The Copper Lady of Arizona: How Sharlot M. Hall became an Arizonan

Jerome State Historic Park

Thursday, March 26, 2026   1 p.m.

In 1881, the Hall Family pulled up stakes from Kansas for a new life in Arizona. Sharlot Hall fell in love with her new home and over her lifetime became the Territorial Historian and the young state's greatest champion.

Featured photo: Sharlot Hall stands at the Grand Canyon.

Presented by Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D., Executive Director of Sharlot Hall Museum. He began his tenure with the museum on July 1, 2024, after eleven years as an editor with True West magazine. He also currently serves as book review editor and editor-at-large for the popular Western magazine. He is a professional historian, editor, author, and public speaker with four decades of experience in journalism, publishing multi-media and non-profits. Rosebrook holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Public, Western, and 20th Century United States history with an emphasis on modern media from Arizona State University and a B.A. in history from Wake Forest University. He is the incoming president of Western Writers of America (WWA), and serves on the board of directors for WWA, the Homestead Foundation, Arizona History Convention, and Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Foundation. He is also an active member of the Prescott America 250 committee and America250 Arizona History, Heritage, and Historic Preservation Subcommittee. He and his wife Julie Rosebrook Ph.D., who is a psychologist at the Prescott V.A., live in Prescott, Arizona.