Adobe Corral of the Westerners

09/10/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


Septenber 2025


Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, September 22.

Reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

Bring Guests!


PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is Carolyn Niethammer, whose talk will be “Turning Fact Into Fiction: Another Way to Approach History.” Carolyn is a journalist and nonfiction writer, who after nine books on food and Native American women, amused herself by writing two historical novels. The Piano Player (Wild Oats, 2014) is set in 1880s Tombstone and 1889 Gold Rush Alaska and includes both historical and fictional characters. Leaping ahead a century, Carolyn’s latest novel, Everything We Thought We Knew (Booklocker.com, 2025), takes place on an Arizona commune in the 1970s, a time and movement that reverberates today in the phrases we use and the food we eat. The catch phrase is s*x, drugs and rock ‘n roll, but it’s also antiwar protests, men returning from Vietnam, and the quest to remake society in a less corporate mode.

Carolyn is especially proud of her award-winning book A Desert Feast: Celebrating Tucson’s Culinary History (University of Arizona Press, 2020), a 4,000-year history of food in the Santa Cruz Valley and an explanation of why Tucson was named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.


DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.



Annual Dues (2025–26): It is time to pay membership dues for 2025–26: $25.00 for a single member or $45.00 for a couple living at the same address. You may bring a check to the September meeting, or you may send a check for dues to our treasurer, Kathleen Halstead, 1817 N. Wrightstown Place, Tucson, AZ 85715. Make checks payable to the Adobe Corral. Thank you.


Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick ([email protected]; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

07/15/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


July 2025


Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, July 21.

Reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

Bring Guests!


PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is Mauro Trejo, whose talk will be “The History of the Tucson Presidio.” For over 4100 years, people have continuously inhabited the Tucson Valley. In 1775 Europeans established a military fort called a Presidio along the eastern bank of the Santa Cruz River floodplain. Throughout the following 80 years, the Spanish and Mexican population of Tucson lived within the confines of this fort, out of which the city of Tucson would emerge. This talk will cover the history, significance, and demise of the Presidio.

Mauro Trejo is a local historian and member of the boards of The Tucson Presidio Trust, Los Descendientes de Tucson, and the Anza Trail Foundation. In addition, he is a commissioner with the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission. Mauro has spent most of his life studying the history of Tucson and has given numerous talks about and walking tours of this amazing place. He also runs Trejo’s Tucson Walking Tours and is a seventh-generation native, with family roots in Tucson dating back to 1780.

DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.


Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick ([email protected]; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

06/09/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


June 2025


Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, June 16.

Reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

Bring Guests!


PROGRAM
This month’s speaker is David Leighton, whose talk will be “The History of Reid Park Zoo.” Known originally as the Randolph Park Zoo, the zoo began in 1965 with a small collection of animals like prairie dogs and a few birdss. By 1978 it was renamed Reid Park Zoo in honor of Gene C. Reid, the parks director who started it. Today, it is a 24-acre zoo, featuring over 500 animals, accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and receives approximately 500,000 visitors annually.

David Leighton of the Arizona Daily Star is best known for his regular column “Street Smarts,” in which he discusses the background and history of how streets in Tucson obtained their names. Links to some of his recent columns can be found at https://muckrack.com/david-leighton/articles.


DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

05/28/2025

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04/15/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


April 2025


Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, April 21.

Reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

Bring Guests!


PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is Adobe Corral member Ian Steel, whose talk will be “Firearms of the Old West.” Ian will discuss fi****ms that were in use from the time of the fur trappers to around 1892. This period includes black powder and cartridge fi****ms, both rifles and handguns. Ian will also describe how Hollywood affected our perception of fi****ms of the old west. Replicas of all of the fi****ms discussed will be on display.

After Ian retired, he and his wife Bonnie served as museum docents and lighthouse tour guides at the Umpqua River Lighthouse located at Wi******er Bay, Oregon. For a number of years, Ian was involved in Cowboy Action Shooting. This activity allowed him to become familiar with the fi****ms of the old west.

DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.


Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick (jcorrick@cox, net; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

03/11/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


March 2025


Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, March 17.


This will be the Adobe Corral’s second meeting at our new venue, Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse. As with the Savoy Opera House, Pinnacle Peak is in Trail Dust Town (address above). The corral will gather in one of the restaurant’s meeting rooms (just ask when you get to the restaurant).

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

RESERVATIONS
Please note, reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.


Bring Guests!


PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is Julia Fonseca, whose talk is “G.E.P. Smith and Arizona Agriculture.” As head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at University of Arizona’s Agricultural Experiment Station, George Edson Philip Smith (1873–1975) pioneered technologies for the expansion of Arizona agriculture. Smith established the first stream gages in the Santa Cruz watershed and drew the first groundwater maps. He wrote the state’s water code and designed water systems for the University of Arizona, the City of Tucson, the irrigation districts and mines. Smith’s extensive record of correspondence reveals much about the larger forces of nation-building, commerce, technology, and energy availability that affected development of land and water along the Santa Cruz River, as well as elsewhere in Arizona.
By the 1930s, Smith turned from relentless promotion of irrigated agriculture toward efforts to regulate agricultural water use. He defined safe yield for various groundwater basins and assisted in securing the first restrictions on agricultural water use, while charting the decline of the aquifers.
Julia Fonseca is a hydrologist, recently retired from Pima County, but still consulting as Madrean Resources. She was the project manager for various recharge feasibility studies and projects in the Tucson area. As an environmental planning manager, she helped to develop county programs for riparian restoration, native plant protection, and compliance with various federal environmental laws.

DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.


Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick (jcorrick@cox, net; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

02/11/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP


February 2025


Savoy to Pinnacle Peak

For years, the Savoy Opera House has carried us at our current dinner price of $28, much less than they’ve charged other organizations. Earlier this month Savoy’s management informed us that, for business reasons, they can no longer do this and that for 2025, they would have to charge us just under $40 per dinner, a price that many of us can’t afford to pay or would not want to.

Fortunately, an alternative is conveniently at hand; and, beginning with this month’s meeting, we will gather just two doors down from Savoy, in the Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, also in Trail Dust Town. Theresa and I and other posse members have met with Pinnacle Peak’s manager and assistant manager to discuss what they can offer us, and the posse has formally approved moving our meetings to the new location.

Pinnacle Peak has a private dining room that will accommodate our group. We’ll continue to meet on the last Tuesday of each month. And although we’ll start our meetings a little earlier than we have, at 5:30 p.m., the rest of our schedule will proceed pretty much as formerly—dinner served between 6:00 and 6:15, followed by our business meeting, book raffle, and guest speaker.



The biggest change at our new location is that we will order dinner, or whatever we choose to eat or drink, from the restaurant’s menu and pay only for what we order. Entrees range from $13 to $40, so you actually may pay much less for dinner than you have paid at Savoy. If you want only an appetizer and salad, or if you just want to have dessert and coffee and listen to the speaker, you can. Food and drink orders will be taken by servers in the dining room. An 18% gratuity will be added to menu prices as is customary in restaurants dealing with large groups.

We’ll still ask for “reservations” before the meeting so that the restaurant will know how many tables and places to set up and how many servers to assign to us. But we’ll no longer collect money at the door because you’ll get a check and pay your server as in a restaurant.

See you all in February at Pinnacle Peak!



Gil Storms. Sheriff









Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time 5:30 p.m. (place your order)
Place: Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, February 17.


This will be the Adobe Corral’s first meeting at our new venue, Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse. As with the Savoy Opera House, Pinnacle Peak is in Trail Dust Town (address above). The corral will gather in one of the restaurant’s meeting rooms (just ask when you get to the restaurant).

Please arrive by 5:30 so you can put in your order and so we can be served dinner by 6:15. Each of us will be responsible for paying his or her own bill, just as with any restaurant meal.

Please note, reservations are still necessary so that Pinnacle Peak will know how many tables to set up and how many servers to assign to us.

PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, whose talk is “The Journal of Sedona Schnebly.” Based on her book, The Journal of Sedona Schnebly (Cider Press, 2017), Lisa tells the story of T. C. and Sedona Schnebly, from their move to Oak Creek Canyon through the years beyond. The book and talk are based on Lisa’s research of archives, files, old newspapers, and letters, as well as on interviews with friends and relatives who knew the couple.

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger loved knowing that her great-grandpa T. C. Schnebly named a town after her great-grandma Sedona. Her family background possibly triggered a deep love of our state’s history. An appearance on Good Morning America for Pima County Victim Witness led to television reporting. Her six years as a KGUN-TV reporter resulted in a half-hour documentary with Dale Shewalter that started the Arizona Trail. Lisa quit television to write Arizona Correspondent columns for the Sunday Arizona Republic, articles for Arizona Highways, and ten books (with three more in the pipeline). She loves speaking around the state and savors visiting historic hotels.

DINNER
Each member will order off the Pinnacle Peak menu (www.pinnaclepeaktucson.com/menu/). You may order a full meal, an appetizer, salad, or even just dessert and coffee. Cost depends on what you order. Drinks may be ordered from the bar. Payment is to Pinnacle Peak, the same as with any restaurant meal.


Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick (jcorrick@cox, net; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.

Dinner Menu Welcome to Tucson’s steakhouse, Pinnacle Peak! We have been serving the good people of Tucson since 1962. Family-owned and locally operated, Pinnacle Peak takes great pride in serving real Western food in an authentic Old West atmosphere. Over the decades, we have become famous for ser...

01/16/2025

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP

January 2025

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: Cash bar at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Place: The Savoy Opera House, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, January 20.
Cost: $28 per person—including guests and prospective members. Please invite them.

Remember you need to make a dinner reservation by Monday, January 20. The corral has to tell the Savoy how many dinners to prepare and how many tables and chairs to set out. Otherwise, we run short of food and seating.

CANCELLATIONS
To cancel a reservation, please notify Theresa Hackney (see above) by Monday, January 20; if you fail to cancel by that date, you will have to pay the $28 for your missed meal.

Bring Guests!
The corral is committed to the Savoy for 35 dinners each month. If the corral falls short of that number, it has to pay the difference. So, please come to meetings, and please bring guests whenever possible, particularly if such guests are potential new members. Just remember, the Savoy needs to know how many dinners to prepare, so let Theresa Hackney (see above) know by the deadline above. Thanks!

PROGRAM
Our speaker this month is corral member Nancy Sosa, whose talk is “Finding Drew Station: An Archeological Method of Locating Historic Sites.” Drew Station was a stage stop located on the San Pedro River from 1877 to 1882. This stop was located between Contention City and Curtis Flats on the way to Benson. On March 15, 1881, a stage was attacked by armed individuals, who opened fire. The driver, Bud Philpot, was killed instantly and passenger Pete Roerig died in Benson from his wounds. Doc Holliday, a friend of Wyatt Earp, was accused of being involved.

A sixth-generation Tombstone family member and an avid historical researcher, Nancy has a degree in American history and southwest archeology. Her book, Tombstone A Quick History, with co-author Jim Nelson, was published in 2009. As a historical researcher, Nancy has completed research for 52 other publications for various authors and program producers.

MENU
Shredded BBQ Brisket
Grilled Chicken Thigh
Roasted Red Skin Potatoes with Baby Carrots
Mini Roasted Corn on the Cob
Chopped Romaine with Veggies
Served with Ranch Dressing
Hawaiian Rolls
Cookies
Coffee and tea


LEFTOVERS

At the end of each dinner, there is food left over, and you are invited to take any leftovers home. The Savoy, however, asks that you supply your own containers.

11/22/2024

ADOBE CORRAL ROUND-UP

December 2024

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Time: Cash bar at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Place: The Savoy Opera House, 6541 East Tanque Verde Road (Trail Dust Town)
Reservations: For reservations, contact Theresa Hackney: please call or send text to 520-609-8614 or send email to [email protected] by Monday, November 25.
Cost: $28 per person—including guests and prospective members. Please invite them.

Remember you need to make a dinner reservation by Monday, November 25. The corral has to tell the Savoy how many dinners to prepare and how many tables and chairs to set out. Otherwise, we run short of food and seating.

CANCELLATIONS
To cancel a reservation, please notify Theresa Hackney (see above) by Monday, November 25; if you fail to cancel by that date, you will have to pay the $28 for your missed meal.

Bring Guests!
The corral is committed to the Savoy for 35 dinners each month. If the corral falls short of that number, it has to pay the difference. So, please come to meetings, and please bring guests whenever possible, particularly if such guests are potential new members. Just remember, the Savoy needs to know how many dinners to prepare, so let Theresa Hackney (see above) know by the deadline above. Thanks!

PROGRAM
Our speaker this month will be from the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center.

MENU
Pork Tenderloin
Roasted – Herb Crust - White Wine Sauce
Salmon Filet
Grilled - Herbs - Butter - Citrus
Mixed Green Salad
Ranch and Balsamic Dressing
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Hawaiian Rolls
Assorted Cookies
Coffee and tea

LEFTOVERS
At the end of each dinner, there is food left over, and you are invited to take any leftovers home. The Savoy, however, asks that you supply your own container


Annual Dues (2024–25): It is time to pay membership dues for 2024–25: $25.00 for a single member or $45.00 for a couple living at the same address. You can add the $25 (or $45) to your dinner check or make a separate check if you like. Or, we will accept cash, if you must. Checks for dues may also be sent to Kathleen Halstead, 1817 N. Wrightstown Place, Tucson, AZ 85715. Make checks payable to the Adobe Corral.

Adobe Corral Election:

The Adobe Corral will hold its election of officers at the December 3 meeting. The candidates are:

Sheriff: Gil Storms

Recorder of Marks and Brands: Jim Corrick

Keeper of the Chips: Kathleen Halstead

Chief Scout: Cindy Rinehart

Chuck Wagon Boss: Theresa Hackney



Please send Round-up editor Jim Corrick (jcorrick@cox, net; 520-321-0314; or 4402 East Cooper Circle, Tucson, AZ 85711-4260), corral-related news (editor reserves the right to decide what will run).

Also notify Jim about e-mail or address changes so that he can keep the membership roster up to date and so that you receive your Round-up each month.