the memo portion on the check, and you will receive the necessary documenta-  page regarding next year’s event, or other events which honor our historical and cultural heritage. This year the participants donated their time and person- al expense to make this such a special day, but it would be important to provide fair compensation next year. I do believe schools should teach stories about ear- ly pioneer families such as mine to instill an appreciation for the hardships and the lost way of life. When I sponsored the Pioneer Picnic at the Montezuma Well Picnic Grounds last year, it was amazed to hear my 94-year old friend Betty Dickinson Kent share how her grandfather at age 8 and other children had to  was more valuable because it fed everyone. Last year when I was a judge in the Colonel’s Daughter Contest, I was very disappointed that the intelligent con- testants had not been taught about the Exodus of the Yavapai-Apache in 1875. These stories need to be taught so that Arizona’s past is not forgotten.


Share one story of a ghost you have met? Or continue to meet? My departed loved ones are my most frequent visitors. During the time when I was on life-support 20 year ago, my father appeared and told me that he had never stopped checking on me. For the past couple of months my house has  and many of the old cowboys telling me that I had to make the Return of the  was been from my half-sister, Lois Friesner Williams, who died of leukemia in 2013. When I was working for Tours of Jerome several years ago, my cell phone  powered it back on, the date showed October 13, 9:05 pm, but after about 5 sec-  my sister Phyllis on the way home that night to tell her the story. She looked up  date. I wouldn’t be able to open myself up to encounters of the spirit world if it were not for the beloved ghosts who watch over me.


Jane Goddard Ghost Riders Tours


www.ghostriderstours.com 928-308-3975


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