sprouted around The White City, it assumed the same name, and the area became known for the prostitution, bootlegging, and violence that plagued it. Filling in for city historian David Santor, Elizabeth Wrozek will give a brief history of this early community before delving into some of the over 100 primary source documents—mainly correspondence from the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office in the 1910s and 20s—in the Henry F. Hauser Museum’s archives dealing with lawlessness in White City.
To join the lectures online:
- Go to www.cochise.edu/cll.
- Click on the Spring 2021 Virtual Brown Bag Lectures button.
- Click on the title of the lecture you are attending at noon on the date of the lecture.
For more information about the virtual Brown Bag lectures or other lifelong learning classes, call the Center for Lifelong Learning at (520) 515-5492.