Arizona Roundup with Karen Fann: A Life of Building, Leading, and Giving Back
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
Release Date: 09/01/2025
Arizona Roundup – A Celebration of Prescott, Big Hats and Deeper Roots
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
Sharlot Hall Museum • Host: Stuart Rosebrook • Guest: Rex Hinshaw Step into a rich tapestry of place, people and heritage with Arizona Roundup, the distinctive broadcast from the storied grounds of the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona. Host Stuart Rosebrook welcomes long‑time cowboy‑spirit contributor Rex Hinshaw for a leisurely, heartfelt conversation that traces decades of Arizona life — horse racing, rodeos, architecture, family ties, and the enduring western ethos. What the Program Is In this edition of Arizona Roundup, Stuart and Rex revisit the crossroads of Arizona’s...
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Doc, the Earps, and the Art of the West: When Legends Come Home to Prescott
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
The latest Arizona Roundup from the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona, brings together three of the West’s most engaging voices—host Stuart Rosebrook, artist‑historian Bob Boze Bell, and painter‑storyteller Thom Ross—for a rollicking, reflective conversation about their new exhibit, “The Doctor Will See You Now: Bringing Doc and the Earps Home to Prescott.” The show celebrates the artistry, imagination, and enduring mythology of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the gunfight that became American legend. Ross opens the discussion by tracing his fascination with Western heroes...
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Frontier Christmas and Fall Magic in Prescott: Arizona Roundup Celebrates the Season at Sharlot Hall Museum
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
A Celebration of Fall, Community, and Christmas Spirit The latest episode of Arizona Roundup, hosted by historian Stuart Rosebrook, invites listeners to slow down and savor the beauty of the season at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona. Joined by Bailey Cacciatore, the museum’s Curator of Education, the conversation unfolds like a warm walk through the museum’s historic campus—crisp leaves underfoot, children laughing, and luminarias glowing in the cool evening air. Together, Stuart and Bailey paint a vivid picture of Prescott’s fall transformation and the museum’s upcoming...
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Rediscovering the American West with Dr. Paul Hutton: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Undiscovered Country
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
In one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking episodes of *Arizona Roundup*, host **Stuart Rosebrook** sits down with renowned historian **Dr. Paul Andrew Hutton**—a man who has spent a lifetime telling the story of the American West. Currently serving as the **Tate Chair of Western History** and **Interim Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum** at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, Hutton joins the program to discuss his latest bestseller, *The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West*. This conversation—part history lesson, part...
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Legends, Lawmen, and Laughter: When Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday Rode into Arizona Roundup
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
A Prescott Broadcast of Art, History, and Humor The Kid Who Started It All Bob Boze Bell’s lifelong passion for Western art began when he was nine years old—his first drawing was of none other than Billy the Kid, inspired by stories from his grandmother in the bootheel of New Mexico. “She told me we were related to outlaws,” he laughed. “That’ll light a fire in any young boy’s imagination.” Decades later, that spark became a calling. After a Christmas gift—The Saga of Billy the Kid—rekindled his fascination, Bell realized, “I was born to do this.” From that epiphany...
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Portraits of Fear — Prescott’s Haunted Past Comes Alive at Sharlot Hall Museum
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
A Journey Through Ghosts, History, and the Art of Storytelling Broadcast from the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona Roundup host Stuart Rosebrook welcomes the talented Jody Drake and her cast of performers—Peg Millett, Sherry Graham, Pam, Suzanne, and others—for a spirited preview of Portraits of Fear: A Journey Through Prescott's Haunted Past. This unique production revives an old local tradition, combining ghost tales, folklore, and real history into an evening of storytelling that is both spine-tingling and heartwarming. The Return of the Ghost Walk Tradition As Jody Drake...
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Rain, Roots, and Radiance: A Prescott Story of Membership, Memory, and the Magic of Sharlot Hall Museum
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
Prescott mornings have a way of greeting you with sunlight and history — and in this latest episode of Arizona Roundup, host Stuart Rosebrook welcomes Sally Jackson, Director of Development and Marketing at Sharlot Hall Museum, for a delightful and informative conversation that captures the heart of the museum’s mission: to preserve, participate, and pass on the living heritage of Arizona. After a few days of much-needed rain (perhaps too much too quickly, as Sally admits with a chuckle), the gardens of Sharlot Hall have sprung to life again — and so has the museum’s calendar. The two...
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Serving Up Hope: How Prescott’s Community Cupboard Feeds Body and Spirit
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
**Arizona Roundup** host Stuart Rosebrook welcomed Bud Heitman, board chairperson of the Prescott Community Cupboard Food Bank, to the Sharlot Hall Museum for a conversation that reminded listeners that generosity isn’t just a holiday tradition—it’s a way of life in Arizona. From Minnesota Winters to Arizona Sunshine Bud’s journey to Prescott spanned Minnesota winters, Cajun kitchens in Louisiana, the neon lights of Las Vegas, and the bustle of Southern California. By 2020, he and his wife settled in Prescott, where he quickly found a calling. Retirement wasn’t going to slow him...
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Your Story Matters: Campfires, Kazoos, and the Craft of Family History
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
Arizona Roundup, hosted by Stuart Rosebrook from the Sharlot Hall Museum, welcomes longtime friend and natural-born storyteller Tim Magill for a lively, memory-rich tour through the power of personal stories. From Ohio matriarchs who raised families on grit and grace to Arizona’s own Sharlot Hall blazing a trail in public life, the episode celebrates the people who turned ordinary days into the raw material of history—and why those stories still shape us. Stuart opens with a tribute to strong women in his own lineage and at the Museum—especially Sharlot Hall, Arizona’s first woman to...
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A Celebration of Heritage: The Prescott Indian Art Market Returns
Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott AZ
The latest episode of Arizona Roundup with Stuart Rosebrook, recorded at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, offers an engrossing preview of one of Arizona’s most anticipated cultural events: the 27th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market (PIAM). Joined by Dr. Paul Fees, Deputy Director of Programs at Sharlot Hall, Stuart takes listeners inside the history, artistry, and spirit that make this gathering far more than a simple market—it’s a living celebration of Native creativity, tradition, and community. A Market Rooted in Excellence Founded nearly three decades ago, PIAM has grown into one...
info_outlineOn a warm summer afternoon at the Sharlot Hall Museum, Arizona Roundup host Stuart Rosebrook welcomed a woman whose name has become synonymous with both leadership and perseverance in Arizona: Karen Fann. As the former president of the Arizona Senate—the second woman in state history to hold that role—and a trailblazing businesswoman, Karen’s story is one of grit, resilience, and service.
From Small-Town Roots to Big Horizons
Karen moved to Prescott in 1958, when the population was barely 6,000 and Prescott Valley was still known as Jackass Flat. Her father, a Navy veteran, and her great uncle, Sid Webb, helped shape the community through contracting and civic involvement. Karen recalled a childhood where “everybody knew everybody”—and where, she joked, “you couldn’t ditch school or church because word would get back home before you did.”
Though her path took her beyond Prescott for a time—working for airlines in Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Phoenix—her heart always pulled her home. That homecoming would eventually lead her into entrepreneurship, public service, and statewide leadership.