The Dons of Arizona

The Dons of Arizona For more than 90 years the Dons of Arizona has studied & preserved the legends & lore of Az & the Southwest. Base Camp is 1/4 mile from Peralta Trailhead
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Use of Base Camp is by "Permit Only" thru the Dons of Arizona

On Friday October 25, October 26, and October 27, we held the 20th annual Dutch Hunter Rendezvous in the shadow of the S...
10/29/2024

On Friday October 25, October 26, and October 27, we held the 20th annual Dutch Hunter Rendezvous in the shadow of the Superstition Mountains. With around 105 total guests throughout the weekend, we had guest speakers from the Forestry Service, a talk about the history of the Dons, the story of the Lost Dutchman Goldmine as told by Greg Davis during our annual Discovery Camp as well as a few others. Thank you everybody for coming and sharing your amazing stories by the fire with us.

Thank you to the 26 Members & Family that participated Sunday in our Semi Annual Adopt-A-Highway cleanup efforts for our...
10/16/2024

Thank you to the 26 Members & Family that participated Sunday in our Semi Annual Adopt-A-Highway cleanup efforts for our piece of the freeway! There was alot of trash this time out there!
Once the highway was finished 10 Members made the moved over to the Dons of Arizona Monument that is on the northwest corner of Apache Trail & Idaho Rd in Apache Junction for anyone that would like to visit. Thank You again we could not have done this without your assistance!

Work day at Base Camp! Huge "Thanks" to all that came out to assist!
10/05/2024

Work day at Base Camp! Huge "Thanks" to all that came out to assist!

May Dons Club Outing Several Club Members met at Wupatki National Monument where there are dozens of ancestral Puebloan ...
06/04/2024

May Dons Club Outing Several Club Members met at Wupatki National Monument where there are dozens of ancestral Puebloan villages. We visited 2 Pueblos Wupatki & Wukoki Though silence reigns today, this place was once a bustling hub of trade and life. People of the Northern Sinagua, Cohonina, Kayenta, and Hohokam archeological culture groups planted corns, beans, squash, and cotton among these seemingly barren hills and washes. Where many now see only dirt and hear only wind, ancient Native American people lived, raised children, and thrived. Wupatki is not as silent as it seems. Walls can talk, and if you linger long enough to listen, these teach many lessons.

May Dons Club Outing after lunch we stopped at Sunset Crater the lava flow lies on the land like a dream, a wonderland o...
06/04/2024

May Dons Club Outing after lunch we stopped at Sunset Crater the lava flow lies on the land like a dream, a wonderland of rock. A thousand years ago the ground was torn open, and lava erupted into the sky, forever changing the landscape and the lives of the people who lived here. A thousand years later, trees and flowers grow among the rocks, and people visit the lava flow to see and remember the most recent volcanic eruption in Arizona.

May Dons Club Outing ended the evening Visiting Lowell Observatory it is an independent, non-profit research institution...
06/03/2024

May Dons Club Outing ended the evening Visiting Lowell Observatory it is an independent, non-profit research institution founded in 1894 by mathematician and astronomer Percival Lowell. Today, our mission is to pursue the study of astronomy, conduct research, and bring astronomical education to the public.

April Dons Club Outing we continued on after meeting for lunch at Joe's BBQ to The Chandler Museum which has a rich coll...
05/29/2024

April Dons Club Outing we continued on after meeting for lunch at Joe's BBQ to The Chandler Museum which has a rich collection of artifacts, photographs, archival materials, and oral histories documenting Chandler’s diverse history.

Aprils Dons Club Outing: Club members met at the Gilbert Museum. The train display was phenomenal! Instead of looking ...
05/29/2024

Aprils Dons Club Outing: Club members met at the Gilbert Museum. The train display was phenomenal! Instead of looking over a partition you were up close and personally interacted with the conductors. Gilbert Museum is a quaint little hometown museum in an old schoolhouse and is a repository of artifacts chronicling the town’s rich history. The courtyard was packed with authentic farm equipment, some of which dates back to Gilbert’s earliest days.

03/25/2024

One of our members had the opportunity to participate in the final show during our visit to Old Tucson

On Saturday we took an outing to Old Tucson Studios. We had the opportunity to watch many different shows and visit attr...
03/25/2024

On Saturday we took an outing to Old Tucson Studios. We had the opportunity to watch many different shows and visit attractions that were used to film hundreds of western movies including Tombstone, El Dorado, Rio Bravo, and Young Guns and even the television series High Chaparral, Little House on the Prairy, and The Big Valley.

90 years ago, the Dons of Arizona commenced the first of many treks into the Superstition Mountains. To commemorate this...
02/11/2024

90 years ago, the Dons of Arizona commenced the first of many treks into the Superstition Mountains. To commemorate this first trek, we hosted a hike through the original trek a day early. Through the occasional drizzle, muddy trails, and ice cold streams, we hiked from First Water Trailhead to the first trek site and to Garden Valley in the shadow of the snow-capped Superstition Mountains.

90 years ago, the Dons of Arizona hosted a trek into the Superstition Mountains at First Water Trailhead. Tomorrow at 8a...
02/09/2024

90 years ago, the Dons of Arizona hosted a trek into the Superstition Mountains at First Water Trailhead. Tomorrow at 8am, we will be taking that hike once again to visit some of the original trek sites. The picture below is the original ticket that was purchased in order to take part in the hike on the first trek

Today we held our biannual Adopt a Highway Cleanup. We also stopped by the monument to make sure it remained clean and w...
01/28/2024

Today we held our biannual Adopt a Highway Cleanup. We also stopped by the monument to make sure it remained clean and well maintained. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped this morning, we hope to see you this Friday for Disvovery Camp!

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Gold Canyon, AZ
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One of our members participating in the final show of the day at the Old Tucson Movie Studios
One of our members participating in the final show of the day at the Old Tucson Movie Studios

One of our members had the opportunity to participate in the final show during our visit to Old Tucson

Join us on February 10th at 8am at the First Water Trailhead to take part in the original Dons of Arizona Trek hike through Garden Valley. This hike will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of that first trek.

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